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Technology Stocks : Apple Inc.
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To: Doren who wrote (166486)2/26/2014 10:33:01 AM
From: Ryan Bartholomew2 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) of 213176
 
S5 fingerprint scanner seems to work OK: Pretty well actually. Looks like a pretty good phone. Apple has to do better.

It's worth noting those demonstrations were performed on pre-production models and by people who just saw the feature for the first time. Should improve from there.

The more interesting aspect of the scanner isn't just the swiping or the mobile payment integration, but that it is open to developers. That's huge. A couple people were contrasting yesterday the different philosophies between Samsung's "throw it out there and see what sticks" and Apple's "refine what is already known to be in demand". The fingerprint scanners are a good example of that difference, as enlisting developers to develop new uses for the biometrics is taking testing to the extreme. Their hope is that the masses could come up with something better than they could internally. It will be interesting to see how Apple responds to this if developer-driven apps start to take off.

However Apple's cash hoard while being spent is also being replenished.
Exactly. Apple's overall cash decreased temporarily when they executed the buyback (it devalues shares by depleting cash to the same degree it enriches them by concentrating ownership), but as they are bringing in loads of cash each month, if they don't perform more buybacks or acquisitions or dividend hikes, the total balance will increase again. That's all I meant earlier. It is notable, however, that domestic cash - the cash that is most useful for the aforementioned purposes - declined and won't bounce back as quickly. That's not necessarily a big deal - just worth noting. I think Apple was wise to use the cash for something (though I would have acquired someone instead of doing the buyback).
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