iPhone
Gartner, Industry Still Don’t Understand what Apple’s iPhone is About
Today a Gartner report said global sales of smart phones grew 16% in Q2 of 2008, but sales were slowing, particularly the iPhone, where Apple’s share of global smartphone sales to end users decreased to 2.8 per cent from 5.3 per cent in the first quarter of 2008. But this was of course due to clearing [...]
8Sep2008 | Zach Bass | Comments | Continued
Apple Investors Got Bounce but Time to Resume Downtrend
Well we got the bounce I spoke of yesterday. It wasn’t the greatest bounce, and may not have unwound those oscillators as much as one would like. So it’s possible there may be some more kick left in the markets and AAPL before we continue the sled ride down. But the mortgage crisis is weighing [...]
21Aug2008 | Zach Bass | Comments | Continued
Are iPhone 3G Defect Rates Way Above Apple’s Standards?
This is my second article concerning Apple’s lack of quality control in as many days. So, let me just say that I’m sorry for the incessant rant. But I am losing confidence in a company that I have stood by in both thick and thin. Even during the dark days of Apple, I had unwavering faith in [...]
16Aug2008 | Zach Bass | Comments | Continued
iPhone 3G Quality Control is Dismal, Very Un-Apple-Like
You may have seen past posts where I had less than good luck with my iPhone 3G purchase. Some of it had to do with process snafus, but the root cause was material defects. Well to recap, the first iPhone had a Home button that simply did not work. The second iPhone developed a crack [...]
15Aug2008 | Zach Bass | Comments | Continued
Wilderness Member’s Family is Apple to the Core
This article was posted in the Wilderness Investor Group by member Earsaver. It’s in response to the iPhone rant written by Thomas Hawk, and published by Seeking Alpha yesterday, August 7.
Good morning everyone.
My family is the happy home to two original iPhones (one still active, the other presently serving as a WiFi iPod Touch) and now [...]
On the Edge with the iPhone, Scoping GPS and 3G Coverage
This is the Warner Trail in Moose Hill Audubon Wildlife Sanctuary, what is essentially my front yard. That’s my wife up ahead, Gyasi the Ridgeback likes to lag behind us. We take this trail most weekend mornings, so long as it’s not pouring, in the winter, spring, summer and fall. We often see Deer, Coyote, [...]
3Aug2008 | Zach Bass | Comments | Continued
3G iPhone Case Cracked in Under 24 Hours, Back to the Apple Store
After my less than perfect Apple Store buying experience yesterday, I thought I was free and clear to enjoy my new 3G iPhone. Well, the pleasure lasted almost 16 hours. But it looks like I’ll be going back to the Apple Store with a cracked 3G iPhone.
I got up early this morning with the wife [...]
Survey: Will Apple Blow Out iPhone Numbers?
I’m surprised at the muted response to Apple selling 1 million 3G iPhones on the opening weekend. And since then we learn that every Apple store and every AT&T store are either out of stock or on very short supply. Think about this for a moment. Apple had to expect strong demand, and the reports [...]
25Jul2008 | Zach Bass | Comments | Continued
iPhone 3G Biggest Gadget Release in History, or Banks Tank?
Which is a bigger story, the biggest consumer electronic release in history, or the banking system on the verge of a total collapse? Let’s start with the bad news and then end on an up-note, shall we?
This past weekend the United States Government went on an all out PR campaign to talk up the economy. [...]
Kiwis First in Line for 3G iPhone will Pay Deeply Down Under
Vodafone, New Zealand’s biggest mobile-phone operator, will start selling the 3G iPhone at 12.01 am Friday morning. That’s 8 am on Thursday (Jully 10) here on the east coast of the United States. Who will be the first Kiwi in the world to buy the much ballyhooed Apple product? Well it looks like a 22-year old student Jonny [...]
10Jul2008 | Zach Bass | Comments | Continued
Apple Antagonist Toni Sacconaghi Goes Out on Limb
Yesterday (July 2), Toni Sacconaghi went against his usual Apple bashing modus operandi, and raised his earnings estimates for Apple to $5.27 from $5.17, and to $6.52 from $6.26 for FY ‘09. The consensus of all AAPL analysts is $5.20 for FY ‘08 and $6.36 for FY ‘09. Good on you Toni!
But wait, there’s more! Toni goes way [...]
Just Like the iPhone But Crappier
Where have all the innovators gone? Is Apple the sole possessor of creative genius, the lone leader of usability and aesthetic, the single creator of new markets, the only company that knows what buyers want before they know themselves? It would appear so. Just look at all the imitators of iPhones and the all-in-one computers [...]
29Jun2008 | Zach Bass | Comments | Continued
Apple Positioned to Take Olympic Gold
By the end of the summer of 2008 Apple will be in position to grab gold in the Desktop and the Mid to Hi-end Cellphone events. It’s all coming together for Apple, from the economic cycle to the Beijing Olympics. And I’m going to explain how it might play out, but first there’s a bitter pill that must be swallowed.
28Jun2008 | Zach Bass | Comments | Continued
Toni Sacconaghi Hit Job on Apple’s iPhone
Sanford Bernstein analyst Toni Sacconaghi published the results of a May survey of 105 U.S. and European CIOs concerning their purchasing plans of high profile products like iPhones and Vista. I have two problems with this study.
19Jun2008 | Zach Bass | Comments | Continued
iPhone 2.0 Killer Feature, Geospatial Social Networks
What would the killer feature be on iPhone 2.0? Is it 3G that will put the iPhone into everyone’s hands? I don’t think so, with 4G on the horizon, it’s already obsolete in Asian markets. What about video? It seems every phone can shoot a short clip and send it to a friend, why not [...]
18Jun2008 | Zach Bass | Comments | Continued
Apple Unveils 3G iPhone, Trader Outlook
This Monday, Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the 3G iPhone to the world, and at a much lower price point than previous versions; $199 for the 8 GB version, and $299 for 16 GB. The new phone has a minimalist set of features compared to conference attendee’s expectations, which includes built-in GPS. The new iPhone [...]
9Jun2008 | Zach Bass | Comments | Continued
Weighting on Apple, Oil Goes Parabolic
AAPL from a technical analysis point of view is ready to break out. It closed Friday bouncing off support defined by a symmetrical triangle pattern, and it’s near the apex of this pattern. Triangles are patterns that mark the continuation of a trend, in some cases triangles can also mark trend reversals as well. With [...]
What 3G iPhone Feature Set will Satisfy Apple Investors?
Since everyone believes/knows we’re getting the 3G iPhone at the WWDC, will that be enough to satisfy the masses? I mean, if the new 3G iPhone is basically the iPhone we have now, but faster, do you think that will be enough to satisfy investors?
Or is there a minimal feature set that is needed to [...]
Apple Investors Focused on 3G iPhone or WWDC Message?
Will the economy and 3G distract investors from the message of the WWDC? Come Monday morning, Steve Jobs will take the stage and address developers and the media. Expectations are high that a 3G iPhone will be introduced. Investors will have one eye on live blog updates of the conference, and the other eye on deteriorating markets. [...]
7Jun2008 | Zach Bass | Comments | Continued
Can Apple Double iPhone Sales Goal in 2008?
On April 23rd at Apples Q2 Earnings Conference they beat the street and provided their usual conservative guidance. They reported selling 1.7 million iPhones since the beginning of the year, putting them somewhat short of the rate they needed to meet their 10 million iPhones goal by the end of 2008. No one gave [...]
3Jun2008 | Zach Bass | Comments | Continued
