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Given that Apple just reported a .4% unit sales increase I find the sheer volume of gloom and doom interesting. https://www.anandtech.com/show/13540/apple-anno
by GeekyBear 8y ago
Given that Apple just reported a .4% unit sales increase I find the sheer volume of gloom and doom interesting.
https://www.anandtech.com/show/13540/apple-announces-q4-fy-2018-earnings-revenue-up-sales-not https://www.anandtech.com/show/13540/apple-announces-q4-fy-2...
IDC just reported that during the same period the overall smartphone market shrank by 6%.
https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS44425818 https://www.idc.com/getdoc.jsp?containerId=prUS44425818
Samsung just reported a 33% year on year smartphone sales drop.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2018/10/31/samsung-reports-record-profit-despite-smartphone-sales-slump/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/2018/10/31/samsung-re...
Growing unit sales while the market is contracting doesn't really scream "doom" to me.
- aetherson 8y agoRelative success can still mean absolute stagnation.