Apple Reports First Quarter Results

Post by swombat » Mon, Jan 27, 2014, 10:34 PM UTC

lstamour wrote: post #35

jmduke wrote: post #31

The magic paragraph: The Company sold 51 million iPhones, an all-time quarterly record, compared to 47.8 million in the year-ago quarter. Apple also sold 26 million iPads during the quarter, also an all-time quarterly record, compared to 22.9 million in the year-ago quarter. The Company sold 4.8 million Macs, compared to 4.1 million in the year-ago quarter. If I were to play armchair quarterback, I'd say that iPhones…

I wouldn't. People have caught on that if they wait another 8 months, they'll have two new iPhones to choose from. ;-)

Post by Someone » Mon, Jan 27, 2014, 10:36 PM UTC

georgemcbay wrote: post #51

empthought wrote: post #47

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> could trivially be solved I'm going to guess you're neither a computer hardware nor a battery engineer.

I meant solved by making the battery replaceable, even if as a service of AppleCare or whatever if not the end-consumer. See: Teslas, which have to live by the same rules as everyone else when it comes to battery life issues but whose solution isn't 'throw your car out when it won't hold a charge anymore'.

Post by Nrsolis » Mon, Jan 27, 2014, 10:37 PM UTC

minimax wrote: post #56

Nrsolis wrote: post #41

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That's not how shorting works. You short the stock and NOW YOU HAVE THE MONEY but you OWE the stock to whomever you borrowed it from. If the stock goes up, you lose. If it goes down, you use the cash you have to buy it back and keep the rest.

Yeah but you can't short anything without a margin balance. So for a retail account you need something like $100 in margin balance for every $300 of the short position. You can't open a trading account with zero balance and just start short selling things to raise cash.

Post by snowwrestler » Mon, Jan 27, 2014, 10:37 PM UTC

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…

Post by acchow » Mon, Jan 27, 2014, 10:41 PM UTC

benihana wrote: post #64

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…

It's funny. Every year, since 2007 I've heard this argument, that the market isn't big enough and every year: record growth and profits. No but seriously. This year is the year that Apple's iPhone success catches up to them. "Apple's iPhone business is finally going to fail this year" is the new " this is the year of the Linux desktop"