re: I'd expect half of the people in this forum uses an iPhone including me.

I’m not sure why all the animosity for AAPL.

I wasn’t a fan of the dual charge port/headphone jack. I never saw the benefit of the watch either. I think the phone, from a practical standpoint, is essentially the refrigerator. I think the best they can do is extend the battery life at this point and make it more sleek. I’m also not sure why the screen cracks everytime you drop it given when cell phones first came out you could drop them all the time and the screen wouldn’t crack.

I was not a big fan of Steve Jobs’ public persona, but it was a persona. I never met the guy, and maybe his persona was a result of another narrative.

On the intentional slowdown of the phone, I’m not sure anyone has enough information to definitively conclude Apple operated independently in that matter. I’m not defending AAPL if they’re the sole perpetrator, but many companies/agencies would stand to benefit from purchasing the new phone over keeping the older phone.

Not a huge fan of AAPL operations mainly in China, but that’s more a reflection of the current economic setup globally. I’d like to see the cash come back into the US they currently hold. But many companies are like AAPL in their strategy.

Not sure why you’d claim they’re “underperforming”. They only had more cash than XOM at one point.

No company had better innovation in the 00's

They are dying now. Waiting on the new Tesla phone