michael_c

bluenix said:

So the company was found in 2007 and produced the glass entrance at Apple's Fifth Avenue Store that opened in 2006?

Renovation in 2011

6Sgoldfish said:

foggyhill said:

Unimpressed in what way? This is basically a standard issue response.

In the industrial/product design way.

It's a matter of expectations at the end. If the rumors about iPhone 7 are accurate (considering how the ones about the 6 indeed proved to be), it would seem Apple follows a 4-year radical redesign cycle next to its tick-tock "S" cycle. The original iPhone, then the 4 and the 6. The 3G(S) were incremental refinements of the original, and the 5 was little more than a stretched 4(S). I would have expected a radical redesign in 2016, at least for the sake of addressing the competition. But if the pattern holds, it looks like they'd pull a similar stunt with the 7 as they did with the 5, and perhaps sacrificing the S cycle in 2017 --unless they release a 7S next to the purported legendary 8. Although then it would become a bit too convoluted.

Anyway. At the end of the day it's usually just us tech forum geeks who really care, and the 7 will set sale records regardless whatever lack of "wow" factor. 

I see things a bit differently than you, but can appreciate your point of view. As technology matures, there is less room for radical improvements, unless you think of something like a smart watch as a natural extension of the phone design path. I have the 6+, and didn't upgrade to the 6s+ as there wasn't enough to compel me to upgrade. The contrast between what I have vs the latest wasn't significant enough for me - even though I believe force touch adds a significant layer to the interface, I held off for another cycle waiting for software to catch up to take advantage of the capability. But, there are millions of people who have older phones where the contrast continues to grow, and the list of capability lacking in their phones will have impact their decision to upgrade. The iPhone 7 sales will be fine this next cycle regardless of whether all the desired features are present - at this point, I don't know if I will wait another year to upgrade (in 2017), but will probably upgrade this fall. And, could always upgrade in 2017 if there was some compelling reason.

wonkothesane said:

In addition, Apple slowly but steadily expands ForceTouch which might convince current owners of < IPhone 6s.

I agree with you - I believe Apple will do fine over 2017.  Just getting away from the year over year comp problem created by the extraordinary iPhone 6 release will be good for the stock price.
Even with stretched out upgrade cycles, the increase in the customer base and those that went for the yearly programs will offset this.

I have a 6+, and could see upgrading this year for the force touch, and camera improvements - I was close to updating to the 6s+, but figured it would take at least a year for software to catch up and take advantage of this feature.  It's a killer feature which is just barely scratching the surface.

AppleInsider said:

The latter is often said to come into play for things Apple wants pushed on customers, like AppleCare warranties or in-store carrier sign-ups, even if they're irrelevant to the individual people clerks are dealing with. A clerk selling someone a Mac, for example, might later be chastised by a manager for not telling the customer about carrier sign-ups for iPhones.

Apparently the employees who work at Apple stores I've gone to haven't read the "bulletin", as I've never had any sales people push any products or services.  Could be an anomaly for the UK Apple Store, or just a fabrication.

paul turner said:

Rayz2016 said:

Spot on.

Amateurs get emotionally involved in their investments, which makes it casino gambling, not investing.

We need people to be emotional otherwise there would be no-one to make money from. Such is the way of the world. I look at it like the advertising business. It's goal is to convince consumers into making irrational , emotion based decisions. All we have to do is look at all the "articles" or "news"  on Yahoo, cnbc, Barons etc to see the programming attempting to convince the amateurs to make stupid buy or sell decisions. 

I don't believe this is the case  - people/institutions have different reasons for buying and selling - some may be trading out of fear/greed, but the big money players which drive the price action are following a set of rules.  They may have different time horizons, entrance and exits criteria, but aren't selling because they are emotional. 
I agree with you that money can be made whether a stock goes up, down, or sideways, but the attitude in your posts might be the reason for backlash you're receiving.  I believe the majority of people who come to this site are people who care about Apple and their products, and are not in the mindset where they want to hear about capitalizing on Aapl price deterioration.