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Subject: Re: iPhone revenue fell for a second consecutive quarter (perhaps due
 to Apple's failed R&D efforts)
Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2024 12:24:01 -0700
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On 2024-08-02 13:15, badgolferman wrote:
> Andrew <andrew@spam.net> 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.
>>   <https://www.fool.com/investing/2024/05/07/apple-spent-183-billion-rd-in-12-years-674-billion/>
>>
>> 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.