Apple Q2 Results

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Post by css » Tue, Apr 30, 2019, 8:33 PM UTC

Apple Q2 Results
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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Apr 30, 2019, 8:34 PM UTC

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Post by mikece » Tue, Apr 30, 2019, 8:40 PM UTC

"Apple no longer reports iPhone, iPad, and Mac unit sales numbers..."

Probably because they only care about revenue and profits these days, not innovation and products. Apple didn't get to where they are by optimizing the supply chain but by coming up with incredible products that everyone HAD to have. I bought an iPhone last spring because it was the least-bad option in my opinion; if the Librem 5 is a flop I don't know what I'll get when my current phone dies because I will NOT buy a phone that unlocks by FaceID.

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Post by r00fus » Tue, Apr 30, 2019, 8:44 PM UTC

AAPL up by 10pts (~5%) afterhours as of this comment timestamp. Is this purely due to the dividend announcement?

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Post by jjtheblunt » Tue, Apr 30, 2019, 8:45 PM UTC

mikece wrote: post #3

"Apple no longer reports iPhone, iPad, and Mac unit sales numbers..." Probably because they only care about revenue and profits these days, not innovation and products. Apple didn't get to where they are by optimizing the supply chain but by coming up with incredible products that everyone HAD to have. I bought an iPhone last spring because it was the least-bad option in my opinion; if the Librem 5 is a flop I don't…

You can turn FaceID off.

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Post by vesrah » Tue, Apr 30, 2019, 8:46 PM UTC

r00fus wrote: post #4

AAPL up by 10pts (~5%) afterhours as of this comment timestamp. Is this purely due to the dividend announcement?

Partially, along with beating expected EPS by $0.09 and expected revenue by 400MM.

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Post by oflannabhra » Tue, Apr 30, 2019, 8:47 PM UTC

mikece wrote: post #3

"Apple no longer reports iPhone, iPad, and Mac unit sales numbers..." Probably because they only care about revenue and profits these days, not innovation and products. Apple didn't get to where they are by optimizing the supply chain but by coming up with incredible products that everyone HAD to have. I bought an iPhone last spring because it was the least-bad option in my opinion; if the Librem 5 is a flop I don't…

They actually state why they don't report unit sales numbers: they aren't meaningful now that the iPhone is no longer opening in new markets, the mobile phone market has reached maturity, and the number that is meaningful for their business growth is active devices.

I'm not going to defend Apple's reasons for crafting their message to Wall Street, but to say that they only care about revenue and profits, but not innovation or products, just doesn't follow from sales number reporting (or from their other actions, in my opinion).

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Post by teej » Tue, Apr 30, 2019, 8:48 PM UTC

r00fus wrote: post #4

AAPL up by 10pts (~5%) afterhours as of this comment timestamp. Is this purely due to the dividend announcement?

EPS beat estimates by 4%, $2.46 vs $2.36.

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Post by r00fus » Tue, Apr 30, 2019, 8:48 PM UTC

jjtheblunt wrote: post #5

mikece wrote: post #3

"Apple no longer reports iPhone, iPad, and Mac unit sales numbers..." Probably because they only care about revenue and profits these days, not innovation and products. Apple didn't get to where they are by optimizing the supply chain but by coming up with incredible products that everyone HAD to have. I bought an iPhone last spring because it was the least-bad option in my opinion; if the Librem 5 is a flop I don't…

You can turn FaceID off.

TouchID still has less lag - and I can auth/unlock from my pocket. FaceID is great for my aging parents who have calloused hands, but I still prefer TouchID.

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Post by baoha » Tue, Apr 30, 2019, 8:49 PM UTC

mikece wrote: post #3

"Apple no longer reports iPhone, iPad, and Mac unit sales numbers..." Probably because they only care about revenue and profits these days, not innovation and products. Apple didn't get to where they are by optimizing the supply chain but by coming up with incredible products that everyone HAD to have. I bought an iPhone last spring because it was the least-bad option in my opinion; if the Librem 5 is a flop I don't…

Can we just stop with the 'Apple stopped innovating' propaganda, the same thing can be said about any big corps, be it Google/FB/Netflix/...

Innovation doesn't just mean creating new products (the Airpod is one of Apple's killer product by the way), improving current products used by millions of people while keeping them coming back to buy more and more is not easy, this is also counted as innovation in my book.