Just looking for investment advice, please no fanboy and hater debates. Why buy AAPL? They have some subscription services, but they make hardware with phone being biggest chunk, and that’s not one where there’s a lot of growth. What makes the stock have a good outlook? I’m tempted to buy because they have had somehow been good historically, but I don’t think there’s a good outlook since hardware wise phones are saturated, they’re not doing any AI (or lagging by a lot), and computers wise, way more Windows users out there (meaning PC). TC: 210k
A more relevant question might be what will grow as much as the iPhone did? The Mac and other newer product lines and services have done well too (and could continue to do well), which alone might justify a long term investment, but to get close to historical returns there would have to be another iPhone-like best seller.
Yeah I think this is a good question. The current situation with their phone and app ecosystem is great and what made them what they are today, but in order to sustain this kind of growth, there would need to be another ecosystem level of creation or growth.
Microsoft doesn't use MacBook?
Depends where in the company, I worked there 5 years and had a Linux desktop and MacBook Pro when I was in analog (HoloLens org). Apps teams also often have Apple hardware.
People have had the same “phone market is saturated” argument for a decade and the stock still keeps climbing
Apple has amazing custom silicon, a huge captive user base, and will likely build off those by releasing new AI capabilities next year, joining the rest of the big tech companies in the AI revolution.
Just do yourself a favour and buy the index.
Let me give you datapoints * 90% of us teenagers use iphones => they will grow up and become the next generation that makes money * strong ecosystem => users won’t leave * social acceptance => research shows women are more likely to date a guy with blue bubble. Teenagers get bullied if have green bubble * virtual headset => huge bet but could be something big * look around any major corp. they all use MacBook. Even Microsoft and Google use MacBook * airpods => biggest selling headphones period in the world * apple watch => actually devours watch industry Conclusion: every single thing they do is a success (except for wireless power bank)
Microsoft doesn't use MacBook