Re:Apple tells suppliers to produce 10% fewer new iPhones
by JaimeThompson on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @09:10AM
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Why is his cherry-picking an issue but your cherry-picking acceptable? Reducing complex issues to just a few lines typically doesn't work.
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Re:Apple tells suppliers to produce 10% fewer new iPhones
by JaimeThompson on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @02:18PM
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Put another way your spin is the correct one while others interpretation is wrong. Stop trying to make this a simple issue when it isn't.
Re:Apple tells suppliers to produce 10% fewer new iPhones
by Damogran6 on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @10:34AM
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Meh, IMHO, I loved buying the top tier phone...and that top tier phone jumped from $900-ish to $1200-ish and I'm choosing to not make the jump. The changes are not compelling enough to make me feel like spending that kinda dough.
Incorporating the carrier costs in the analysis, are you getting more than $5 in value a day? Because with an Xs max and a noncapped plan, that's what I'd be spending.
Re:Apple tells suppliers to produce 10% fewer new iPhones
by piva00 on Thursday January 10, 2019 @06:45AM
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Being really honest: yes, I probably get more than $5 of value a day. That is less than I make in 10 minutes, I use my phone most of the time I'm off of my work desk, I use it to read my books, watch stuff online (even while home), to research basic subjects, etc.
So even with that price I'd consider it more valuable than what I'm spending.
With that said, of course I can have a very similar experience while using a cheaper phone so a better ROI but I think that phones are actually our most bang-for-the-buck gadget nowadays.
Re:Apple tells suppliers to produce 10% fewer new iPhones
by bootaccount on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @10:29AM
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it's at the top of the release to distract the investors that don't spend the time to dig through all the details in the rest of the document.
Right before your quote they use the words VAST MAJORITY to describe China's impact. And it's not just one section, it's stated at the top of the release in the summary, along with supply constraints, as the reason for the revised estimate.
My point is that almost every other comment here was confirmation bias about things hnews readers think are important. They're not important. They're worthy of a throwaway sentence in an earnings estimate at best. It's obnoxious.