Neal Guttenberg on Apple in Dem's crosshairs? - 'Joseph, I agree with you. Doing the investigations doesn’t do anything to lower the price of gas or food. I think some of the early comments that I heard may be encouraging that at least there is some sanity left in some of the politicians but we will have to see. They would be more wise to dealing with things that will make people’s lives better and not looking for revenge. I would hope that investigations into Apple would be further down the list. But, then again, you never know. There may be a few on the far left(as with the far right) that may say some crazy things but hopefully, they don’t speak for most of the people elected to office this past week. But we will have to see.'
on Apple in Dem's crosshairs? - 'Um, how did you miss that the present Congress just had its ass kicked for that kind of head-in-the-sand behavior, Steven? And how about we let the new Congress get a chance to actually take the reins before we start with the trash talk? Last I looked, that’s a couple of months from now. i will agree that, over the next sixty days or so, the crowd that you’re talking about are free to create even more damage. But you do know that the Presidency cannot veto an impeachment, right? I suspect that will get the attention of even the dullest knives in the drawer, two months from now. You guys appear to have gotten way way out over your skis, if you think the butt whippinng is over with. It hasn’t even started….'
on Apple in Dem's crosshairs? - 'Shocking though this is, I think the Washington Post is all wet here. I am unaware of Apple ‘hosting tracking apps” used by ICE. I do recall that Apple removed “ICE Block” from the App Store at the Trump Administration’s request. That was an app that some people protesting ICE used to keep track of the agency’s movements in real time so they could show up in time to video-record their actions. Photographing and even protesting law-enforcement actions that occur in plain sight is activity protected by the First-Amendment. So if Congress plans to apply some heat to reinforce that basic idea, I am in favor of it.'
on Apple in Dem's crosshairs? - 'Could well be. But Cook et al know how to deal with Xi, etc. I am sure they can handle any posers. What will be critical is not how smart the Congresscritters are but how capable their staff people are. They are the ones really behind all this. I expect a lot of good lawyers, etc. will be waiting to get involved, just as they did with Watergate. So I am hopeful we have hearings as capable as that. Time will tell.'
on Apple in Dem's crosshairs? - 'Why would anyone take on a job wherein half the population thinks you’re an idiot and that pays less (in some cases a lot less) than their day job, unless they have some degree of a god complex, or the side benefits are really good. Are lawyers anymore ethical than the average politician? I think not.'
on Apple in Dem's crosshairs? - 'Unfortunately congress is made up of a bunch of amateurs posturing for constituents rather than legal professionals evaluating the facts and merits. I don’t expect that kind of rational thinking from them.'
on Saturday Apple video: Why Apple Didn't Make Steve Jobs Rich - 'It is not uncommon to hear people say the Jobs was all about the product and not the profit. And yet…….'
on Apple in Dem's crosshairs? - 'If they bring back Lina Khan in any capacity I’m done with this party.'
on Jason Snell: 100,000 Duo apps and counting - 'And in sharp contrast with their response to the Vision Pro…'
on Jason Snell: 100,000 Duo apps and counting - 'My take:… easy for so many develops to quckly get in line. develops can act quckly when they want to and there’s nothing you can do about it!'
on Apple in Dem's crosshairs? - 'Disclaimer: Life long Democrat. Hopefully Democrats focus on the real problems caused by the current Administration. It’s a long list.'
on Premarket: Apple is red - 'Apple ended a tumultuous week of trading off $1.80 or 0.52% on the day at $342.37. Over the past five days Apple is off 0.66%. Over the past month Apple is up 2.62% and year-to-date the shares are higher by 25.94%.'
on Daniel Ives: Tech sell-off way overdone - 'Sorry, PED. I didn’t mean for that blast to happen. Couldn’t find a way to stop it. Perhaps that’s why people here post links with “flaws” in them.'
on Daniel Ives: Tech sell-off way overdone - 'Not sure what you mean. We paid for it upfront. I don’t recall exactly. We have 9kW of panels and a 13kWhr battery. I think it cost in the neighborhood of $33k and we got a rebate of $11k, or maybe less. Plus we got some tax benefits. I didn’t sweat the cost too much. I really wanted solar. They wanted to try to match the size to my past bills. I told him to just fill the roof with as many panels as it would hold. Being a physics geek this important. 🙂'
on Premarket: Apple is red - 'AAPL new shares outstanding as of October 23, 2026 was 14,532,182,000, or 14.532B shares, a reduction of net 62M shares from July 17, 2026 or about 0.42%. Actual shares repurchased was 81.767M I regular purchase and 6.3M shares under an ASR, net which cost $24B for an Avg share repurchase price of $318. That means Apple, as of close today of $344, was able to buy AAPL shares at a quarterly discount of ~8%. The net shares indicate Apple also issued about 20M shares in employee compensation during the quarter. Total net shares reduced YoY = -244M shares or 1.65%, not quite the bang for the buck 3% when the stock price was lower, naturally. Total shares repurchased for the year was 296.7M shares, spending $86.4B, avg share repurchase price was $291, a 15% discount to current price. The current $5.00 Trillion threshold now stands at $344.06, so yes, AAPL is still above $5.00 trillion barely. As I eluded to in an earlier post, Apple’s quarterly iPhone revenues were $57.583B selling (per Omdia) 56.5M iPhones, flat vs Q4 FY2025. iPhone ASP was $1019 vs $868 YoY, a rise of $151 or 17%. For the entire FY2026, iPhone revenues were $254.1B, a 21% increase FYoFY. Using Omdia’s numbers, for FY2026, Apple shipped or sold 256.3M iPhones. FY26 ASP was $991.'
