Comments on: For better or worse, Apple addicted to the rumor cycle

By: jbrandonf

jbrandonf — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 01:58:37 +0000

You need to relax. I work in a major carrier wireless store and this is because there were strong rumors among the GENERAL populace that there would be a new iPhone this summer.

By: Rich

Rich — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 14:07:01 +0000

“Demand for Apple products is in decline.”

Provide some statistics to support this statement.

“We all saw this coming.”

Name the people who saw this coming.

By: Adam C

Adam C — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 09:07:02 +0000

“Apple executives can blame these rumors for somewhat disappointing sales results all they want,’

Care to answer this.

And what disappointing sales?

In their billions and still, wow, your expectations are high,

Btw can you do better?

By: Tim Acheson

Tim Acheson — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 08:38:31 +0000

Demand for Apple products is in decline. We all saw this coming. It was a passing fad. The iPhone is old news, and Apple has failed to deliver anything new. (The iPad is just an iPhone with a giant screen, i.e. a basic netbook.)

When PC market growth slows due to saturation, Apple fans attribute this to a Post-PC* era. When it happens to an Apple product, the same commentators suddenly discover the saturation curve and declare Apple a victim of its own success. As this story is reported more widely, witness the double-standards of embedded tech journalism which daren’t bite the hand that feeds it.

*Post-PC is an official Apple propaganda term, coined by Steve Jobs and promoted by the corporation and its embedded journalists and loyal fan community.

By: Rich

Rich — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 07:07:29 +0000

I’ve read that Apple plants “rumors” in the Wall Street Journal.

By: Jonathan Bruck

Jonathan Bruck — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 01:30:12 +0000

Apple knows what it’s doing. They frequently announce products in one quarter& deliver in the next to get 2 bumps. They spread the iPhone & iPad six months apart and people caught on.