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Jan 27, 2015
11:50:49am

BertoChavez

Apple sells primarily hardware. Google and Microsoft not so much.

Margins tend to not be huge on hardware sales (Apple does better than others, but still)

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BertoChavez

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Time

Holy Smokes! Did you see Apple's earnings estimates?

Lifi

1/27/15 11:36am

Goodness

Ebolarama

1/27/15 11:39am

Who would have known selling huge phones was a good thing

CSoul

1/27/15 11:40am

Didn't some people essentially argue that Apple was better off not getting into

benny1982

1/27/15 11:40am

I was wrong. I'll own it.

Ebolarama

1/27/15 11:41am

Yes...Steve Jobs did. Turns out he's not God or Moses.

BlooGeek

1/27/15 12:15pm

If they disappoint like Microsoft did today...

HuskerFan2

1/27/15 11:42am

does anyone have an apple watch?

kotacoug

1/27/15 11:42am

They haven't even released it yet. So it will be interesting to see how that

1/27/15 12:10pm

I don't think they are planning on splitting the sales out anyway

CSoul

1/27/15 12:27pm

They won't give sales, but they will potentially give other info

1/27/15 1:52pm

Maybe. I doubt it though.

TrueAndBlue

1/27/15 2:11pm

They release that stuff for other products right now or at least enough info

1/27/15 4:32pm

I'm sorry, I meant they won't release that info until it is its own category

TrueAndBlue

1/27/15 4:58pm

Yes, but if it does well it we be its own category soon enough.

1/27/15 8:47pm

Yeah I'm betting they are putting it in accessories because they don't know how

TrueAndBlue

1/27/15 9:20pm

you realize it is not being sold yet. So it isn't being lumped anywhere yet.

1/27/15 10:32pm

Apple announced in their October earnings call that they will put it in the

TrueAndBlue

1/27/15 11:05pm

Woo my one single share of Apple stock will be worth BILLIONS

SandYFan

1/27/15 11:44am

Apple is astonishingly huge - Big, big money

FiveTen-BuckEighty

1/27/15 11:45am

Apple sells primarily hardware. Google and Microsoft not so much.

BertoChavez

1/27/15 11:50am

The problem for Apple is how to follow this up

wapiti

1/27/15 11:51am

I'm sure they've got something up their black turtlenecked sleaves

Ebolarama

1/27/15 11:52am

RE: I'm sure they've got something up their black turtlenecked sleaves

85fan

1/27/15 9:03pm

The iPhone 7

TrueAndBlue

1/27/15 12:09pm

Apple Watch will be a nice boost

HuskerCoug

1/27/15 12:20pm

Google also has a much higher gross profit margin

CSoul

1/27/15 11:53am

Differentiation is their friend

TrueAndBlue

1/27/15 12:10pm

So, honestly, would it be worth it to buy a share? I have Robinhood for

maxlds

1/27/15 11:53am

If you have any money in general market funds you already have many shares

CSoul

1/27/15 11:55am

Probably

I'mBatman

1/27/15 12:12pm

Holy crap!

Walter Bellhaven

1/27/15 12:08pm

Lol...I wondered that as well. Only 3.5M were sold, but I was surprised to

1/27/15 12:16pm

Kids do

HuskerCoug

1/27/15 12:21pm

There are many runners

bluesloth

1/27/15 1:17pm

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