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In a Recession, Who Still Needs Tech?

Apple's production was reduced 40% in Q4 because orders were not there.

So much for the "people will still buy an iPhone" theory.



On Dec 12 02:25 PM Roger Knights wrote:

> he meant AAPL. But he's wrong in his unsophisticated view that Apple
> produces fripperies that consumers will be glad to dispense with,
> and his related absurd view that people who have a cell phone won't
> want to upgrade to a smartphone. Early reports indicate Apple's sales
> are holding up, and various articles have pointed out that the iPhone
> is a good value for even low end customers. Just wait till Apple's
> numbers are out in six weeks.

Can Android Save Motorola?

Why are so many hung up on Apple and their 10M phones? RIM's 40M phones is a lot more of a competitor, especially with the number of different phones they are releasing.

Apple had better be spending money on R&D, hopefully to improve the call quality. How many people are getting iPhones but keeping a second phone for phones calls because the call quality just isn't good enough?

Motorola's Android Phone: Too Little Too Late?

Nokia won't do much in the US, it isn't their type of market. The Nokia phones are built for Europe and low cost phones in Asia. For example the US loves flip phones, but Nokia has always struggled with flip phones.

The authors assertion that Motorola is 9 months behind on Android is odd. HTC rushed an Android phone out, before the software was fully ready. You can only build an Android phone with one chip from Qualcom, Google just can't support more than one chip right now because the OS is still being developed. So a Q209 lauch is not late at all. By this time next year the G1 would have been forgotten. Whether Motorola is in the right position by than remains to be seen, but to say they are late shows a lack of understanding of the market.