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Post by phoebear611 on Apr 10, 2014 2:40:19 GMT -8
Good Morning - Throw Back Thursday (can we please get thrown back to yesterday!) Overseas:- Asia mixed - Europe down except for the FTSE which is slightly green - US futures red this morning in PM News on Apple:The big news this morning is the announcement of the retirement of Greg Christie who is the "Human Interface Director" working closely with Jony Ive. Naturally, the rumors are that there was an internal struggle between Christie and Ive - however - APPL stated that he had all along planned an exit later this year after being at AAPL for close to twenty years. You can believe what you will but not so sure it means anything...other than more drama and skewed headlines like the one in c/net: Apple to Lose Key iPhone Engineer (ah...the horror of it all) appleinsider has the article (amongst others): appleinsider.com/articles/14/04/10/apple-confirms-retirement-of-greg-christie-as-sources-rebut-claims-of-internal-struggleStories still running rampant on iWatch - some claiming it will let you know when you are beginning to get a sunburn. macrumors has their version of the iWatch - claiming it will come in two price categories the more expensive one being stylish and having a tag price in the thousands: www.macrumors.com/In the end .... no one knows anything other than the folks over at AAPL but the articles will undoubtedly continue for need of eyeballs. Enjoy the day!
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Post by hamourabi on Apr 10, 2014 3:11:15 GMT -8
Is WS getting aware of sapphire as a huge competitive advantage for Apple ? seekingalpha.com/article/2134073-gt-advanced-technologies-why-apples-new-iphone-will-have-a-sapphire-displayThe Problems Look Solved The two major problems with using sapphire in smartphones are high cost and oil affinity. However, if you take a look at Apple's recent patent filings, you will be convinced that the Cupertino giant has solved these problems. Apple recently patented a technique which involves fusing a thin sapphire laminate sheet with cover glass. This means that Apple will not have to manufacture pure sapphire displays for the iPhone 6, which will ultimately bring down the cost of sapphire displays. However, Apple isn't done bringing down the sapphire manufacturing cost. The company recently filed two more patents called "continuous sapphire growth" and "heat exchangers in sapphire processing" patents. These new techniques offer a more proficient and cost-effective way of producing sapphire. Apple is likely using these inventions in their new sapphire plant in Arizona. The Arizona sapphire plant will now exploit and accumulate geothermal energy which will be used to operate the furnaces. Thus, the plant will now be able to produce larger amounts of sapphire due to the increased heat efficiency. In addition, this technique will also reduce the amount of waste produced. Moving on, Apple has also taken care of the oil affinity problem. Last month, Apple filed an "oleophobic coating on sapphire" patent. As the name suggests, oleophobic means oil-repellent, and this technique is expected to help the company produce smudge-proof sapphire screens. All these filings point to the fact that Apple is vigorously looking for ways to successfully implement sapphire displays in its upcoming devices. Even though these rumors are yet to be confirmed, it's looking more and more likely that Apple will make the switch from Corning's (GLW) Gorilla Glass to sapphire.
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Post by electrobuzz on Apr 10, 2014 3:33:43 GMT -8
Is WS getting aware of sapphire as a huge competitive advantage for Apple ? Last month, Apple filed an "oleophobic coating on sapphire" patent. As the name suggests, oleophobic means oil-repellent, and this technique is expected to help the company produce smudge-proof sapphire screens. Just to clarify, a patent application gets published 18 months after it is filed. So Apple has been working on this for almost TWO years now.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2014 5:33:10 GMT -8
I can't wait for Schiller to drop the new tech at an event and again mutter "...can't innovate my ass"
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Post by phoebear611 on Apr 10, 2014 5:39:24 GMT -8
I really don't care who presents it or what they say....I just hope it lives up to the anticipation and that it would come sooner! But I'm reminded that "hope" is not a strategy.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2014 6:48:17 GMT -8
Wow. That Red Poodle Reversal had short legs. Let me know when the St. Bernard shows up.
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Post by JDSoCal on Apr 10, 2014 10:48:21 GMT -8
Just to clarify, a patent application gets published 18 months after it is filed. Or as Samsung calls it, "Christmas."
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Post by bud777 on Apr 10, 2014 11:32:16 GMT -8
Here's a modest proposal. The cost to build a 5C is about $200. What if Apple took about 20 billion and built 100 million iPhone 5c's then just gave them away. No contract, no cost, just trade in your Samesung POS. Think that would lead to a few upgrades? Maybe add a few bucks to services income? Since you build them with the off shore money, no tax worries. Of course, the effect on competition would be devastating, some would even say unfair. Unless of course they decided to copy the strategy
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Post by po1nt on Apr 10, 2014 11:55:40 GMT -8
Here's a modest proposal. The cost to build a 5C is about $200. What if Apple took about 20 billion and built 100 million iPhone 5c's then just gave them away. No contract, no cost, just trade in your Samesung POS. Think that would lead to a few upgrades? Maybe add a few bucks to services income? Since you build them with the off shore money, no tax worries. Of course, the effect on competition would be devastating, some would even say unfair. Unless of course they decided to copy the strategy I actually had a very similar idea. why buy 20 billion in stock when you can go that? just imagine what it would do to the low end market... especially in china.
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Post by gtrplyr on Apr 10, 2014 14:02:59 GMT -8
Here's a modest proposal. The cost to build a 5C is about $200. What if Apple took about 20 billion and built 100 million iPhone 5c's then just gave them away. No contract, no cost, just trade in your Samesung POS. Think that would lead to a few upgrades? Maybe add a few bucks to services income? Since you build them with the off shore money, no tax worries. Of course, the effect on competition would be devastating, some would even say unfair. Unless of course they decided to copy the strategy I actually had a very similar idea. why buy 20 billion in stock when you can go that? just imagine what it would do to the low end market... especially in china. Giving away phones and entering the low end market could just as easily backfire as people either too cheap or too poor to buy the phone may not actually BUY anything ... Apps, music or otherwise . You need to decide how you want your brand represented ... You simply cannot be both high and low end at the same time ....
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Post by macwire on Apr 10, 2014 16:10:57 GMT -8
500 is coming....
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Post by bud777 on Apr 10, 2014 17:10:50 GMT -8
I can give you 160 billion reasons why is isn't
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Post by qualitywte on Apr 10, 2014 18:38:17 GMT -8
Here's a modest proposal. The cost to build a 5C is about $200. What if Apple took about 20 billion and built 100 million iPhone 5c's then just gave them away. No contract, no cost, just trade in your Samesung POS. Think that would lead to a few upgrades? Maybe add a few bucks to services income? Since you build them with the off shore money, no tax worries. Of course, the effect on competition would be devastating, some would even say unfair. Unless of course they decided to copy the strategy Amazon Strategy?
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