Re:Apple tells suppliers to produce 10% fewer new iPhones
by mikenew on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @02:22AM
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The market is declining, at least for mobile phones: http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/global-u-s-growth-in-...
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Re:Apple tells suppliers to produce 10% fewer new iPhones
by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @03:28AM
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Your article counts shipments. That’s the most of market metrics. Better: revenues. Even better: profits. This is what Apple historically focussed on, to the detriment of its competition.
Betterer: device + platform (*e.g. App Store fees, Apple Music, iCloud) revenues. Even betterer: device + platform profits. This is what Cook is now focusing on, in light of the world’s most profitable consumers buying phones less often but still religiously spending on them.