They are losing their customers due to the continual conversion from Apple to Android. With every new iPhone device and tablet, customers are asked to buy something new. Increasingly, customers are choosing not to buy a new thing.
You say the customers are asked to buy something new, but they are not buying the new thing. And this is conversion from Apple to Android? This doesn't even make sense, especially in face of the fact that 80% to 90% of iPhone owners say when they upgrade, they will upgrade to the next iPhone, but only 60% of Android owners say the same.
This is true especially as Apple switched to a new interface for peripheral devices. The adapter isn't quite enough of an adaptation to keep their accessories viable.
Evidence? Anyone who can pay $650 for a phone or $500 for an iPad can pay $20 for an additional cable or $10 for an adapter. Also, you do realize the phone does come with a lightning-> USB connector right? You *don't* have to buy a new cable just to use the phone - you realize that right?
Also (http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/12/03/top-selling-iphone-5-flanked-by-strong-sales-of-legacy-iphone-4s-4) customers are not always leaving to new Apple devices, but to old ones.
Are you on drugs or something? Are you actually saying people are leaving iPhone 5 to go to iPhone 4S? Because that's what leaving new devices to go to iPhone 4 and 4S means. Are you really that stupid?
I find it fascinating that you could see the whole source of data but you focus in on a piece which you take out of context. Was that intentional?
You should really stop whatever drugs you are taking, it's making you crazy.
See, when people say silly things like "patenting shit like rounded corners", we know you never actually looked into what was patented, nor understood it, but instead, just like repeating talking points you were given.
Luckily, in the court of law, people actually examine evidence.
Do you people ever get out of the basement? In internal discussions, Steve Jobs said sue. Tim Cook said no. Steve Jobs overruled, and Apple sued.
Why didn't Tim Cook want to sue? For fear of damaging supplier relationship with Samsung. Not because he thought Samsung didn't copy them.
Keep that in mind. *THE LAWSUIT ALREADY HAPPENED.*
Steve Jobs died. Tim Cook is now CEO.
He has to decide - continue to sue, or kill the lawsuit. *THE LAWSUIT IS ALREADY ONGOING*.
To kill the lawsuit means: 1) Admit Apple was wrong. 2) Gives more power to Samsung and others to copy Apple's look and feel. 3) Supplier relationship with Samsung is still screwed 4) Future negotiations with Samsung will be with a weaker hand.
Which part of that equates to him not knowing Apple is suing Samsung?
I cannot even comprehend how the hell you came by the idea that Tim Cook is not aware of any lawsuits (if nothing else, it's headlines all over the place).
You're trying to make sense to monkey boy. Ain't gonna happen.
If it doesn't have a start button, it doesn't work. Look at the damned button migrating to all Microsoft apps (that damned ribbon shit with the nice shiny big round button). Hell, they love that shit so much they made it take over the entire screen with Windows 8!!!
Also, why do I have to give up my privacy just so that you can get off on your hate of iOS? IF someone wants to give up their privacy and use a native app, that's their bloody business.
Why do I have to use a DRM encumbered web? It won't be just movies or songs or ebooks, it will be used for other things. If someone can put a tracker shit in flash, you think they won't do it with DRM?
Because you will get royally fucked over. That is why DRM sucks. You will now hand your over identity in order to be able to browse sites, etc. Google, Facebook, etc will now know who you are. Anonymity will be gone forever. Your browser will report on you all the time. Do you know what are web bugs? Do you think the equivalent DRM'ed version will not be there? Except now, because of DRM, it will know exactly who you are.
And don't even think of using different browsers, etc. Because of DRM, you will establish an identity through each of them, or you won't get to use DRM encumbered crap.
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You mean something like this?
http://www.sophos.com/en-us/products/free-tools/sophos-antivirus-for-mac-home-edition.aspx
Well, to be fair, it is a *different* virus... :)
I think you've got Mac OS X mixed up with OpenBSD.
Seriously, how does your brain work?
They are losing their customers due to the continual conversion from Apple to Android. With every new iPhone device and tablet, customers are asked to buy something new. Increasingly, customers are choosing not to buy a new thing.
You say the customers are asked to buy something new, but they are not buying the new thing. And this is conversion from Apple to Android? This doesn't even make sense, especially in face of the fact that 80% to 90% of iPhone owners say when they upgrade, they will upgrade to the next iPhone, but only 60% of Android owners say the same.
This is true especially as Apple switched to a new interface for peripheral devices. The adapter isn't quite enough of an adaptation to keep their accessories viable.
Evidence? Anyone who can pay $650 for a phone or $500 for an iPad can pay $20 for an additional cable or $10 for an adapter. Also, you do realize the phone does come with a lightning-> USB connector right? You *don't* have to buy a new cable just to use the phone - you realize that right?
Also (http://appleinsider.com/articles/12/12/03/top-selling-iphone-5-flanked-by-strong-sales-of-legacy-iphone-4s-4) customers are not always leaving to new Apple devices, but to old ones.
Are you on drugs or something? Are you actually saying people are leaving iPhone 5 to go to iPhone 4S? Because that's what leaving new devices to go to iPhone 4 and 4S means. Are you really that stupid?
I find it fascinating that you could see the whole source of data but you focus in on a piece which you take out of context. Was that intentional?
You should really stop whatever drugs you are taking, it's making you crazy.
I believe dtrace was inplemented independently from Solaris by Apple. I know ZFS was.
Even things like rsync supports them. OP is just whining.
Have you used AIX? Where changes made to /etc/* files get reverted because you didn't do it through smit?
Is AIX UNIX then?
What about ubuntu with all the changes they've made?
I've had no problems using Terminal.app and bash, and I grew up on Solaris/OpenBSD, so no idea why you have such a bug up your ass.
and what would you replace your macs with?
Really? The Macs have had a dock for like, a damned long time...
See, when people say silly things like "patenting shit like rounded corners", we know you never actually looked into what was patented, nor understood it, but instead, just like repeating talking points you were given.
Luckily, in the court of law, people actually examine evidence.
Oct 2011 - Dec 2011, sold 37 mil iphones.
Oct 2012 - Dec 2012, sold 48 mil iphones.
Help me understand how is that "losing their customers"?
Wait wait, are you one of those, "sure, we lose money on each sale, but we'll make it up on volume" kinda guy?
Do you people ever get out of the basement? In internal discussions, Steve Jobs said sue. Tim Cook said no. Steve Jobs overruled, and Apple sued.
Why didn't Tim Cook want to sue? For fear of damaging supplier relationship with Samsung. Not because he thought Samsung didn't copy them.
Keep that in mind. *THE LAWSUIT ALREADY HAPPENED.*
Steve Jobs died. Tim Cook is now CEO.
He has to decide - continue to sue, or kill the lawsuit. *THE LAWSUIT IS ALREADY ONGOING*.
To kill the lawsuit means:
1) Admit Apple was wrong.
2) Gives more power to Samsung and others to copy Apple's look and feel.
3) Supplier relationship with Samsung is still screwed
4) Future negotiations with Samsung will be with a weaker hand.
Which part of that equates to him not knowing Apple is suing Samsung?
I cannot even comprehend how the hell you came by the idea that Tim Cook is not aware of any lawsuits (if nothing else, it's headlines all over the place).
You won't even take a look at TFA?!
You're trying to make sense to monkey boy. Ain't gonna happen.
If it doesn't have a start button, it doesn't work. Look at the damned button migrating to all Microsoft apps (that damned ribbon shit with the nice shiny big round button). Hell, they love that shit so much they made it take over the entire screen with Windows 8!!!
One lasts a couple of days. The other lasts 6 months.
Slight difference.
Also, why do I have to give up my privacy just so that you can get off on your hate of iOS? IF someone wants to give up their privacy and use a native app, that's their bloody business.
Why do I have to use a DRM encumbered web? It won't be just movies or songs or ebooks, it will be used for other things. If someone can put a tracker shit in flash, you think they won't do it with DRM?
Because you will get royally fucked over. That is why DRM sucks. You will now hand your over identity in order to be able to browse sites, etc. Google, Facebook, etc will now know who you are. Anonymity will be gone forever. Your browser will report on you all the time. Do you know what are web bugs? Do you think the equivalent DRM'ed version will not be there? Except now, because of DRM, it will know exactly who you are.
And don't even think of using different browsers, etc. Because of DRM, you will establish an identity through each of them, or you won't get to use DRM encumbered crap.
Seriously, this is really fucked up.
if you can't answer without having to do copious "research", there isn't much difference is there?
And fwiw, I do have a Nexus 4.
explain how a phone that is aimed primarily at developers is different from your average phone?
When you have hundreds of millions of androids sold annually, when only 400,000 nexus 4s are produced, it makes it a bit tough to buy them.
Tough concept, I know.
where is this menu button on my nexus 4?
seriously? The ability to turn off/on at will any app's access to GPS, contacts, camera and other things.
Simply listing what you will access when you use it is useless. I want the ability to stop facebook.app from raping my contacts list.
Oh, you mean, like how CDMA devices were "fully supported", until the outcry against them dropping it caused them to reverse their decision?
http://androidcommunity.com/google-ends-full-support-for-cdma-devices-including-verizons-galaxy-nexus-20120203/
Is the iPhone perfect? No. So obviously there will be things you consider useful that it doesn't have.
Based on *ONE* feature or a couple of features you want, you claim Android is ahead?
Based on security and privacy needs, I say Android is way behind.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2013/jan/03/google-nexus-4-phone-sales
So... only 400,000 Nexus users last quarter?