Apple Is Planning 3-D Cameras for New iPhones in AR Push

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-01-30/apple-is-said-to-prep-new-3-d-camera-for-2020-iphones-in-ar-push ​ Apple Inc. plans to launch iPhones with a more-powerful 3-D camera as soon as next year, stepping up the company’s push into augmented reality, according to people familiar with the plans. The rear-facing, longer-range 3-D camera is designed …

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Pros and Cons of Apple’s Earnings Call

by JesusCItsJasonB https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/29/apple-q1-2019-earnings.html Pros: -Gross margin if 38% across all businesses, 34.3% gross margin for iPhone, and 68% gross margin for services (Apple Pay, Apple Music, iCloud, …). Gross margin = The higher the percentage, the more the company retains …

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Apple iPhone sales carshing…. previously cut back production of expensive models…now cuts prices of cheaper models

https://www-forbes-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2018/12/05/apple-iphone-xr-discount-iphone-xs-iphone-xs-max-price-sale/amp/?amp_js_v=0.1#referrer=https://www.google.com&amp_tf=From%20%1$s&ampshare=https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewanspence/2018/12/05/apple-iphone-xr-discount-iphone-xs-iphone-xs-max-price-sale/ More Bad News From Apple As iPhone XR Price Slashed Adding to the signs that the newest iPhones are not meeting Apple’s internal sales targets, let alone the lofty ambitions of significantly increasing the annual sales of the iOS-powered …

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Why We Sold Apple Stock

by Vitaliy N. Katsenelson Our firm bought Apple shares for clients’ portfolios in 2013, and we are used to being a contrarian voice when it comes to the stock (read here and here) — we loved it when it was hated. Now we are contrarian …

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