Apple announces MASSIVE profits
Discussion
vescaegg said:
Yazar said:
Burwood said:
Your missing the 35 odd in debt
Tim Cook has an easy ride does he? Running the biggest, most profitable company in the world after it's founder genius died. You are talking drivel
As the saying goes, it's only when the tide comes in that you see who is swimming naked. Tim maybe an amazing CEO, he may not. How can you tell right now? Tim Cook has an easy ride does he? Running the biggest, most profitable company in the world after it's founder genius died. You are talking drivel
as at the time it was said that he and jobs had created a 5 year road map in place.It's not growing sales in China that will make him a good CEO for a company like Apple, it is getting the decision right of which 2 or 3 of 1000 idea to go forward with. And having that jobs level of attention to detail, or making sure he has someone in place with that skill.
He gets it wrong and today's profits will not be tomorrow profits, that's where he will earn his money.
nikaiyo2 said:
It does not cost more, the cost to own an iPhone 6 is almost identical to a Samsung or HTC of similar spec, but I know which will still be working in 3 years time...
Iphone 6 128GB £699
Samsung Galaxy S4 32 GB £599
HTC M8 64 GB £599
In 3 years time your iPhone will get you £108 at the local Cex, Samsung £27
My old iPhone 4 was 5 years old (almost) when I dropped it from a 3rd floor window. Our Samsung Company phones die without fail before the contract is up.
So lets assume the Samsung lasts 2 years and the iPhone 3, the cost of the "cheaper" Samsung is £286 per year, or the expensive iPhone £197.
I am sort of the opposite to you, the actual cost of buying a high end Android is more than the apple equivalent, and there is NOTHING an Android does that an iPhone does not do equally as well.
I've had a Galaxy S2 since they were released, still going strong as are all the samsung phones we own (only my wife has upgraded).Iphone 6 128GB £699
Samsung Galaxy S4 32 GB £599
HTC M8 64 GB £599
In 3 years time your iPhone will get you £108 at the local Cex, Samsung £27
My old iPhone 4 was 5 years old (almost) when I dropped it from a 3rd floor window. Our Samsung Company phones die without fail before the contract is up.
So lets assume the Samsung lasts 2 years and the iPhone 3, the cost of the "cheaper" Samsung is £286 per year, or the expensive iPhone £197.
I am sort of the opposite to you, the actual cost of buying a high end Android is more than the apple equivalent, and there is NOTHING an Android does that an iPhone does not do equally as well.
NOTHING an android phone does better???? How about Maps, or widgets, or multi tasking?
Also I'm not sure if apple has something similar to Google Now, but its brilliant. I travel a lot and it pops up remiders about my trains, flights, hotels, with contact numbers, travel times, directions etc. i don't have to do anything to make this happen. It just does it based on booking emails.
anonymous said:
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The new Ipad Pro (bigger screen), ability to edit office documents. There will be a huge upgrade cycle ala iphone 6. The watch will be interesting. I think it's a bit of a gimmick and not really for me but i'd buy them for my kids. The surprising part is the Apps income. It's growing into a huge cash cow. nikaiyo2 said:
It does not cost more, the cost to own an iPhone 6 is almost identical to a Samsung or HTC of similar spec, but I know which will still be working in 3 years time...
Iphone 6 128GB £699
Samsung Galaxy S4 32 GB £599
HTC M8 64 GB £599
In 3 years time your iPhone will get you £108 at the local Cex, Samsung £27
My old iPhone 4 was 5 years old (almost) when I dropped it from a 3rd floor window. Our Samsung Company phones die without fail before the contract is up.
So lets assume the Samsung lasts 2 years and the iPhone 3, the cost of the "cheaper" Samsung is £286 per year, or the expensive iPhone £197.
I am sort of the opposite to you, the actual cost of buying a high end Android is more than the apple equivalent, and there is NOTHING an Android does that an iPhone does not do equally as well.
Hmm not sure about that. My Android can take pictures and videos underwater, and the battery easily lasts 2 days. From experience iPhones are fairly bad at that...Iphone 6 128GB £699
Samsung Galaxy S4 32 GB £599
HTC M8 64 GB £599
In 3 years time your iPhone will get you £108 at the local Cex, Samsung £27
My old iPhone 4 was 5 years old (almost) when I dropped it from a 3rd floor window. Our Samsung Company phones die without fail before the contract is up.
So lets assume the Samsung lasts 2 years and the iPhone 3, the cost of the "cheaper" Samsung is £286 per year, or the expensive iPhone £197.
I am sort of the opposite to you, the actual cost of buying a high end Android is more than the apple equivalent, and there is NOTHING an Android does that an iPhone does not do equally as well.
liller said:
Extraordinary levels of profits announced this morning, the biggest ever for any public company.
The amount of cash they are sitting on is reported to be enough to wipe out the UK's deficit - incredible when you actually contemplate what they could do with this surplus cash. Could they not do something for the greater good with this money?
Will there ever be another contender to this (smartphone) market? It seems like for any company to take on this level of consumer demand it would be an impossible task, with so many handset makers continually trying and failing it's a wonder more companies haven't given up.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-31016446The amount of cash they are sitting on is reported to be enough to wipe out the UK's deficit - incredible when you actually contemplate what they could do with this surplus cash. Could they not do something for the greater good with this money?
Will there ever be another contender to this (smartphone) market? It seems like for any company to take on this level of consumer demand it would be an impossible task, with so many handset makers continually trying and failing it's a wonder more companies haven't given up.
Apple manages the cash through a subsidiary, Braeburn Capital, based in Reno, Nevada which has no state corporate income tax, or taxes on corporate shares.
It is in effect one of the largest hedge funds in the world.
Well, after spending his whole life wanting to pile all computers into a large heap and set fire to them, my 65 year old Dad wants me to go to the Apple Store with him tomorrow as he wishes to purchase an iMac for his office at home to replace his PC.
He is actually quite excited about the impending purchase
I honestly never thought I would see the day where he would actually instigate the buying of a new computer, let alone which brand.
It all started when I bought him an iPad for christmas 2 years ago, and despite his hatred of 'tech', he hasn't put it down in 2 years. He browses the internet on it, reads and replies to his business emails, reads the news, watches classic car related videos on youtube, takes it with him on holiday to look up local restaurants and suchlike.
Because of that experience, he bought an iPhone, whereas he has always used Nokia's and simply left them lying in the fruit bowl at home because they were 'fiddly to use', he even sends me text and photo messages now which blows my mind.
And now comes the iMac purchase.
Thats what Apple does. It takes people like my Dad who f
king hate things like computers and smartphones, and turns them into people who actually enjoy using technology and look forward to buying the next Apple iThing.
To consumers like myself and my Dad, is it really worth paying an extra £500 for an iMac or iPhone over the cost of an alternate offering?
Of course it fking is. It's worth every penny.
He is actually quite excited about the impending purchase
I honestly never thought I would see the day where he would actually instigate the buying of a new computer, let alone which brand.
It all started when I bought him an iPad for christmas 2 years ago, and despite his hatred of 'tech', he hasn't put it down in 2 years. He browses the internet on it, reads and replies to his business emails, reads the news, watches classic car related videos on youtube, takes it with him on holiday to look up local restaurants and suchlike.
Because of that experience, he bought an iPhone, whereas he has always used Nokia's and simply left them lying in the fruit bowl at home because they were 'fiddly to use', he even sends me text and photo messages now which blows my mind.
And now comes the iMac purchase.
Thats what Apple does. It takes people like my Dad who f
king hate things like computers and smartphones, and turns them into people who actually enjoy using technology and look forward to buying the next Apple iThing.To consumers like myself and my Dad, is it really worth paying an extra £500 for an iMac or iPhone over the cost of an alternate offering?
Of course it f
king is. It's worth every penny.^ If you dad finds Apple products easy to use he's a better man than me. My gf lent me her iPhone 4 once upon a time, fk me what a heap of st. After half an hour of looking how to get on the internet I had to go and ask her - "it's on Safari".
Oh yeah, of course it is. Because that makes fking sense... and to make it worse a picture of a compass FFS! 
I'll stick with my billy big buttons Lumia, where everything has a relevant name and logo - mail, internet explorer, messaging, big picture of headphones for music etc. I don't believe anything Apple produce is easier to use than Windows 8.
k me what a heap of st. After half an hour of looking how to get on the internet I had to go and ask her - "it's on Safari".Oh yeah, of course it is. Because that makes f
king sense... and to make it worse a picture of a compass FFS! I'll stick with my billy big buttons Lumia, where everything has a relevant name and logo - mail, internet explorer, messaging, big picture of headphones for music etc. I don't believe anything Apple produce is easier to use than Windows 8.Mercury00 said:
^ If you dad finds Apple products easy to use he's a better man than me. My gf lent me her iPhone 4 once upon a time, fk me what a heap of st. After half an hour of looking how to get on the internet I had to go and ask her - "it's on Safari".
Oh yeah, of course it is. Because that makes fking sense... and to make it worse a picture of a compass FFS! I'll stick with my billy big buttons Lumia, where everything has a relevant name and logo - mail, internet explorer, messaging, big picture of headphones for music etc. I don't believe anything Apple produce is easier to use than Windows 8.
well sure, macs are different too. But once you get the hang of it you'll never go back. k me what a heap of st. After half an hour of looking how to get on the internet I had to go and ask her - "it's on Safari".Oh yeah, of course it is. Because that makes f
king sense... and to make it worse a picture of a compass FFS! I'll stick with my billy big buttons Lumia, where everything has a relevant name and logo - mail, internet explorer, messaging, big picture of headphones for music etc. I don't believe anything Apple produce is easier to use than Windows 8.Mercury00 said:
^ If you dad finds Apple products easy to use he's a better man than me. My gf lent me her iPhone 4 once upon a time, fk me what a heap of st. After half an hour of looking how to get on the internet I had to go and ask her - "it's on Safari".
Oh yeah, of course it is. Because that makes fking sense... and to make it worse a picture of a compass FFS! I'll stick with my billy big buttons Lumia, where everything has a relevant name and logo - mail, internet explorer, messaging, big picture of headphones for music etc. I don't believe anything Apple produce is easier to use than Windows 8.
k me what a heap of st. After half an hour of looking how to get on the internet I had to go and ask her - "it's on Safari".Oh yeah, of course it is. Because that makes f
king sense... and to make it worse a picture of a compass FFS! I'll stick with my billy big buttons Lumia, where everything has a relevant name and logo - mail, internet explorer, messaging, big picture of headphones for music etc. I don't believe anything Apple produce is easier to use than Windows 8.
There is more than one truth, but stick to your little part of the world if you want.
Windows easier to use than a mac. Don't make me laugh. And W8 has only got where it is because of the competition. Go back to XP or W2K and tell me it is easy to use. That is when MAC OS shone, maybe not so much now that MS has learnt so much.
Many years ago, a near tech genius I worked with (we used HP UX workstations) said Windows 'was a brain dead OS'. He was talking about the internals, and for sure it is better now, but I have always remembered that.
Mercury00 said:
^ If you dad finds Apple products easy to use he's a better man than me. My gf lent me her iPhone 4 once upon a time, fk me what a heap of st. After half an hour of looking how to get on the internet I had to go and ask her - "it's on Safari".
Oh yeah, of course it is. Because that makes fking sense... and to make it worse a picture of a compass FFS! I'll stick with my billy big buttons Lumia, where everything has a relevant name and logo - mail, internet explorer, messaging, big picture of headphones for music etc. I don't believe anything Apple produce is easier to use than Windows 8.
The compass reference is quite simple, really. You want to find something on the internet and your browser shows you the way.k me what a heap of st. After half an hour of looking how to get on the internet I had to go and ask her - "it's on Safari".Oh yeah, of course it is. Because that makes f
king sense... and to make it worse a picture of a compass FFS! I'll stick with my billy big buttons Lumia, where everything has a relevant name and logo - mail, internet explorer, messaging, big picture of headphones for music etc. I don't believe anything Apple produce is easier to use than Windows 8.Maybe technology just isn't for you, mate. All of it.
I think we should have a browser called, oh wait a minute, I have it, Opera. Bet that will confuse people. Or maybe Chrome..... wonder what Spartan will become?
As long as its quick and not too intrusive, don't mind. Mind you, spotlight is very sneaky, though I suspect not through design to be sneaky rather than helpful. Wonder how far the other browsers go as well to be helpful?
As long as its quick and not too intrusive, don't mind. Mind you, spotlight is very sneaky, though I suspect not through design to be sneaky rather than helpful. Wonder how far the other browsers go as well to be helpful?
NinjaPower said:
Well, after spending his whole life wanting to pile all computers into a large heap and set fire to them, my 65 year old Dad wants me to go to the Apple Store with him tomorrow as he wishes to purchase an iMac for his office at home to replace his PC.
He is actually quite excited about the impending purchase
I honestly never thought I would see the day where he would actually instigate the buying of a new computer, let alone which brand.
It all started when I bought him an iPad for christmas 2 years ago, and despite his hatred of 'tech', he hasn't put it down in 2 years. He browses the internet on it, reads and replies to his business emails, reads the news, watches classic car related videos on youtube, takes it with him on holiday to look up local restaurants and suchlike.
Because of that experience, he bought an iPhone, whereas he has always used Nokia's and simply left them lying in the fruit bowl at home because they were 'fiddly to use', he even sends me text and photo messages now which blows my mind.
And now comes the iMac purchase.
Thats what Apple does. It takes people like my Dad who fking hate things like computers and smartphones, and turns them into people who actually enjoy using technology and look forward to buying the next Apple iThing.
To consumers like myself and my Dad, is it really worth paying an extra £500 for an iMac or iPhone over the cost of an alternate offering?
Of course it fking is. It's worth every penny.
We're not brothers are we? He is actually quite excited about the impending purchase
I honestly never thought I would see the day where he would actually instigate the buying of a new computer, let alone which brand.
It all started when I bought him an iPad for christmas 2 years ago, and despite his hatred of 'tech', he hasn't put it down in 2 years. He browses the internet on it, reads and replies to his business emails, reads the news, watches classic car related videos on youtube, takes it with him on holiday to look up local restaurants and suchlike.
Because of that experience, he bought an iPhone, whereas he has always used Nokia's and simply left them lying in the fruit bowl at home because they were 'fiddly to use', he even sends me text and photo messages now which blows my mind.
And now comes the iMac purchase.
Thats what Apple does. It takes people like my Dad who f
king hate things like computers and smartphones, and turns them into people who actually enjoy using technology and look forward to buying the next Apple iThing.To consumers like myself and my Dad, is it really worth paying an extra £500 for an iMac or iPhone over the cost of an alternate offering?
Of course it f
king is. It's worth every penny.My Dad now has an iPad, iPhone and wants me to go with him to choose a Mac Book Air.
Irony is that it was the iPhone that changed his view of tech - he had a string of Nokias because they were supposed to be easy to use, but one day he was playing around with my iPhone and he was surprised at how simple it was to do the easy stuff like ... make calls. He now texts and emails too. Crazy
I bought my mum an iPad for her 70th, she loves it. She uses it everyday, I've never had to touch or fiddle with it besides the regular updates. So from that point it's made my life much easier.
I've got a 2008 MacBook and it's used every day. It's still the same as the day it come from the box. My wife 2007 MacBook has only just died. She used it 10 hrs a day, transporting it every day.
Am I an Apple fanboy ? No, I just likes stuff that works.
I've got a 2008 MacBook and it's used every day. It's still the same as the day it come from the box. My wife 2007 MacBook has only just died. She used it 10 hrs a day, transporting it every day.
Am I an Apple fanboy ? No, I just likes stuff that works.
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