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How Apple Sets Smartphone Industry Pricing

and in all that time, when other experiment with new, prices of new technology will go down on their expense, not apple`s


On Oct 20 11:00 AM Aryamehr wrote:

> Once again Apple is where it is more because of the incompetence
> of others than its own 'destructive technology.' However, the landscape
> is changing and the competition has woken up. By tethering itself
> to ATT Apple has surely handicapped itself, regardless of how well
> it is currently doing. It is giving the competition enough room to
> breath and continue launching better and better Smartphones. IMHO
> there are already a number of handsets that can easily match, if
> not better, the iPhone in quality and functionality. Case in point,
> HTC's Hero, Samsung's Moment, both being offered at Sprint. Sprint
> also offers a much better 3G network and has a substantially wider
> 3G reach than ATT and T-Mobile combined. The new phones are packed
> with technologies that are far superior to the iPhone 3GS, such as
> AM-OLED screens, better camera's and camcorders, removable batteries,
> faster CPUs, and substantially better hardware. In summary my point
> is that in the latter 3 yrs. Apple has basically had a free ride
> and now it will have to contend with a disparate and desperate group
> of contenders that in many cases will be putting everything on the
> line. Most of them will have the support of Google's Android OS,
> which is Linux based, and is well equipped to emulate anything Apple
> has to offer. On the hardware side Apple basically has no advantages,
> which can be seen in the recent launchings of numerous manufacturers
> smartphones. 2010 will no doubt be a facinating year for both the
> Telcos and the Smartphone manufacturers.

Winners and Losers in Today's Market

*The current valuation of AAPL is just ridiculous. It is based on the hope of the continued, fast growth of AAPL's earnings, which is unrealistic. How many more iPhones can AAPL sell, before the market is saturated?*

Let`s count. How much is 16% of 6 billion then take from that number 15 million and you should have answer on your question.