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> Their iPhones have reached a peak, where it appears people are no longer willing to pay so much for them. They may have reached peak growth, but the numbers show that outside China (which in hindsight appears to have larger economic issues), millions of people buy iPhones. Are all the current iPhone users going to suddenly switch to Android? Very unlikely. By all accounts the XS is a great phone. If I had anything…
>You realize that Apple has so much money they can do both. Not with the same dollar. We shouldn't forget what giving money back to shareholders means. It means that Apple cannot think of anything to invest that money in that's more promising than what investors can find elsewhere. You could say it's prudent and honest. Instead of wasting all that money on stuff that never yields a return they're handing it back thei…
Apple has traditionally not be an acquirer of large companies. I know many people argue for them to do some big acquisition. I'm not sure that's a good idea.
Apple Maps specifically has improved a lot since release. I can't remember the last time I used Google Maps. Apple is also collecting street view data [2].
Apple has plenty of areas to improve, but it is not from the lack of R&D spending.
[1] http://dashboards.trefis.com/no-login-required/MCeJl2Yc?from...