Apple should but under Tim Cook, Apple could?
I feel Tim Cook is going down the same rabbit hole as Steve Ballmer, chasing ways to juice the iPhone/iOS cash cow. And now with dividends, it's an aim at spiking the stock price while revenue isn't growing much.
A $15B dip on Apple's earnings would shock their price. Apple seems to have fallen into the trap of chasing quarterly earnings while sacrificing their long term growth.