Replies to post #112920 on Apple Inc (AAPL)

[Stock Guy777]

You're on the same page I am. Even lithium miners possibly ones in the OTC.... FLPC?? Who knows maybe

[KICK1]

Very interesting, game on! Half a Molly on Apple ;))

[ZombieSecurityAgent]

I think it was a great event. The S series is notoriously the tweener. The new innovations they introduced such as the medical features, the TV, Force Touch and the IPad/Laptop hybrid should keep them propped up for this quarter. Plus a lot of iPhone 5 and 5S users will be coming off their two year contract. I was not disappointed in the TV at all, but, much of the tech many of us discussed like 3 years ago. But, it's cheap and I think it will be under a few Xmas trees. And I think as apps are developed it may take some of the crowd away from the competition such as Xbox in the future.

I'm gonna say good job. Should make for another week good holiday quarter in sales. Perhaps even another surprise quarter.

JMO.

[catty]

Someone correct me if I'm mistaken, but isn't Apple's innovatiion in the ICAR just the battery. TIA

[Galvaaste]

Apple Car?? I bet u aren't updated to the latest news. Apple's latest venture is the Gaming Zone. Apple is since a very long time are a believer of developing their own technology and mastering it. The latest feature for example is that its devices can detect the expressions of the user who is using Faceshift. I mean this is really incredible. These small factors matter in the longer run of the company and it may be a factor which will add on and help Apple to increase its profits and attract more and more users globally.

[B RY]

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[FrancisUnderwood]

Whether or not Apple is building a car, they are definitely building something automotive related. They already have CarPlay for the infotainment stack, so an autonomous driving application is certainly possible, but not guaranteed. Remember, Apple rarely brings out an all-new technology, rather they take already-existing technologies and show how they're supposed to work. I think Tesla has the lead in real-world autonomy right now considering how slowly the Google Car has to drive just to be safe.

[mick]

got to get innovative cook/ 'Apple Inc. (AAPL)'

[mick]

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[mick]

$AAPL/ Apple: Will a $1,000 phone deliver a $1 trillion company?

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-iphone-trillion/apple-will-a-1000-phone-deliver-a-1-trillion-company-idUSKCN1BN346?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FbusinessNews+%28Business+News%29

Apple Senior Vice President of Worldwide Marketing, Phil Schiller, introduces the iPhone X during a launch event in
Cupertino, California, U.S. September 12, 2017. REUTERS/Stephen Lam
(Reuters) -

At around $830 billion, Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O) stock market value on the day of its newest iPhone launch towers over its next-largest rival and has Wall Street asking: Will it be the first listed company to crack
the Big T?

If history is any guide, the unveiling on Tuesday of the
iPhone X -

the 10-year anniversary edition of Apple’s ubiquitous device -

signals that the $1 trillion milestone could well be breached within the year.

Apple shares on average have gained around 33 percent in the year following each of its previous iPhone launch events,
dating back to the first one on Jan 9, 2007. It has gained in the following year after seven of the 10 announcements while falling
in three.

From their current level, Apple shares need to gain roughly
20 percent to sport the world’s first 13-digit market cap.

(Some analysts and the Saudi royal family have pegged global oil giant Saudi Aramco’s value at $2 trillion or more,

but there will be no public record to confirm that until after its initial public offering next year.)

Of the 38 Wall Street analysts covering Apple,
two already have price targets for the stock that see it driving
above the $1 trillion level.

Brian White of Drexel Hamilton,
whose $208 price target for the shares is highest on the Street
and would equate to a $1.075 trillion market value at the
current number of shares outstanding,
came away from Tuesday’s event convinced the stock has further to run.

“We continue to believe Apple’s stock will not only benefit from
the upcoming iPhone cycle but also the company’s
capital distribution initiative, attractive valuation and
potential new innovations,” White wrote in a note to clients.

“As such, we do not believe Apple’s run will end with today’s iPhone event but still has attractive upside potential.”

Morgan Stanley’s Katy Huberty said in a note to clients after
Tuesday’s event that the
augmented reality (AR) features in Apple’s new phone lineup
“has the potential to become the next killer app that accelerates smartphone upgrades and drives increased services monetization
and growth.”

Her current price target of $182, which is 13 percent above
Tuesday’s closing price of $160.86, would equal a market value
of about $940 billion, but Huberty has a “bull case” target of
$253 on the stock,
or just over $1.3 trillion at current shares outstanding.

Apple shares are up 52 percent in the last year.

Since Apple first announced the iPhone product line in January 2007,

its stock has gained more than 1,200 percent and delivered a total return, including reinvested dividends, of more than 1,375 percent.

Its annualized total return of 28.7 percent in that period is nearly three times that of the Nasdaq
Composite Index .IXIC and almost four times what the benchmark
S&P 500 .SPX has delivered.

And while at nearly $1,150, the new 256 gigabit iPhone X may seem
like an eye-popping price,
it is no more expensive - relative to Apple’s stock price -
than the first iPhone in 2007. The top-end version of the first generation iPhone, at $599, was worth a bit more than seven
Apple shares at the time, around the same as today in nominal terms.

Apple split its stock on a 7-to-1 basis three years ago.

Adjusting for that, one share of pre-split Apple stock would be
worth one nearly full iPhone X today.

Reporting by Rodrigo Campos and Charles Mikolajczak; Writing by Dan Burns; Editing by Howard Goller
Our Standards:The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

[mick]

except/ The Apple iCar: Profit ????? $AAPL


Elon Musk made a lot of headlines when he said Tesla Motors (NASDAQ: TSLA) would be as big as Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) in 10 years.

????? oh my/\

Apple is the company that's chasing Tesla.

That is, Apple hopes to have its own electric car on the market by 2020.

Apple tried to buy Tesla last year. And a future tie-up between the two companies can't be ruled out.

Bloomberg, Apple has been secretly working on a car for years.

J. Crew CEO and Apple board member Mickey Drexler suggested Steve Jobs got the ball rolling before he passed.

“Steve’s dream before he died was to design an iCar,” he said. “It would have been probably 50% of the market. He never did design it.” Well, Apple has carried on, with Tim Cook green-lighting the iCar project last year.

Code-named “Project Titan,” the goal is to release an electric car in five years.

Apple on a collision course with other automakers — General Motors and Tesla — as well as its Silicon Valley rival, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG).

Google has been working on an autonomous, self-driving car since 2010.

Meanwhile, Tesla and GM each aim to release an electric car that costs less than $40,000 and is capable of travelling more than 200 miles on a single charge.

Apple is right behind them.

San Francisco Chronicle broke the story last year, when it reported that Apple's head of M&A met with Elon Musk — something Musk himself confirmed to Bloomberg.

A conversations with Apple," Musk said. "can't comment whether those revolved around an acquisition."

Now the largest U.S. company ever, valued at $750 billion, Apple posted a record $18 billion profit last quarter. It generates $200 billion annual revenue and has $178 billion in cash just sitting around.

with no sale imminent, the company has been content to simply poach Tesla's employees. Musk says Apple has been offering his workers $250,000 signing bonuses and 60% salary increases to jump ship.

Apple's task even easier, when he gave away patents on Tesla technology last summer.

“Tesla will not initiate patent lawsuits against anyone who, in good faith, wants to use our technology,”


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Charging Ahead

In addition to snagging Tesla employees, Apple has also been poaching workers from Massachusetts-based battery maker A123 Systems LLC.

Apple hired five people from A123, as well as other battery experts from LG Chem Ltd., Samsung Electronics, Panasonic Corp., Toshiba Corp., and Johnson Controls.

Indeed, the cornerstone of Apple's car will be the battery.

See, the problem with electric cars is that long-running batteries are incredibly expensive. Hence, the high cost of Tesla's current crop of automobiles. A Tesla Model S starts at about $61,000.

combat that cost, Tesla is building a huge new mega-factory, a “Gigafactory” out in Nevada.

Apple could go that route, but it would probably be better served by simply building a better battery — one that's more potent and less expensive.

If it can do that, it'll surpass its competitors.

If not, then it could hit a wall given the head start enjoyed by Tesla and other auto companies, which already have the infrastructure and manufacturing capacity in place.

Buy Apple? Tesla?

massive, $5 billion manufacturing plant that will build enough automotive-grade lithium-ion batteries for 500,000. Even if Tesla can't sell those cars, someone will buy the batteries.

additional/
Tesla, you might invest in graphite.

volume of Tesla's battery production will create a graphite shortage, opening huge profit opportunities for miners.

Two players include Graphite One (OTC: GPHOF, CVE: GPH) and Great Lakes Graphite (NYSE: GLK).

technology is huge for electric cars

pioneer in wireless electricity ?????