While iPhone sales remain stagnant, Apple services hit $10B in revenue

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Post by doener » Fri, Nov 02, 2018, 9:07 AM UTC

While iPhone sales remain stagnant, Apple services hit $10B in revenue
arstechnica.com

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Post by gehsty » Fri, Nov 02, 2018, 9:29 AM UTC

Stagnant is not a fair way to describe selling 46.8 million iPhones.

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Post by ekianjo » Fri, Nov 02, 2018, 9:33 AM UTC

gehsty wrote: post #2

Stagnant is not a fair way to describe selling 46.8 million iPhones.

Stagnant does not mean anything in absolute, it describes a relative trend.

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Post by nounaut » Fri, Nov 02, 2018, 9:33 AM UTC

gehsty wrote: post #2

Stagnant is not a fair way to describe selling 46.8 million iPhones.

Stagnant implies it's not growing, not that it's not selling.

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Post by rickdg » Fri, Nov 02, 2018, 9:33 AM UTC

It's all about the #donglelife and getting everyone to pay for having an ios app.

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Post by Kurtz79 » Fri, Nov 02, 2018, 9:34 AM UTC

gehsty wrote: post #2

Stagnant is not a fair way to describe selling 46.8 million iPhones.

If previous sales were about the same numbers, it's a perfectly fair way.

Impressive, amazing numbers maybe, but still stagnant, if they didn't improve over the last ones.

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Post by tpetry » Fri, Nov 02, 2018, 9:35 AM UTC

Stagnant sales with a much more expensive smartphone, i don‘t think anybody wouldn‘t live to have the same „problem“.

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Post by hacker_9 » Fri, Nov 02, 2018, 9:37 AM UTC

I mean sure 'Stagnant' means that there was no growth, but it also implies that this is a bad thing, which in this case it obviously isn't. Clickbait title.

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Post by cm2187 » Fri, Nov 02, 2018, 9:41 AM UTC

hacker_9 wrote: post #8

I mean sure 'Stagnant' means that there was no growth, but it also implies that this is a bad thing, which in this case it obviously isn't. Clickbait title.

How high do you think they can go in term of prices? And do you think they will sell many £1000 smartphones in a recession? Stagnant volumes is not an imminent problem but the share price is a forward looking metric.

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Post by trosi » Fri, Nov 02, 2018, 9:42 AM UTC

hacker_9 wrote: post #8

I mean sure 'Stagnant' means that there was no growth, but it also implies that this is a bad thing, which in this case it obviously isn't. Clickbait title.

So it's a good thing that unit sales haven't risen?