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Incredible Multi-Year iPhone Run Ends (Fewer iphones sold in N/A YOY)
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Posted on 01/27/2014 4:30:11 PM PST by Red in Blue PA

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To: Grams A
.. What fool would pay $500 more for the same thing?

107 = folks out there with more dollars than sense, Grams.

21 posted on 01/27/2014 5:02:59 PM PST by tomkat (still think it's 'too early' comrades ?)
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To: C210N

Will removing the iPhone 4 battery void the warranty?

The warranty will be void and yes, they will be able to tell.

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=982732


22 posted on 01/27/2014 5:03:02 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Revolting cat!

Huh?

Apple is overpriced. And behind the times.


23 posted on 01/27/2014 5:04:03 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Red in Blue PA

I have the new white 32gb LG G2....

I win


24 posted on 01/27/2014 5:04:28 PM PST by advertising guy (givin Iran, ian oil producing country, billions, is like givin Texas cattle cause they can grow hay)
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To: Paladin2

You mean the battery that usually covers the microSD card slot?
Yeah, iPple phones are tricky that way.

The i stands for “inadequate. “


25 posted on 01/27/2014 5:09:55 PM PST by MrEdd (Heck? Geewhiz Cripes, thats the place where people who don't believe in Gosh think they aint going.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Yep, they ONLY sold 51 MILLION phones in 3 months! NOBODY buys them anymore - well except for 51 million people....


26 posted on 01/27/2014 5:12:21 PM PST by cantbetooconservative (I miss Ronald Reagan)
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To: cantbetooconservative

Fewer were sold in North American this year than last. That is not a winning strategy going forward no matter how you cut it. You can have all the money in the world, but if you cannot grow our business, you are essentially a bank.

Apple can win back more buyers by cutting the price, but that will hurt their profits. They have painted themselves into a corner.


27 posted on 01/27/2014 5:14:06 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Red in Blue PA

They are all going to lose sales. The iPhone 4 still works sufficiently for anyone but a true power user. Why upgrade? Ditto for Droid. Especially true given how obastard’s policies have successfully (and intentionally) degraded the middle class (Bourgeoisie in obastard’s Marxist parlance).


28 posted on 01/27/2014 5:23:45 PM PST by piytar (The predator-class is furious that their prey are shooting back.)
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To: piytar

Droid is not losing sales. And the Samsung Galaxy is the top selling phone worldwide.....a fact never mentioned on domestic media.


29 posted on 01/27/2014 5:27:00 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Red in Blue PA

True. But I said they all WILL. At a certain point the tech is ALL better than what the users need. And if the users are worried about their $10,000 obamacare deductible for their kids (the “affordable” one), they won’t bother to upgrade their more than sufficient tech. JMHO


30 posted on 01/27/2014 5:31:14 PM PST by piytar (The predator-class is furious that their prey are shooting back.)
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31 posted on 01/27/2014 5:45:12 PM PST by RedMDer (Happy with this, America? Make your voices heard. 2014 is just around the corner. ~ Sarah Palin)
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To: Red in Blue PA

It took the ENTIRE rest of the industry just to break even with a single product from Apple.


32 posted on 01/27/2014 5:57:59 PM PST by ctdonath2 (Making good people helpless doesn't make bad people harmless.)
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To: Red in Blue PA
I have a Samsung Galaxy S III with a 32 GB Micro SD card installed. In many ways, it's still a better phone than the iPhone 5 and still compares well with the iPhone 5S, especially with the current Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean) installed. Samsung is testing the Android 4.4 (KitKat) upgrade and that should be out by April 2014.

However, I still consider Apple to have the superior tablet computer. I have an iPad Air (32 GB Wi-Fi white case) and it's still way superior to most other tablet computers out there. Now, when will Google release the second-generation Nexus 10 tablet?

33 posted on 01/27/2014 5:59:21 PM PST by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: Red in Blue PA

“Sure you can buy a hamburger for a dollar. But then you’d have to eat it.”


34 posted on 01/27/2014 5:59:24 PM PST by ctdonath2 (Making good people helpless doesn't make bad people harmless.)
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To: rlmorel

Did anyone say Apple was going under? Remember, Apple had a lot of bad years between their original success, and their return in the late 90s. They didn’t go under, but they were not doing that well.


35 posted on 01/27/2014 6:04:50 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: Red in Blue PA

I love my Samsung Galaxy S4 and would not trade it for an iPhone if you paid me. Amazing device.

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Yes it is - it’s a better camera than any camera that I have had. And it’s a phone, and a browser, hotspot.....
I know most modern phones do all this stuff. But the S4 is good Design.


36 posted on 01/27/2014 6:31:48 PM PST by loungitude (The truth hurts.)
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To: Red in Blue PA

The entire current intellectual premise of current smart phones is built upon the original iPhone of 2007.

The rivals have not come close to Apple’s dominance.

Good for them that they have something that can now compete.

Why would people change the battery on their phones?

Because they keep their phones for so many years that they need to put a new battery in it?

Actually no.

Apple has a superior set of interoperable devices that allows the root iOS to cooperate in ways that are difficult for Google and Android. Windows does not share so well.

It is amazing how people have for almost 20 years now decried the absolute end of Apple.

If people don’t want to buy apple products then fine. Why does that choice have to be followed with epitaph for Apple?

I love apple but I am glad samsung and android make phones to compete and challenge the market.


37 posted on 01/27/2014 6:49:08 PM PST by lonestar67 (I remember when unemployment was 4.7 percent)
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To: Red in Blue PA

Wait until the sales figures to Red China are released, I be t they’ll sell millions and millions of those things...

Ed (who loves his iPhone 5s!)


38 posted on 01/27/2014 7:07:57 PM PST by Sir_Ed
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To: Red in Blue PA

I’m a user of their laptops and desktops but nothing lasts forever ‘but the earth and sky.’


39 posted on 01/27/2014 7:09:46 PM PST by posterchild
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To: Revolting cat!
I fully understand why Obamafoam users hate Apple so much on this forum.

Apple is an American company. Samsung is Korean, Lenovo is Chinese. Look at other tech manufacturers, most are foreign. I wonder why folks here don't champion American companies. They hate America?

40 posted on 01/27/2014 7:17:05 PM PST by roadcat
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