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Re:Apple Q4 Results by ogre_codes on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @06:51PM (#21403820)
If finding "the next iPhone" just required spending large enough sums of money, then Microsoft would have beat them to the punch before the iPhone came out.

In all of history there have only been a few iPhone class disruptors. They are rare, and they come based more on timing and the presence of enabling technologies than any particular company simply investing billions in R&D.

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Re:Apple Q4 Results by VRay on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @07:50PM (#21404293)
yeah, these tech giants are constantly hiring tons of people and snapping up every interesting startup that rolls along in a desperate bid to turn money into more profitable products

Although I do wish Apple would buy some AAA game studios and make some AAA-quality games for their platforms..

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Re:Apple Q4 Results by scarface74 on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @10:41PM (#21405244)
The game market is extremely small compared to other markets.

Sony just announced their quarterly numbers. The PS4 just crossed the 100 million unit threshold over its entire lifetime. Apple sells that many phones in two quarters.

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