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Apple sales set to slump in 2016 with no new products, analysts warn
NewsCom.AU ^ | December 26, 2015 | By Rod Chester

Posted on 12/26/2015 12:48:50 PM PST by Swordmaker

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To: Swordmaker
Apple is just entering India, a country with 900 million potential customers.

An Apple phone may be the most expensive possession people will buy in some parts of developing countries. They might start with a $100 android but will always aspire to an iPhone for status, functionality, and lasting value. The cellular infrastructure to support all those phones doesn't cost a lot, the phones can easily be charged from a solar panel and lead acid battery, a myriad pf apps are being developed for market pricing, logistics, payment, data sharing, and similar small business apps that can turn mud hut villagers into savvy businessmen or women.

41 posted on 12/27/2015 4:15:15 AM PST by palmer (Net "neutrality" = Obama turning the internet over to foreign enemies)
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To: SamAdams76

You’ve got me beat. I bought my first mac in 1986, second in 2011, third in 2013 and fourth this past summer.


42 posted on 12/27/2015 4:17:11 AM PST by palmer (Net "neutrality" = Obama turning the internet over to foreign enemies)
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I’ve only had the one MacBook Pro - still going strong after over five years. All my other Apple devices are iPods, iPads and an iPhone.


43 posted on 12/27/2015 5:32:40 AM PST by SamAdams76
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To: Swordmaker; ImJustAnotherOkie
FR is full of experts on marketing, innovation, new products.

I have yet to see one of them provide a link to something they've created that rivals anything-- even something that ends up in a trash can-- at Apple. It's jealousy trolling. Bitterness about something. Maybe mom didn't like them enough. Maybe they can't afford Apple products. Who knows?

Buy Apple stock; it's a bargain.

44 posted on 12/27/2015 3:45:38 PM PST by IncPen (Not one single patriot in Washington, DC.)
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Buy Apple stock; it's a bargain.

I did, when it was in the teens and twenties before multiple stock splits. Happily enjoying retirement debt free. I keep asking those anti-Apple trolls how much stock they bought in all those other computer companies they championed (few did, and many of those companies are gone).

45 posted on 12/27/2015 4:06:16 PM PST by roadcat
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Considering their patent is for mobile devices, Automobile devices would be quite a stretch.

The patent is for the PROCESS, Okie, not the mobile device.

46 posted on 12/27/2015 4:31:34 PM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue....)
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Who knows, I just enjoy tweaking Swordmaker because he’s such an applefan.


47 posted on 12/27/2015 4:33:09 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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Like scaling it up to that level of amp draw is trivial.


48 posted on 12/27/2015 4:34:09 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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Like scaling it up to that level of amp draw is trivial.

Like scaling any battery technology up to that level of amp draw is trivial? I love how you criticize something you don't have a clue about. Producing hydrogen with such a system is trivial. . . if you can do it with a cellular phone to provide power for one month on one fueling, which is what was reported, one can easily scale it up to provide power for larger devices for shorter lengths of time and require more frequent refueling which was also described.

Fuel Cells are just that, cells which can be wired in series and parallel to provide whatever amount of average and voltage required.

49 posted on 12/27/2015 4:44:35 PM PST by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft insult free zone... but if the insults to Mac users continue....)
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It’s simple to separate hydrogen, yes doing it with with less power than you produce defeating E=MC2 is the hurdle.


50 posted on 12/27/2015 5:10:35 PM PST by ImJustAnotherOkie
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I keep asking those anti-Apple trolls how much stock they bought

Ha. Yes, keep asking. Everyone's a millionaire on the internet!

51 posted on 12/27/2015 7:48:21 PM PST by IncPen (Not one single patriot in Washington, DC.)
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