_ _ _ ...._ '-)-' |_\_/ | .' '. '-)-' / \/ \-'` _| 6 6 ` | /..\ | \__/_, | / '--.___ \ \ \ / / /`----` -. > / / / / / / I-------------------/_/__/------/__/__/-------------------I I I I Company Traded perception of net worth I I I I ======== Feb 16 Jun 16 Oct 16 I I ====== ====== ====== I I I I Apple Inc. = $335B $301B $392B I I I I Microsoft + Dell + Nokia = $290B $277B $282B I I I I Wallmart Stores = $180B $181B $191B I I I --------------------------------------------------------- (US dollars at current prices)
Get the picture? Somethings not adding up. A new "mobile revolution?"
Perhaps, but it is still a bubble. I love bubbles. The only thing I like more than buying into them at the bottom, is shorting them at the top.
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Top smartphone OS sales position having been lost to Android; Apple now loses top smartphone manufacturer sales position as well:
Samsung Posts MASSIVE Quarter, Sells 65 Percent More Phones Than Apple
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Apple extensively advertises beta software* Siri voice command product, as complaints of horrendous battery life on the brand new (3.5 inch screen, 3G) iPhone 4S flood in and no solutions are offered.
* Siri is available in Beta only on iPhone 4S and requires Internet access. |