By Chuck Jones, Contributor Apple’s iPad continues to experience the combination of strong year over year growth but declining market share in tablets according to IDC. Apple sold 22.86 million iPads in the December quarter, an increase of 48% year over year, but its market share slid to 43.6%, the second quarter in a row that it has been under 50%.
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Four Events to Change Apple's Course
By Darcy Travlos, Contributor Apple needs to turn investor sentiment by taking one of the four following actions. All are within Apple’s reach and could change Apple’s current course on a dime. Investors stay tuned.
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Apple's 128GB iPad Just Gave Every Android Tablet Manufacturer A Headache
By Ewan Spence, Contributor Apple’s announcement of a new iPad SKU with 128GB of storage is a wonderful tactical stroke. While consumers are going to love the extra choice, and hardcore users will flock to the extra storage capacity, it’s the Android tablet manufacturers that are going to be crunching the numbers overnight.
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128 GB Tablets to Hit Market
By Tom Coughlin, Contributor Apple announced that it was providing a Retina Display iPad with flash memory storage capacities up to 128 GB of storage capacity. The WiFi version of this device is to sell for $799. Apple says that it has sold 120 M iPads overall and that there are over 300,000 native iOS applications available in the Apple Apps store.
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iOS 6.1 released
By Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Contributor Apple has released the iOS 6.1 update for the iPhone and iPad. The update brings with it a number of bug fixes, and also adds the ability for U.S. users to buy movie tickets using Siri, and high-speed LTE support to a whole raft of new carriers.
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Phone Wars: As Apple Drops Will Samsung, Nokia, RIM, Or Lenovo Replace Them
By Rob Enderle, Contributor Apple’s weakness has become very evident this quarter with their gamble to step away from the screen size race clearly backfiring on sales. The drop in sales growth isn’t as significant as the increasing perception that not only is Apple no longer leading they can be beat and Samsung is currently doing the most damage with Nokia’s strengthening phone numbers adding to the perception that that Apple is vulnerable. RIM’s valuation has been strengthening in advance of their Blackberry 10 launch which, given they don’t have product in market, likely makes them a beneficiary rather than a cause of Apple’s weakening, and Lenovo came out of left field to dominate the Chinese market while everyone else was focused on Apple and the Western World.
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Apple Makes Play For India With 29-Cent iTunes Songs
By Nigam Arora, Contributor Apple is waking up to the harsh realities of the world. Perhaps the fall in stock price has helped. There is simply more competition and Apple has to adjust to it.
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Is Now the Time to Buy Apple?
By Dave Thier, Contributor Apple is an emotional stock. The company made a fortune with products designed to subtly manipulate the way we felt about them, and that seems to have
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Apple: The Negatives, Neutrals, Positives and Stock Outlook
By Chuck Jones, Contributor Apple is down 10% this morning to about $465 off of disappointing December quarter results. I’ve put in bullet form what I believe the negatives, neutrals and positive items were from the numbers. Overall I’d be a buyer but am not looking for a quick bounce as there is a lot to digest and as the stock continues a transition from growth to value owners.
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Three Things Apple Must Do to Regain Its Momentum
By Darcy Travlos, Contributor Apple reported its best quarter in history and met or exceeded estimates on all counts except Macs (for which it had supply constraints). Yet the stock sold off nearly 10% last night in after hour trading. Apple now sells at 5.6x forward FY2014 earnings estimates (excluding cash). The stock has been beaten up beyond ration as Apple still holds a strong position in growth markets. To regain its luster with investors, Apple needs to take three actions.
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Apple Short of Expectation. March Quarter EPS at Mid-point of Guidance is $9.75.
By Chuck Jones, Contributor Apple reported $54.5 billion in revenue, up 18% year over year, and 25% when adjusting for 14 weeks in the December 2011 quarter vs. 13 weeks in the past quarter. This compares to guidance of $52 billion, the Street’s estimate of $54.7 billion and my projection of $57 billion.
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The Single Most Important Data Point In Apple's Earnings
By Nigam Arora, Contributor Apple will report first quarter earnings after the market close today.
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Apple Pulls Photography App: When Is Nudity Pornographic?
By Tim Worstall, Contributor Apple has pulled a photography app from the App Store on the grounds that it allows access to pornographic images. Which, it has to be said, is really rather prudish of them. Even, comparable to the folk tale of Victorians putting trousers on pianos so no one could see the legs.
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Apple Tease for Annual Chinese New Year "Red Friday" One Day Deals
By Chuck Jones, Contributor Apple holds a yearly one-day sale in Asia to coincide with the Chinese New Year similar to its Black Friday sale in the US. The discounted prices only apply to on-line sales in China, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand and not in its retail stores.
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Can Apple Get to $60 Billion in Revenue? Here's How.
By Chuck Jones, Contributor Apple announces it December quarter results after the market closes on Wednesday, January 23. The company’s revenue guidance was $52 billion, which would be an increase of 12% from last years $46.3 billion.
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Which Way Are Apple's Results Going To Go? One Tiny Technical Point To Watch
By Tim Worstall, Contributor Apple reports its results on Wednesday and of course, given that it’s the largest company by capitalisation, analysts are all over it. And all over the place as well unfortunately. No one has a clear idea of what the results are going to be. Not even whether they’re going to beat past quarters or not. Sure, of course, we’ll all know on Wednesday but that’s not all that much use when everyone else gets the information at the same time. But there is one little thing to consider which could give a clue to the future. Something that might be in those results.
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Competition Getting Tougher In China For Apple's iPhones
By Kenneth Rapoza, Contributor Apple and other smartphone device makers will increasingly rely on China growth to drive sales this year, according to market research firm Canalys. The ones who gain market share will be the ones with the most affordable devices.
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Apple Introduces China Installment Payments Until January 23
By Chuck Jones, Contributor Apple announced on its China website that on-line purchases of more than 300 Yuan (about $48) could be paid for on an installment plan. Apple has partnered with China Merchant Bank to offer customers the option of paying over 3, 6, 12, 18 or 24 months. There are no interest […]
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Apple Stores Losing Shine As Another Top Exec Hits The Road
By Nigam Arora, Contributor Apple sells high end products mostly to the affluent segment of society. Apple has mostly saturated the developed world with its stores. Continuing expansion and promotion of Apple products at stores such as Wal-Mart is not helpful to Apple Stores.
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Six Reasons Why I Still Wouldn't Own Apple Stock
By Bert Dohmen, Contributor Apple will continue to disappoint the ardent bulls.
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