The Chinese government is expected to issue 4G TD-LTE licenses by year's end, writes Morgan Stanley's Katy Huberty in a bullish note on Apple (AAPL +1.2%). The licenses could pave the way for China Mobile (CHL), which has 700M+ subs and is spending $6.75B this year on its TD-LTE network (still in trial mode), to begin selling the iPhone. One potential roadblock: China Unicom (CHU) and China Telecom (CHA) want the government to take its time in issuing TD-LTE licenses. CHA wants to delay its 4G capex, and both carriers are supporting the FDD-LTE standard (far more popular outside of China). (AAPL/CHL agreement) [View news story]
They're not capable of using TD-LTE which is what I take the comment to be about.
New versions of iOS and Mac OS X will be unveiled at Apple's (AAPL +0.8%) June 10-14 WWDC conference, the company announces. Meanwhile, with shares near $400, the sell-side is much more cautious in its post-earnings comments than it was at higher levels. "These Apples won't harvest before fall," writes Deutsche's Chris Whitmore, disappointed at earnings call remarks suggesting major product launches won't arrive until autumn. "Apple needs to introduce a 5-inch iPhone, a new 5S, and a low cost iPhone." Jim Cramer wasn't pleased with the call either. "This is the kind of conference call that was a revolt against management ... management is in complete denial." (previous) [View news story]
New versions of iOS and Mac OS X will be unveiled at Apple's (AAPL +0.8%) June 10-14 WWDC conference, the company announces. Meanwhile, with shares near $400, the sell-side is much more cautious in its post-earnings comments than it was at higher levels. "These Apples won't harvest before fall," writes Deutsche's Chris Whitmore, disappointed at earnings call remarks suggesting major product launches won't arrive until autumn. "Apple needs to introduce a 5-inch iPhone, a new 5S, and a low cost iPhone." Jim Cramer wasn't pleased with the call either. "This is the kind of conference call that was a revolt against management ... management is in complete denial." (previous) [View news story]
They've not said that with their wallets: the S3 was outsold worldwide by both the iPhone 5 (double the S3 numbers) and the year old 4s (by about 2 million units).
A bigger screen? I'd suggest an LTE iPad mini for that.
They are, have been for a while. I understood that was the basis for their not giving a guidance on forward earnings per share, being uncertain abiout the number of shares outstanding upon which to base the guidance.
"We think that Apple could be on the brink of driving a major leveraging up," writes JPMorgan's Mark Moskowitz in a voluminous note defending the stock. He believes the company will take on $15B-$20B in debt and bump the dividend yield to 4%. As far as operations, Moskowitz expects an earnings beat this quarter and upward pressure on estimates for 2013. AAPL +0.9% premarket. [View news story]
"were >50% higher last qtr,"
No, they weren't.
"the 35% Q/Q drop in sales from Q4 is bigger than the 24% drop seen last year"
And iPhone increased it's percentage of Verizon activations.
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Probably true: that's why the iPhone 5 doubled the numbers of the S3 and the older 4s sold 2 millions more of them than the "Flagship" S3. The S3"s" retread that tech people yawned about isn't going to change that.
So then as well, there's won't be any supply contraints on the new one so you're dissing those reports? Probably right there as well.
Foxconn indicates it started a hiring blitz of assembly workers in China in the latest indication that Apple (AAPL) is gearing up for production of a new iPhone. The company says 10K assembly-line workers have been added per week in Zhengzhou since the end of March and that hiring will continue to meet seasonal demand. [View news story]
It wasn't in the last worldwide quarter against the SIII where the iPhone 5 shipped DOUBLE while the year old 4s shipped about 2 million more than the SIII.
Against the IIIs? Selling a new iPhone will be just fine.
Foxconn parent Hon Hai (HNHAF.PK), which is believed to get 60%-70% of its revenue from Apple (AAPL +1.2%), reported a 19% Y/Y drop in calendar Q1 sales to $27B. KGI Securities: "A quarterly decline was expected, but not a yearly decline ... This shows that Hon Hai's revenue depends too much on Apple, and iPhone orders corrected more than expected." Nonetheless, Apple is following the tech sector higher, a possible sign a weak Q1 is priced in. [View news story]
The Surface tanked. Who was supposed to make that?
Apple (AAPL -1.2%) roundup: 1) The budget for Apple's "spaceship" HQ has soared to nearly $5B from less than $3B, BloombergBusinessweek reports. Apple has already pushed back its move-in date to 2016. 2) France Telecom (FTE) CEO Stephane Richard says the cost-sensitivity of consumers is hurting demand for the iPhone and other high-end phones. Of course, FTE and other European carriers have been up in arms over iPhone subsidies. 3) Explaining why he considers Apple a "storage company," Lazard's Edward Parker points out Apple sells flash memory on higher-capacity iDevices at an 80%-90% incremental margin. [View news story]
Because web blogs like Bloomberg Business Week (aka "they") have to snag clicks.
Otherwise given : "Cost overruns are to be expected on large construction projects, and the scale of this one has evolved—from an initial plan to accommodate 6,000 employees, to offices for 12,000 or even 13,000 in one place. " it's a yawn. They've more than doubled structure's capacity, there's a reality there that is going to be reflected in final costs.
Apple (AAPL -1.2%) roundup: 1) The budget for Apple's "spaceship" HQ has soared to nearly $5B from less than $3B, BloombergBusinessweek reports. Apple has already pushed back its move-in date to 2016. 2) France Telecom (FTE) CEO Stephane Richard says the cost-sensitivity of consumers is hurting demand for the iPhone and other high-end phones. Of course, FTE and other European carriers have been up in arms over iPhone subsidies. 3) Explaining why he considers Apple a "storage company," Lazard's Edward Parker points out Apple sells flash memory on higher-capacity iDevices at an 80%-90% incremental margin. [View news story]
The entire project, as others have mentioned, is a rounding error on the Apple budget sheet.
Their people IS their future and the new HQ is an investent toward their people.
Yes the sales numbers where both the iPhone 5 and the iPhone 4s OUTSOLD the Galaxy SIII by a doubling and a few million respectively worldwide last quarter?
Tim Cook responds to criticism of Apple's (AAPL -1.6%) Chinese repair/warranty policy by state-owned media outlets and a government agency by issuing an apology letter that outlines repair policy changes for the iPhone 4 and 4S. Separately, Fidelity Contrafund, Apple's biggest active shareholder, discloses it cut its stake in the company by 10% in January and February, to 10.4M shares. [View news story]
The Chinese government is expected to issue 4G TD-LTE licenses by year's end, writes Morgan Stanley's Katy Huberty in a bullish note on Apple (AAPL +1.2%). The licenses could pave the way for China Mobile (CHL), which has 700M+ subs and is spending $6.75B this year on its TD-LTE network (still in trial mode), to begin selling the iPhone. One potential roadblock: China Unicom (CHU) and China Telecom (CHA) want the government to take its time in issuing TD-LTE licenses. CHA wants to delay its 4G capex, and both carriers are supporting the FDD-LTE standard (far more popular outside of China). (AAPL/CHL agreement) [View news story]
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New versions of iOS and Mac OS X will be unveiled at Apple's (AAPL +0.8%) June 10-14 WWDC conference, the company announces. Meanwhile, with shares near $400, the sell-side is much more cautious in its post-earnings comments than it was at higher levels. "These Apples won't harvest before fall," writes Deutsche's Chris Whitmore, disappointed at earnings call remarks suggesting major product launches won't arrive until autumn. "Apple needs to introduce a 5-inch iPhone, a new 5S, and a low cost iPhone." Jim Cramer wasn't pleased with the call either. "This is the kind of conference call that was a revolt against management ... management is in complete denial." (previous) [View news story]
New versions of iOS and Mac OS X will be unveiled at Apple's (AAPL +0.8%) June 10-14 WWDC conference, the company announces. Meanwhile, with shares near $400, the sell-side is much more cautious in its post-earnings comments than it was at higher levels. "These Apples won't harvest before fall," writes Deutsche's Chris Whitmore, disappointed at earnings call remarks suggesting major product launches won't arrive until autumn. "Apple needs to introduce a 5-inch iPhone, a new 5S, and a low cost iPhone." Jim Cramer wasn't pleased with the call either. "This is the kind of conference call that was a revolt against management ... management is in complete denial." (previous) [View news story]
A bigger screen? I'd suggest an LTE iPad mini for that.
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"We think that Apple could be on the brink of driving a major leveraging up," writes JPMorgan's Mark Moskowitz in a voluminous note defending the stock. He believes the company will take on $15B-$20B in debt and bump the dividend yield to 4%. As far as operations, Moskowitz expects an earnings beat this quarter and upward pressure on estimates for 2013. AAPL +0.9% premarket. [View news story]
No, they weren't.
"the 35% Q/Q drop in sales from Q4 is bigger than the 24% drop seen last year"
And iPhone increased it's percentage of Verizon activations.
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Were I to want a BIG screen "phone" I'd buy an LTE capable iPad Mini.
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So then as well, there's won't be any supply contraints on the new one so you're dissing those reports? Probably right there as well.
Foxconn indicates it started a hiring blitz of assembly workers in China in the latest indication that Apple (AAPL) is gearing up for production of a new iPhone. The company says 10K assembly-line workers have been added per week in Zhengzhou since the end of March and that hiring will continue to meet seasonal demand. [View news story]
Against the IIIs? Selling a new iPhone will be just fine.
Foxconn parent Hon Hai (HNHAF.PK), which is believed to get 60%-70% of its revenue from Apple (AAPL +1.2%), reported a 19% Y/Y drop in calendar Q1 sales to $27B. KGI Securities: "A quarterly decline was expected, but not a yearly decline ... This shows that Hon Hai's revenue depends too much on Apple, and iPhone orders corrected more than expected." Nonetheless, Apple is following the tech sector higher, a possible sign a weak Q1 is priced in. [View news story]
Apple (AAPL -1.2%) roundup: 1) The budget for Apple's "spaceship" HQ has soared to nearly $5B from less than $3B, BloombergBusinessweek reports. Apple has already pushed back its move-in date to 2016. 2) France Telecom (FTE) CEO Stephane Richard says the cost-sensitivity of consumers is hurting demand for the iPhone and other high-end phones. Of course, FTE and other European carriers have been up in arms over iPhone subsidies. 3) Explaining why he considers Apple a "storage company," Lazard's Edward Parker points out Apple sells flash memory on higher-capacity iDevices at an 80%-90% incremental margin. [View news story]
Otherwise given : "Cost overruns are to be expected on large construction projects, and the scale of this one has evolved—from an initial plan to accommodate 6,000 employees, to offices for 12,000 or even 13,000 in one place. " it's a yawn. They've more than doubled structure's capacity, there's a reality there that is going to be reflected in final costs.
Apple (AAPL -1.2%) roundup: 1) The budget for Apple's "spaceship" HQ has soared to nearly $5B from less than $3B, BloombergBusinessweek reports. Apple has already pushed back its move-in date to 2016. 2) France Telecom (FTE) CEO Stephane Richard says the cost-sensitivity of consumers is hurting demand for the iPhone and other high-end phones. Of course, FTE and other European carriers have been up in arms over iPhone subsidies. 3) Explaining why he considers Apple a "storage company," Lazard's Edward Parker points out Apple sells flash memory on higher-capacity iDevices at an 80%-90% incremental margin. [View news story]
Their people IS their future and the new HQ is an investent toward their people.
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Yes that was telling....
Tim Cook responds to criticism of Apple's (AAPL -1.6%) Chinese repair/warranty policy by state-owned media outlets and a government agency by issuing an apology letter that outlines repair policy changes for the iPhone 4 and 4S. Separately, Fidelity Contrafund, Apple's biggest active shareholder, discloses it cut its stake in the company by 10% in January and February, to 10.4M shares. [View news story]