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    The Screwy Doomsday Apple Predictions Continue

    September 19th, 2013

    To some, it’s not what Apple says, but what they don’t say that counts. So, lacking a statement about preorders for the iPhone 5c, some financial analysts concluded sales must be poor. Apple’s stock price tanked yet again, with the unwarranted assumption that this new iPhone lineup was destined to fail, but all without evidence […]


    The iPhone 5c and the “Cheap” Plastic Case

    September 18th, 2013

    So I saw a headline from an online pundit Tuesday claiming that the problem with the iPhone 5c is that it has a plastic case but not a cheap price. The implication from the writer in question is that using that material rather than metal is a way to, as they say, cheap out and […]


    The Apple Myth Makers Prosper

    September 13th, 2013

    So I listened to a talking head on one of the cable news/commentary networks, MSNBC. In being asked why Apple’s stock price declined sharply on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, he said that Apple isn’t good at producing iterative upgrades. They only succeed when they overhaul a market. Or at least that’s what he […]


    Welcome to Apple’s Summer of Discontent

    September 12th, 2013

    So, as promised, Apple introduced a new generation of iPhones at Tuesday’s media event. Now it is also true that Wall Street tends to be somewhat disappointed over the company’s product launches, and this week was no exception. Even as the presentation continued, during which the iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s were demonstrated, the stock […]