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Apple Reports First Quarter Results

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Re: Apple Reports First Quarter Results

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Post by austenallred »

To understand scale: Apple has given $43 Billion to investors since July 2012. Twitter's market cap is $32 Billion. Apple's net profit of $13b over the last 3 months was more than the company made from its founding in 1977 'til the iPhone launched in 2007.

Last night my wife and I were organizing our room, and ended up putting our computers together, and we found three MacBooks (one is really old), two iPads and two iPhones - about $3500 worth of product. The phones are heavily subsidized by our phone bill, the computers are simply "must-haves," and the iPads are our most expensive ($350 ea.) toys. We're one year out of school and make $40,000/year.

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Post by georgemcbay »

Phones and tablets are very close to the point that desktop/laptops got to a few years back where unless there is some major disruptive technology introduced (eg. batteries with 100%+ efficiency over current ones) on top of them the one you bought this year is pretty much good enough to keep for the next many years, until it breaks somehow.

There will still be a market of ultra-fashion-conscious buyers who really need this years model, just like there are people who lease brand new cars every year, but that market isn't big enough, IMO, to sustain the growth that Apple, Samsung, etc have enjoyed thus far.

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Post by pezh0re »

dba7dba wrote: post #20
psbp wrote: post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We'll undoubtedly see some sort of fall for samsung. Apple is releasing larger screen iPhones, android competitors in every market are becoming more aggressive , etc.

Kinda ironic if apple does increase sales with bigger screen, because it means apple is a follower, not a leader.

They've been following on more than a few things already - notifications, multi-tasking, etc.

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Post by Perceval »

loso wrote: post #4

Apple after hours are down 6%. Analyst do not like the short term stock growth prospects.

This happens every single time Apple gives an earnings report. AAPL rises before the report and falls after the report. If I had the money I would short the stock every single time.

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Post by ryanhuff »

georgemcbay wrote: post #22

Phones and tablets are very close to the point that desktop/laptops got to a few years back where unless there is some major disruptive technology introduced (eg. batteries with 100%+ efficiency over current ones) on top of them the one you bought this year is pretty much good enough to keep for the next many years, until it breaks somehow. There will still be a market of ultra-fashion-conscious buyers who really nee…

Non-replaceable battery is probably a primary why this may not be the case. My iPad 3 seems to be discharging much more quickly these days, and will probably mean a replacement will be needed sometime next year.

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Post by grecy »

georgemcbay wrote: post #22

Phones and tablets are very close to the point that desktop/laptops got to a few years back where unless there is some major disruptive technology introduced (eg. batteries with 100%+ efficiency over current ones) on top of them the one you bought this year is pretty much good enough to keep for the next many years, until it breaks somehow. There will still be a market of ultra-fashion-conscious buyers who really nee…

> but that market isn't big enough, IMO, to sustain the growth that Apple, Samsung, etc have enjoyed thus far.

Which is why Apple is pushing so hard into "Developing markets" like China, Brazil, India, etc. etc.

There are hundreds of millions of people on the planet that have never really even had the option of buying an iPhone or iPad. I'll wager tons of them have the means to buy one, and they clearly have the desire.

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