XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.ipad
From: arlen@arlen.com
Hi sms,
Unlike the Apple Apologists, I expect you to be reasonably intelligent.
That means you can most likely easily comprehend what I write below.
There has to be, by definition, a "surprise".
My well-educated opinion is that the surprise was the following one-two punch.
Punch 1:
o Apple released an _entire line_ (every single iPhone!) of expensive flawed
phones
o Then Apple screwed _all owners_ of that entire line of expensive flawed
iPhones
Punch 2:
o Then Apple releases an entire new line of (perhaps, and likely) flawed
iPhones!
o Where the price of this new line of (likely flawed) phones, is utterly
astronomical
Since you're intelligent, sms, I expect you to listen to what Tim Cook
actually said:
"The story on iPhone is in addition to the emerging market weakness which is
primarily in China, there's not as many subsidies as their used to be from a
carrier
point of view *where that didn't all happen yesterday*, if you've been out of
the
market for two or three years, it looks like that to you."
WTF?
Where's the freaking "surprise"?
"FX was a big challenge in the quarter. As interest rates hikes have started in
the United States, there's more foreign capital coming in. That makes the
dollar
much stronger. *We knew that was going to be a factor.* It affected us by about
200 basis points."
WTF?
o *Where that didn't all happen yesterday*
o *We knew that was going to be a factor*
Where's the freaking surprise, Tim Cook?
Yeah, _that_ surprise!
Then, Rim Cook _begins_ to scrape the surface of the "surprise"...
"In addition to those two things, we started a program world wide where we
dramatically lowered the battery replacement price."
Duh!
*Why not mention that you fucked every single iPhone owner, Tim Cook?*
And, that you _secretly_ tried to fuck them too!
Which iPhone owner, Tim Cook?
HINT: Every single one who bought the _entire line_ of iPhones!
Yeah. _That_ iPhone owner. Your loyal customer.
The one who paid $1000 for an iPhone X where you now give him the choice of
o Unacceptable performance, or
o Unacceptable stability.
(Pick one!)
Hey Tim Cook?
*Those loyal customers paid $1000 for that flawed iPhone X!*
And now, they're spooked.
Fancy that.
Same with the iPhone 8 owners.
They're _all_ spooked, Tim Cook.
Rightly so, IMHO.
You blame the price of the $30 battery for Christs' sake!
(Yeah, so it was $80 before you lowered the price. So freaking what, Tim Cook.)
How about admitting in the interview what you've already admitted to Congress?
The _entire_ line of phones (yes, every single model) you've already said is
flawed!
Going forward, Tim Cook said...
"We had sort of a collection of items going on. Some that are macro economics,
and some that are Apple specific."
Yeah, Tim Cook.
How about _this_ for the explanation of the "surprise"?
o You screwed every single loyal buyer (yes, iPhone 8 & iPhone X included).
o Then, you raised the price astronomically, for your _next_ line of phones.
That's not gonna work, Tim Cook.
Even I can see that - and I only have a minor in Economics for Christs' sake.
IMHO, the simple reason for the Apple surprise, was simply this 1-2 punch:
o Apple screwed EVERY iPhone owner with an entire line of expensive flawed
phones
o Apple followed up with an even more expensive line of (perhaps flawed) phones
Surprise. Surprise.
"The sheep slowed down their grazing at 1 Infinite Loop".
--
Disclaimer: That the entire old line is flawed is a fact admitted by Apple.
The new line being flawed is in the news based on battery size comparisons.
--- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05
* Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)
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