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Not sure I see Apple hitting $700 ever again Supply chain problems? Sure. Stale products? Possibly. Demand dropping? Maybe. Samsung destroying them in sales

Not sure I see Apple hitting $700 ever again Supply chain problems? Sure. Stale products? Possibly. Demand dropping? Maybe. Samsung destroying them in sales? Definitely. Tim Cook? Not helping. Ran out of ideas? Haven't really anything but refreshes. iPhone 5S in June? Going to be nothing special. I think the market is waking up, consumers still have a ways to go but they'll get there...

Hari_Seldon 14y ago
Strongly disagree, not being able to keep up with demand is not a bad problem to have. As for being out of ideas, Please - the competition are mainly me too products. No one else releases actual sales numbers and many android handsets are free or cheap so are not in the same market as Apple.
- CamperBob2 14y ago
  Strongly disagree, not being able to keep up with demand is not a bad problem to have. Yeah, actually, it is. I've heard they're still having supply chain problems with the iPhone 5. If true, that means that they've made some fairly serious mistakes that they haven't made before.
  - Steko 14y ago
    "haven't made before" Pretty sure they have had "supply chain issues" with every single iteration of the iphone and ipad.
    - CamperBob2 14y ago
      They have, but only for the first couple of weeks. How long has the iPhone 5 been out now?
      - Steko 14y ago
        "only for the first couple of weeks. How long has the iPhone 5 been out now?" Two months. Let's see how the Spring 2013 ipad was doing two months in. http://www.slashgear.com/apple-new-ipad-supply-situation-eases-again-24229808/ http://www.slashgear.com/apple-new-ipad-supply-situation-eas... It also really bears mentioning that Apple used to roll out globally over 3-4 quarters to manage supply. This time they pretty much did the whole world in one quarter. There's some interesting discussion that this presages a new standard 6 month release cycle.
coob 14y ago
I'm bookmarking this comment so I can come back at the end of January and gloat.

Hari_Seldon 14y ago

Strongly disagree, not being able to keep up with demand is not a bad problem to have. As for being out of ideas, Please - the competition are mainly me too products. No one else releases actual sales numbers and many android handsets are free or cheap so are not in the same market as Apple.

CamperBob2 14y ago
Strongly disagree, not being able to keep up with demand is not a bad problem to have. Yeah, actually, it is. I've heard they're still having supply chain problems with the iPhone 5. If true, that means that they've made some fairly serious mistakes that they haven't made before.
- Steko 14y ago
  "haven't made before" Pretty sure they have had "supply chain issues" with every single iteration of the iphone and ipad.
  - CamperBob2 14y ago
    They have, but only for the first couple of weeks. How long has the iPhone 5 been out now?
    - Steko 14y ago
      "only for the first couple of weeks. How long has the iPhone 5 been out now?" Two months. Let's see how the Spring 2013 ipad was doing two months in. http://www.slashgear.com/apple-new-ipad-supply-situation-eases-again-24229808/ http://www.slashgear.com/apple-new-ipad-supply-situation-eas... It also really bears mentioning that Apple used to roll out globally over 3-4 quarters to manage supply. This time they pretty much did the whole world in one quarter. There's some interesting discussion that this presages a new standard 6 month release cycle.

coob 14y ago

I'm bookmarking this comment so I can come back at the end of January and gloat.