Apple Just Made An Incredible Amount Of Money

[Briggsy]

Apple want's all the money. We need every central bank of the world to keep issuing more money into economies because Apple is taking it all. how bout dem inflations.

[TroubleKlef]

Not surprising. The introduction of larger iPhones and the recent success in Asian markets. 

[Dude]

Despite this; Apple still have a tiny market share in smartphones and that is still plummeting.

Just saying. Put away your iBoner.

[Frix]

Can't imagine what would happen if money like that was going into a superior company such as Google.

[Mew]

It seems that their profits don't seem as high as people would like to make them. "Charging $650 for a $200 phone" This is proof that the bom cost has little to do with the price of a product; the cost to pay engineers and programmers to make it a complete product is not cheap.

[Victorious Secret]

Wow. That's more money than I can actually comprehend. They make the products that the average person wants, by putting decent looking and working software and a nice clean design to its hardware. Can't fault them for it really.

 

Marketing. Never underestimate the marketing that has to go along with everything else you said. Apple does not give any flying fucks about us. Or really, any person on the internet like us. They want the 99.9% who aren't here. Normal people. My technologically inept father. Or even my brother. Or pretty much everyone you know. 

You can have the BEST product on Earth, if your marketing and branding doesn't get the attention of the widest demographic, you won't have much success. Thats what Apple excels at the most. I know its popular to call people sheep for buying Apple and whatever else, the truth is that Apple just succeeds in marketing to the average joe. They've cracked the code on getting repeat sales and keeping customers in their ecosystems all on their own. Good for them. 

With them nearing a trillion dollars in emergency cash, who knows. To think this company was bankrupt and about to roll over and die, and now they are here. 

[SirNumbers]

Despite this; Apple still have a tiny market share in smartphones and that is still plummeting.

Just saying. Put away your iBoner.

They have huge share what are you talking about

[Guest Kloaked]

geez O_O... Apple. You are sitting on nearly a trillion dollars now. Please for the good of the world do something amazing with it

They're going to make an even thinner iPhone!

[Valentyn]

geez O_O... Apple. You are sitting on nearly a trillion dollars now. Please for the good of the world do something amazing with it

 

If they invested half of that into R&D, just imagine what they could do.

 

Since the late 90's they've been really holding on tight to as much cash as possible. Stops them from ever being strapped for raw spending power, or going bankrupt.

 

Still though they have so much, they can do so much if they wanted.

[Victorious Secret]

They have huge share what are you talking about

 

He is the same as those guys who keep saying "Apple is dying" every year or "the iPad is such a failure" or "who actually buys iPods?"

Their overall marketshare percentages are dropping since the entire market is expanding (Android gets a lot of sales) but Apple themselves sell more devices each quarter so its easy to see how people can be confused Their % of market drops but their units sold goes up. 

[Sauron]

This makes me cry inside a little.

[Mew]

If they invested half of that into R&D, just imagine what they could do.

 

Since the late 90's they've been really holding on tight to as much cash as possible. Stops them from ever being strapped for raw spending power, or going bankrupt.

 

Still though they have so much, they can do so much if they wanted.

 

They made about 75 Billion dollars, but of that amount, they only have less than 20 Billion left after all the expenses and stuff. They do invest it into R & D, their SOC in their mobile products are excellent and it'll only get better. Although the first gen Apple Watch might be a failure, they won't hesitate to make it better. There are still the rumored iPad pro and retina mba that they might be working on. As far as I can tell, they're not sitting on the money at all.

[Thony]

Meanwhile im here earning £1000 a month....

[Sauron]

It seems that their profits don't seem as high as people would like to make them. "Charging $650 for a $200 phone" This is proof that the bom cost has little to do with the price of a product; the cost to pay engineers and programmers to make it a complete product is not cheap.

 

explain this then.

 

 

 

Faster than an iphone 6, larger than an iphone 6, with more ram than an iphone 6, with a higher screen resolution than the iphone 6, with a larger battery than the iphone 6, more expandable than an iphone 6, with more sim cards than an iphone 6, with a better camera than an iphone 6, more moddable than an iphone 6.

 

All this for a launch price of 200$. Give me one good reason to spend 3.5 times as much to go out and buy an iphone 6 (or 4.5 times as much for a 6+ since it's in that size range).

 

Of course there's r&d involved and it has a cost, but it's nowhere NEAR expensive enough to even BEGIN to justify the monstrous margin they make on an iphone. They don't even spend that much into advertising anymore, they don't need to. They have legions of fanboys who will do the job just fine (I can't remember the last time I saw an apple ad on tv).

[ClakeyD]

Not an apple fan, but congrats to them. That's a ridiculous amount of money.

[Mew]

explain this then.

Faster than an iphone 6, larger than an iphone 6, with more ram than an iphone 6, with a higher screen resolution than the iphone 6, with a larger battery than the iphone 6, more expandable than an iphone 6, with more sim cards than an iphone 6, with a better camera than an iphone 6, more moddable than an iphone 6.

All this for a launch price of 200$. Give me one good reason to spend 3.5 times as much to go out and buy an iphone 6 (or 4.5 times as much for a 6+ since it's in that size range).

Of course there's r&d involved and it has a cost, but it's nowhere NEAR expensive enough to even BEGIN to justify the monstrous margin they make on an iphone. They don't even spend that much into advertising anymore, they don't need to. They have legions of fanboys who will do the job just fine (I can't remember the last time I saw an apple ad on tv).

Without looking at benchmarks, I doubt any phone will be faster than the iPhone 6. Larger screen, higher resolution, more ram don't necessarily give you a better experience. Imo, android isn't any better than iOS. It's like saying that a larger tank is the solution to a car with bad efficiency. You are comparing specs that in some cases aren't comparable.

The price of the iPhone is in line with any android flagship. The Galaxy s5, the htc one m8 are all the same price as the iPhone.

[dfsdfgfkjsefoiqzemnd]

It seems that their profits don't seem as high as people would like to make them. "Charging $650 for a $200 phone" This is proof that the bom cost has little to do with the price of a product; the cost to pay engineers and programmers to make it a complete product is not cheap.

A lot of profit might have been lost because of all the bent iphones that they had to replace. 

[Sauron]

Without looking at benchmarks, I doubt any phone will be faster than the iPhone 6. Larger screen, higher resolution, more ram don't necessarily give you a better experience. Imo, android isn't any better than iOS. You are comparing specs that in some cases aren't comparable. The price of the iPhone is in line with any android flagship. The Galaxy s5, the htc one m8 are all the same price as the iPhone.

 

The atom cpu inside the zenfone has been proven to destroy most arm chips on the market. Including the iphone 6 cpu, as hard as you may find it to believe that. There's a tablet with windows 8 that has the same cpu on the market (again from asus) that can run bf3 (goes for 300$ with a detachable keyboard btw, might want to reconsider the value of a twice-as-expensive ipad) at a playable framerate.

 

And there are multiple phones that are faster than an iphone 6, don't kid yourself...

 

Specs that aren't comparable? Come on dude... just because the screen is a bit larger (which by the way would mean it cost more to produce if anything), it doesn't change the fact that it owns the iphone in every conceivable way. And again, there's the 6+ which has the same size, and is 4.5 times (!!!) as expensive. This is not a size preference comparison, this is me trying to show you how incredibly overpriced the iphone is.

 

The price is in line with android "flagships", and that's why ALL these "flagships" are utter shit for the price. I'm not a fanboy, I won't defend android at all costs just because. There are terrible value phones with android, too. But this one, and some others, come to show exactly that.

 

In favour of android however I will say this: even if the iphone was the fastest phone on the planet, ios would prevent you from actually noticing. You're locked in in this tight ecosystem and you can do literally nothing that actually leverages the potential of a high end phone. Android is customizable, moddable, and anyone can port anything to it (for example, someone actually ported the full pc version of doom 3 to android). You can make a linux chroot and have it be a small pc in your pocket. I can already hear you saying "oh I don't care for that who needs that"... well, then may I ask why you are willing to spend 750 on a device if you don't care? because you can get a smooth and stutter free experience from a 100$ phone too nowadays.

[StingBull]

Breaking news! Some people made some money.

[Hunter259]

The atom cpu inside the zenfone has been proven to destroy most arm chips on the market. Including the iphone 6 cpu, as hard as you may find it to believe that. There's a tablet with windows 8 that has the same cpu on the market (again from asus) that can run bf3 (goes for 300$ with a detachable keyboard btw, might want to reconsider the value of a twice-as-expensive ipad) at a playable framerate.

 

And there are multiple phones that are faster than an iphone 6, don't kid yourself...

 

Specs that aren't comparable? Come on dude... just because the screen is a bit larger (which by the way would mean it cost more to produce if anything), it doesn't change the fact that it owns the iphone in every conceivable way. And again, there's the 6+ which has the same size, and is 4.5 times (!!!) as expensive. This is not a size preference comparison, this is me trying to show you how incredibly overpriced the iphone is.

 

The price is in line with android "flagships", and that's why ALL these "flagships" are utter shit for the price. I'm not a fanboy, I won't defend android at all costs just because. There are terrible value phones with android, too. But this one, and some others, come to show exactly that.

 

In favour of android however I will say this: even if the iphone was the fastest phone on the planet, ios would prevent you from actually noticing. You're locked in in this tight ecosystem and you can do literally nothing that actually leverages the potential of a high end phone. Android is customizable, moddable, and anyone can port anything to it (for example, someone actually ported the full pc version of doom 3 to android). You can make a linux chroot and have it be a small pc in your pocket. I can already hear you saying "oh I don't care for that who needs that"... well, then may I ask why you are willing to spend 750 on a device if you don't care? because you can get a smooth and stutter free experience from a 100$ phone too nowadays.

How about app compatibility? Emulation of any kind is extremely inefficient. Who cares if benchmarks say its faster if nothing supports its architecture.

[Xsilent(X)]

i call bullshit!

 

[Decon]

I guess apple makes a good product that people are happy with.

either that or everyone is just a brainless fanboy lol

[Opcode]

Without looking at benchmarks, I doubt any phone will be faster than the iPhone 6. Larger screen, higher resolution, more ram don't necessarily give you a better experience. Imo, android isn't any better than iOS. It's like saying that a larger tank is the solution to a car with bad efficiency. You are comparing specs that in some cases aren't comparable.

The price of the iPhone is in line with any android flagship. The Galaxy s5, the htc one m8 are all the same price as the iPhone.

Denver is actually faster than the A8X. So technically there are phones out there that provide more performance for a similar price point. Android is also more stable than iOS as well thanks to it's open source nature. Apple does make good products but they aren't "king of the hill" in any respect. They are just good at filling the bill and selling their product. Nine out of ten average consumers will buy an iPhone simply because it's an iPhone. They don't have a clue as to what's under the hood nor do they care. It's all about the label of the product these days. iPhone's fit your average consumer better than Android devices.

[amintha1992]

yes they made a lot more than last Quarter in revenue, but the actual profit(earnings) is not that bigger than the other earnings. yes its still a lot, upwards of 4 billion 

[Techteen14]

geez O_O... Apple. You are sitting on nearly a trillion dollars now. Please for the good of the world do something amazing with it

$18,000,000,000 != $1,000,000,000,000.

But yes, do something with it.