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Re:Apple Reports First Quarter Results by pdpi on Thursday February 01, 2018 @05:04PM (#16286366)
The absolute levels are their best quarter ever. Can’t possibly be that bad, can it?
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Re:Apple Reports First Quarter Results by philwelch on Thursday February 01, 2018 @05:27PM (#16286538)
Their best quarters were supply-constrained.

If there are d units demanded and p units produced, and d >> p, then unit sales = p. Next year, if there are d' units demanded and p' units produced, and d' >= p' while p' > p, then unit sales are going to go up. This tells you a little bit about d', but not everything.

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