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mac_128 said:

robin huber said:

How do you invoke it?

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT203032

You're confusing WiFi Calling with VoLTE. Two different things. 

VoLTE uses LTE to make voice calls instead of 3G. It includes the benefit of a much superior codec called HD Voice that, if you make an LTE-to-LTE call on T-Mobile you have been able to experience for over a year. It's crystal clear audio quality and you'll never want to go back. 

WiFi Calling allows phone calls through the wifi network (and Internet) to your mobile provider. 

I might join this lawsuit. I couldn't even get iOS 9 installed on my 3GS.

Standard Tesla Tropes 101

1. Tesla doesn't bring anything innovative to the market, and all the established manufacturers could produce the same car. Except...why don't they? The Model S is outselling most other luxury sedans in the same price segment. Sure, it's not impacting GM or Ford because they don't compete in that price segment (Cadillac and Lincoln? Right.) But BMW, Audi, and Mercedes sure do and the most they proffer so far are promises of models 2-3 years out. The Model S has definitely impacted their sales. Perhaps they could make such a car, but they're just too invested in the current cars so PHEVs are the most they're willing to do.

2. Tesla will just get purchased. Except...their market cap doesn't currently even remotely allow that. Sure, market caps change and who knows what will happen but declaring in the current environment is downright silly. And I guess if you believe #1, why would anyone buy them?

3. Tesla's cars are constantly rated the best cars produced and on the road today. Ask Motortrend, Car and Driver, Consumer Reports, and the myriad other publications that have concluded so. I've yet to meet a person who has actually driven one let alone owns one who doesn't love it. They are very much an aspirational brand. That's why cars like the Bolt, in a compact hatchback configuration that Americans have routinely dismissed many times over, will turn out to be nothing more than a compliance car when its final sales number come in.

Finally, the company that's going to enter the international market and dominate EVs is BYD. They're already the top selling EV manufacturer in the world, with a range of cars. They just happen to be solely in China right now. But they won't always be.

I think sog35 is mostly upset about gay rights, not the price of AAPL shares. 

There's one sure fire way to profit from AAPL. Buy the shares and hold them a long time. Short term investors can impact the short term value, but not the long term. If you want to hold AAPL less than a year, that's your risk. 

As as for Time Cook's qualifications to be Apple's CEO I would only make two points. First, he's who a Jobs chose - both while alive and in death. Second, give another name who is better suited to run Apple. 

john galt said:

justbobf said:

I'd like to know the difference between an industrial age tax code and a digital age tax code. To me, it just sounds like Tim and Company don't like paying taxes. But, maybe others can explain his thoughts. 

Here's a short quiz for you Bob.

A publicly traded company's primary fiduciary responsibility is to:

1: its shareholders
2: its employees
3: taxpayers
4: social justice

You can probably figure out the answer, but if you need help, it is easily found in federal law.

It's actually in none of those things..although the popular myth is #1.