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The Strange Math of Apple's Alleged Massive iPhone 5 Order Cuts

Posted by samzenpus on from the looking-at-the-numbers dept.

zacharye writes "The Sunday evening Wall Street Journal article claiming that Apple had cut its iPhone 5 display orders drastically for the March quarter made quite a splash. The way WSJ wrote its piece seemed to support the original Nikkei claim about Apple cutting its iPhone 5 display orders in half from the originally planned order of 65 million units. This would be a massive adjustment. But Apple uses the same new display type for both iPhone 5 and the latest iPod touch. Neither WSJ nor Nikkei addressed this, however — both seemed to be referring to just iPhone 5 displays. The math just doesn't add up."

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  1. Re:Market manipulation? by atlasdropperofworlds · · Score: 4, Informative
    [quote]... iOS has never had a single issue of malware in the wild[/quote]

    No. The first worm was in 2009, and it was possible to jailbreak iOS from safari (it still is, in some cases) -- http://appleinsider.com/articles/09/11/09/first_known_iphone_worm_rickrolls_jailbroken_apple_handsets.html

    Aside from that, I do expect to be able to jailbreak my devices. If that costs me something in day-to-day security, I'm completely fine with that. I always want ultimate control over my hardware. The reason why you think Android is malware infected is because we have the option of installing our own software without the store. This is why developers are complaining that it's a platform for piracy - there is a path for software onto the device that is user-controlled. Also, google supplies the bootloader unlocking tools, effectively giving their blessing to people who want to jailbreak.

  2. Re:so? apple is still selling less product by Swampash · · Score: 4, Informative

    Stocks go up on profit. And profit does not grow only with revenue. You can also deduct spendings. That's how big businesses work. They spend enormously for marketing, branding, hire unnecessary amount of people, to build a brand.

    Profit share in the phone industry: Apple 75%, Samsung 24%, everyone else who cares.

    Product design team: Apple 16 people, Samsung 1000+ people.

    Marketing spend 2009-2012: Apple approx 2.6 billion dollars. Samsung Electronics division alone approx THIRTY THREE BILLION DOLLARS.