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I think it is absurd to even imagine these EarPods as repairable by anyone.  Whenever you have such a miniature housing containing so much function it is going to be automatically un-repairable.  It's not like they are super expensive.  Imagine, for example, a set of hearing aids that cost thousands--and they are not very repairable either!

I think they simply haven't worked out HOW they will get a car manufactured, whether buying a plant, buying existing company, or contracting out to order, or just license the software to everybody. Decisions for a later date. They are probably having fun drilling down throughbl this tech hnology and applying it to the windshield! I still wonder what has become of the Faraday plant...

gerard said:

Funny they mention a cup holder; the problem is using their analogy they copied the look of the entire car. If someone mistakes your product for someone else's product you should have give up all profits. 

THIS. great post!

I hope the Supreme Court will issue a message to Asian companies that wholesale copying will not stand. It may be part of some Asian cultures to think that such copying is merely using 'best standards' but that is not our culture. They need to reflect on this. I suspect Samsung really does know it is stealing and hopes to continue until they are stopped. Samsung has copied design from more than just Apple. Ask Dyson how they feel. What is the point of doing R&D if you cannot get even a brief advantage in the marketplace?

SpamSandwich said:

The company continues to haul in unprecedented profits, yet Tim cannot cheerlead enough to get the stock back up over $100.

Nobody can change the way AAPL is traded except the big boys. The stock is hog tied.  
Perhaps when these large options traders get tired of single dollar movements they will move over to another name to trade.

i think it is less about "respect" and more about trading this stock because it IS a reliable money maker that always earns close to or better than its official forecasts. It is used widely as a backstop to all the other trading they do. All the big traders have to do is gin up another headline out of stale news, to aim the price where they want it for their options. There are so many doing it now that the stock won't move much. I wonder who is top dog and controls the most?

Wondering why the stock price is so low despite earnings is pointless. I'm hoping another name will supplant it, but am resigned to selling as little as possible until the car project gets going. Or I could just give up and try something else.