01-18-2014, 03:57 PM
It's not really news that Jobs was often wrong about stuff. He was totally against an app store, for example. I'd say it's a good quality for a company to evolve their thinking over time.
And you are beating a dead horse on the cheap phone thing. They are not interested in selling the most phones, they've said that 100 times. There is always a long of hand-wringing about it from the tech press and analysts, but let's fact it...they are all pretty clueless. If Apple did release a phone for $300 without contract, the same analysts would be saying Apple is done for because their margins have gone to hell. Why aren't analysts demanding that BMW release a $13k car to compete with Hyundai?
Yes, Google is doing very well...from it's search business! It makes no money directly from Android, and in fact is losing a shitload of money from it's purchase of Motorola. It makes more money in mobile search from iOS than Android. I also still think Apple will pass it again (in share price - it's already ahead in market cap).
And you are beating a dead horse on the cheap phone thing. They are not interested in selling the most phones, they've said that 100 times. There is always a long of hand-wringing about it from the tech press and analysts, but let's fact it...they are all pretty clueless. If Apple did release a phone for $300 without contract, the same analysts would be saying Apple is done for because their margins have gone to hell. Why aren't analysts demanding that BMW release a $13k car to compete with Hyundai?
Yes, Google is doing very well...from it's search business! It makes no money directly from Android, and in fact is losing a shitload of money from it's purchase of Motorola. It makes more money in mobile search from iOS than Android. I also still think Apple will pass it again (in share price - it's already ahead in market cap).
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