philboogie

Bloomberg? That's the company that posted Steve's obituary prematurely. Who reads their stuff after that incident?

Rolling out features at this rate, we'll see a workable Apple Maps app....sometime next century.

Setting this report aside, we can also look at what has changed:

First iPhone came with a dock. That later became a $30 accessory, today it's $49, with the only change being the colour.
The CCK came with a SD Card reader plus a USB adapter. Sold for $30. Today still being sold for $30, but per adapter, doubling the price.
Replacing the glass used to be $60, then $90, then $229, then came the iPhoneX: $550 to replace the glass.

Obviously things have changed, especially with the glass/displays. But what all seemed 'reasonable' now come across as greedy to some...and these folks will likely be very sincere in their believes. Possibly even 'right'.

lorin schultz said:

To pick a nit:

Consistent gross margins don't tell me anything about changes to the affordability of products. One doesn't need to be a financial analyst to figure out that the price of a 15" MacBook Pro is substantially higher, even after inflation, than it was five years ago. If the reason for that isn't growing margins, then obviously costs have also increased. Maybe Apple has a problem with cost control and/or spending decisions?

Well, the $13,000 chairs for the new campus certainly haven't helped reduce costs.

Katie Marsal said:

The analyst [Ming-Chi Kuo], who has long been respected for his insights into Apple's future product plans...

Wait, what?