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Post by Since84 on Jan 14, 2019 3:38:01 GMT -8
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Post by hledgard on Jan 14, 2019 5:38:36 GMT -8
These articles are not good omens for the future. I think Apple needs something new and promising.
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Post by playultimate on Jan 14, 2019 5:59:33 GMT -8
Considering Samsung's revised guidance and the issues in the China economy (see auto sales), is this strictly an Apple issue or a more general economic issue?
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Post by Since84 on Jan 14, 2019 6:31:58 GMT -8
While it appears to be part of a more general economic issue, Apple has always been a lightning rod for negative news.
Remember the New York Times' Mike Daisey expose of Chinese working conditions -- though Apple is generally credited with being at the forefront of improving those conditions. Let's not forget the NYT won a pulitzer for this article that was demonstrably false.
Unfortunately 'narratives' abound.
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Post by chinacat on Jan 14, 2019 8:09:42 GMT -8
These articles are not good omens for the future. I think Apple needs something new and promising. Call me Pollyanna, but 3 Reasons Apple Is Still a Long-Term Buy and 2 Takeaways From Apple's Decision to Bring iTunes to Samsung TVs indicate that the executives at Apple have recognized and have a plan in place to steer and capture the fruits of a post-peak-iPhone strategy, namely the installed base services strategy that anyone except moron pundits already recognizes, and towards which the revised reporting metrics are aimed.
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Post by SomeJuan on Jan 14, 2019 10:36:35 GMT -8
As always thanks for your daily start since84! Always my first read of the day, followed by PED30. Regarding OnePlus in India, somehow AAPL needs to get their act together re: India as a whole, and I would love to see current and future iPhone and iPad manufacturing there ASAP, especiallly with the "China Syndrome" we are in the midst of with tariffs.. Hopefully Foxcon can expedite this, and Wistron steps up as well. On the Motley Fool article, I say bring iTunes content to every single TV manufacturer, the sooner the better for incremental growth of the "Services" segment, and it now includes Samsung, LG and Sony all throwing their hats into the ring, the more the merrier! This move could potentially double the number of Apple iTunes music subscribers by the end of 2019, and @ $9.99 a month that is some SERIOUS coin without the inclusion of Apples video on demand service! As Martha Stewart says... "That's a good thing". On the CNBC article, all i can say is who gives a poop about that channel, and all of the talking heads they prance around. For years now it appears they should change their name to the AAPL-CNBC channel as 50% of their poop is AAPL related. An incredible waste of time for any sane mind... Lastly on the Are Technica article, it is spot on, Apple TV remotes are terrible at best, and I have had every single iteration of Apple TV since time immemorial. The Apple TV interface is also a clunky joke, and I hope AAPL does something about it before the launch of their Multi-Billion dollar investment at Culver Studios, and their "soon to be announced" on demand service of said content. As a cord cutter I only use Apple TV for three things, Netflix, Amazon Prime, and the occasional AAPL/Apple events on a quarterly basis. Dear Tim Cook, please fix that poop if you read this... Cheers to the Longs! PPS. Hi Pheobear and Luvmyipad!
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Post by pauls on Jan 14, 2019 10:45:44 GMT -8
I use AppleTV for Netflix, Hulu, HBO, Showtime, and Amazon Prime. Gave up cable (comcast). I much prefer AppleTV interface to any other interface i've used. It can be better, though.
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Post by SomeJuan on Jan 14, 2019 10:53:38 GMT -8
I use AppleTV for Netflix, Hulu, HBO, Showtime, and Amazon Prime. Gave up cable (comcast). I much prefer AppleTV interface to any other interface i've used. It can be better, though. pauls, Three words for you... Yes it can.
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Post by SomeJuan on Jan 14, 2019 11:23:18 GMT -8
Considering Samsung's revised guidance and the issues in the China economy (see auto sales), is this strictly an Apple issue or a more general economic issue? playultimate, China is in a world of hurt, their economy is tanking, one fifth of their housing units are vacant, 50 million of them, and the economy is in a free fall of the likes of which has not been seen ever! The tariffs are putting a world of hurt on them, and the US as well, but China is taking the brunt of it. They want an ending to the tariffs as much or more than we do. China for life leader, President Xi Jinping thinks and plans 20-30 year's into the future, and that can be debilitating in many regards, especially in military spending, which China is currently doing... Military spending is very expensive, and there is no "profit" in it. See this... China Military expenditures and see this... World Military expenditures as a percent of GDPCheers to the Longs.
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Post by longsince98 on Jan 14, 2019 13:06:51 GMT -8
Wow $150 was such a visibly powerful magnet all day.
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Post by Since84 on Jan 14, 2019 13:22:18 GMT -8
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