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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Alan Newsgroups: misc.phone.mobile.iphone,comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: iPhone revenue fell for a second consecutive quarter (perhaps due to Apple's failed R&D efforts) Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2024 16:09:36 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 76 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2024 01:09:37 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1b5244ff5a70322e25e255d0d7dc483c"; logging-data="308684"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19z0Fyg2rbUa0DWw4QarBSmWgQUFM8RV+s=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:JGA2aOkWMRcN04vzl7j3NTOUG4s= Content-Language: en-CA In-Reply-To: Bytes: 4570 On 2024-08-04 14:46, badgolferman wrote: > Alan wrote: >> On 2024-08-02 13:15, badgolferman wrote: >>> Andrew wrote: >>>> badgolferman wrote on Fri, 2 Aug 2024 18:50:28 -0000 (UTC) : >>>> >>>>> Maybe it is and maybe it has to do with the people being employed to >>>>> develop these things. Are they the best and brightest developers >>>>> available, considering Apple has the money to pay them? Or are they >>>>> DEI candidates selected to make Apple look good to shareholders and >>>>> those who demand such things? >>>> >>>> All I can say is I am always reasonable in all my factual assessments. >>>> As you know, zealots never know ANYTHING about what Apple actually does. >>>> >>>> At least you read about Apple outside of Apple's (brilliant) Marketing ads. >>>> >>>> To your concerns, all I can tell you is what is in the news about Apple's >>>> strategic decisions, which I'm sure you can handle - but the zealots can't. >>>> >>>> This, from midyear 2024 says, for example the iPhone accounts for "55% >>>> ($115.7 billion) of Apple's $210.3 billion in net sales", so it behooves us >>>> to concentrate on what Apple has improved on technology for that iPhone. >>>> >>>> >>>> Notice the fact that Apple spends far more on propping up stock than on R&D >>>> (where the article uses the word "breathtaking" where the article says no >>>> other company comes close to what Apple spends, not in R&D, but on P:E. >>>> >>>> What's a possible assessment takeaway from those two facts? >>>> >>>> Maybe: >>>> a. Apple cares more than anyone about artificially propping up stock... >>>> b. And, yet, Apple cares far less than most in terms of actual R&D. >>>> >>>> What do YOU make of those two breathtakingly different facts about Apple? >>>> >>> >>> It says Apple is on track to spend $31 billion this year on R&D,. >>> underscoring its record of increases every year since 2013. That’s >>> certainly no number to sneeze at, but unfortunately there hasn’t been much >>> innovation to show for it over the last 5-6 years. I know some will say the >>> mobile phone has reached its peak in features, but they’ve been saying that >>> for a long time. A truly innovative company would create things customers >>> didn’t know they wanted, not new colors or emojis. >> >> Give some recent examples of what you would term "things customers >> didn’t know they wanted"... >> >> ...from any smartphone manufacturer. >> >> >> > > Face ID, Not recent. The first phone with it came out in 2011, and when Apple developed it enough to use it, it was 2017 > contactless payments, First used in a phone in 2004 (by Sony), but not actually useful until Apple got it right. > QR code scanning, Seriously? So the newest thing you can point to is from more than a decade ago. and other useful things > like these. New colors and new emojis don’t count. So it's not like Apple is somehow unique in not rolling out the innovations, is it?