iPhone sales drop and Apples 13 year surge ebbs

[Jacque67 7,328]

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/27/technology/apple-q2-earnings-iphone.html

Not surprising if you've ever had the misfortune to try and get an appointment at the "Genius bar"...an accessory at best, which is losing its edge rapidly.

[OriZ 3,165]

Not surprising in the slightest.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/577938-one-year-to-nowhere/?p=7968104

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/577938-one-year-to-nowhere/?p=7924595 (Fourth paragraph)

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/577938-one-year-to-nowhere/?p=7960926 (third from bottom)

[Jacque67 7,328]

Not surprising in the slightest.

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/577938-one-year-to-nowhere/?p=7968104

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/577938-one-year-to-nowhere/?p=7924595 (Fourth paragraph)

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/577938-one-year-to-nowhere/?p=7960926 (third from bottom)

An echo?

[Jacque67 7,328]

There's nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man. True nobility lies in being superior to your former self ...e Hemingway

Apple has been at the bottom of the heap here forever...just an accessory...not to be used by any serious person .

[OriZ 3,165]

Back in the day when everyone was all over ipads, I had an iRiver. Not many people are familiar with them, but MUCH better quality than apple. I always hated apple.

[Jacque67 7,328]

Back in the day when everyone was all over ipads, I had an iRiver. Not many people are familiar with them, but MUCH better quality than apple. I always hated apple.

Well Bing 1 might not agree...but..

I have an iPad just for fashion purposes but would never bother with the phone...my real use for business . The technology is .... And the dumb watch??? Not even great as an accessory,

Bing (1) come out of the shadows!!!!

[OriZ 3,165]

iPad to iRiver is like Windows is to Linux. One is for the masses, one is for the pros. Not saying I use Linux cause I certainly don't, I just don't have time for those things anymore but that is why they are more popular because most people don't.

[Jacque67 7,328]

iPad to iRiver is like Windows is to Linux. One is for the masses, one is for the pros. Not saying I use Linux cause I certainly don't, I just don't have time for those things anymore but that is why they are more popular because most people don't.

Lost in translation,,,,last sentence I don't get. Spare the graphs lol.

[Jacque67 7,328]

???? No explanation ..seeing a pattern here

[OriZ 3,165]

???? No explanation ..seeing a pattern here

I was doing something weird called working. What exactly don't you get?

[Jacque67 7,328]

I was doing something weird called working. What exactly don't you get?

Well bing1and I find this thing called work weird. But seriously I don't understand the last sentence of your post. Could you rephrase it. Got the bit about Linux, and you not using it..then you lost me.

[Jacque67 7,328]

iPad to iRiver is like Windows is to Linux. One is for the masses, one is for the pros. Not saying I use Linux cause I certainly don't, I just don't have time for those things anymore but that is why they are more popular because most people don't.

This last sentence bugs me....people have more time for things that you don't have time for, and that is why they are popular..you are different from most people? Trying to work out the syntax here.

[Jacque67 7,328]

Utterly befuddled. Linux is more popular because you aren't interested in it?

[OriZ 3,165]

lol, god, what kind of horrible monster do you think I am?

No what I meant was - both linux and iriver for example offer more functions, better quality overall, more customizable, more things you can "program" and enjoy it more. However, it is all time consuming. Those who do not have the time and/or the know how for those things, use the simpler one size fit all like windows and ipads. I am not different I use windows as well. My point was it is more popular BECAUSE most people, just like me, don't have the time to mess around with it all. It is made for the masses.

Edited April 27, 2016 by OriZ

[Jacque67 7,328]

lol, god, what kind of horrible monster do you think I am?

No what I meant was - both linux and iriver for example offer more functions, better quality overall, more customizable, more things you can "program" and enjoy it more. However, it is all time consuming. Those who do not have the time and/or the know how for those things, use the simpler one size fit all like windows and ipads. I am not different I use windows as well. My point was it is more popular BECAUSE most people, just like me, don't have the time to mess around with it all. It is made for the masses.

Well that makes much more sense now. And agree with your clarified post.