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    Apple’s Financials: A Mixed Bag

    February 2nd, 2018

    What’s in a week? That’s something Apple’s critics didn’t think about in speculating that iPhone X sales tanked — big time. Despite surveys showing the opposite, the stories were enough to impact the company’s stock price in recent days as people waited for the bad news. Or perhaps lots of corporate spin control. The end […]


    Apple Again Judged by Different Rules

    January 30th, 2018

    For over a year, there were complaints that Apple had some nerve to charge $1,000 for a new iPhone. Month after month, the same objections were raised, implying that Apple was gouging customers once more with overpriced gear. When the iPhone X arrived, at a starting price of $999, it merely confirmed the suspicions. Forgotten […]


    iPhone 8 and iPhone X Battery Life — and Math

    January 23rd, 2018

    In addition to throttling performance of older iPhones due to failing batteries, one especially ill-informed tech pundit has now come up with a silly claim that wireless charging and fast charging somehow makes batteries wear out faster. But, it seems, only if those features are offered on an Apple product. You with me so far? […]


    More iPhone X Sales Confusion

    January 23rd, 2018

    You’ve heard the stories. The iPhone X, which didn’t go on sale until early November, did surprisingly well through the rest of the year. Or maybe not. Maybe it was a poor seller, and thus Apple might have to rethink its strategy about a next generation iPhone. Some analysts claim that the evidence from the […]