Did you hear that Samsung has withdraw the Galaxy Note ? Anyway , about Apple ’s huge problem …
Writing for theForbescontributor connection and halfway house for the reprehensively obtuse , Bert Dohman announce a syph on both their houses .
“ Samsung Catches Fire While Apple Sales Disappoint . ” ( Tip group O ’ the antlers toTom Foerster , Alex FlemingMatthew Faltz
But , you say , Macalope , why should we listen to Dohmen whentwo years ago he was arguingthat smartphones had become commoditized and Apple would suffer marketplace share and market share is sooooo important ?
Now , you know the Macalope ca n’t get wind you , right ? Get help , Fred . This thing where you sit down at dwelling house and pretend to utter to mythical sketch technology pundit ? This is no good .
Apple may not have its telephone set burning up , but it has other problems …
Other , demonstrably less dangerous problems . Yes , go in the lead , caller .
… such as dissatisfactory sales event of the iPhone 7 , so poor that for the first time , it did n’t even free first week sales .
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Uh , string up on there a second DJ Assumptions .
It is true that Apple hasnotreported iPhone 7 sale , however that was something it said it was n’t going to dobeforethe iPhone 7 was release . So , it ’s quite possible that first week sales of this yr ’s iPhone were not as good as in previous years , but Dohmen does n’t make love this any more than he knows how to makea web sitethat does n’t look like it was built in Yahoo SiteBuilder in 1999 . Disappointing is also a comparative term . They might not show growth , they might not be where Apple would prefer them to be , but they could still meet or scramble the company ’s estimation .
… it adds up when all the other “ great hopes , ” such as the Apple Watch , Apple Pay , Apple TV , etc . have fizzled .
Hey , it ’s wash list of lowly Apple products that would be consider extremely successful if they were owned by anyone else metre ! OK , here we go . First , the Apple TV was never a “ great hope ” . secondly , Apple Pay is quite successful and , even if it were only reasonably successful , is still like publish free money . And the Apple Watch ? Why does the Macalope have to keep going over this ? It ’s like these pundits do n’t read his repeated takedown of “ Apple Watch Flop ” arguments . Do the required interpretation , Bert , or drop the class .
The Apple Watch has probably sold more than seven or eight times as many units as the “ hit ” Amazon Echo , netting it 2nd place in tax revenue in the overall watch category . The only party that ’s not take a place run for is the company that actually create the matter . Anyone tell that ’s a “ fizzle ” either has no idea what they ’re talking about or is selling something else .
The market perception is that Apple will be the big beneficiary of Samsung ’s trouble . I disagree .
The Macalope does , too . Apple will benefit , but probably not as much as other Android vendors .
… its Mac computer has had a sale plunge of over 13 % , much more than the declination in PC ’s .
Whichmighthave something to do with the fact that it ’s been two age since the Mac mini was update , three year since the Mac Pro was and a ridiculous four years for the MacBook Pro . purportedly we ’re just mean solar day from being shot up again on this gooselike old fair drive , which is sound . Because if Apple wants to deal Macs , it should prove nominate them again . But , when they do , they could end up have a few exceptional quarter for the equipment this horny prognosticator is named after .
Apple does have a problem with iPhone gross revenue . But its job is that the market has mature to the point where there just is n’t as much room to produce . Imagine being in that position and have one of your flagship production blow up in your face . Does n’t seem in the same ballpark .
