Path: ...!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: Fri, 2 Aug 2024 11:05:36 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 31 Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2024 20:05:37 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="75954bc68ab393c2a2c580525b2715ae"; logging-data="3048759"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+S7wynjuRuWSfNYtYrTn0Xx3ax5wjW3mw=" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Cancel-Lock: sha1:F3FCVqpH31hi8XhL/k1HcTnNa1c= Content-Language: en-CA In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2454 On 2024-08-02 10:46, badgolferman wrote: > Andrew wrote: > >> iPhone revenue fell for a second consecutive quarter >> >> >> Apple chip design was incompetent at GPUs, and now they're failing at >> 5G and falling two generations behind already, in AI - but oh those >> colors! >> >> There's only so much brilliant marketing can do for a company that >> spends the least in R&D per revenue than any other company on the >> planet. >> >> Even far smaller companies in the smartphone industry spend more in >> R&D in total dollars than Apple - but where Apple is the worst in the >> entire world is its dismal R&D spend based on revenue. >> >> There's a reason Apple is always five to ten years behind in >> technology. Specifically, Apple's failed R&D effort in AI & in >> integrated 5G modems. > > What's to say they would be able to create those chips even if they > spent more money? Look at one of the premiere chip makers in the world > Intel and what a hot mess they are now! And from a sales standpoint, how could it possibly matter to the customer WHO is making the chips? And to be clear, there are no smartphone companies that spend more R&D in total dollars than Apple.