Apple does not get all of its chips from Samsung and even if it did, that would not be a reason the phones or tablets look alike. People tend to copy success. The MacBook Air is an example. The Mac OS is another example. Steve saw it at PARC, but he did not steal it. Microsoft did not steal it from Apple. However, they all share features that are similar – very similar.

The chips inside of the iPhone to do not make it look like a Samsung product or vice versa. I have followed Apple closely since before 1984. Instead of buying the computer, I first bought the stock. When you see a good thing buy it, emulate it, come up with a better idea, adopt it, but don’t just steal it.

We are in for an interesting couple of years. Apple has a “ton” of money. Enough to do anything they can dream up. Chip producers will have a difficult time manufacturing what is on Apple’s drawing boards and in their mind(s). Samsung does not have the cash that Apple has available. They do not have the ideas either.

With regard to the recent stock drop: the analysts missed it again ! Apple did not miss it. Think about this. The analysts are always trying to predict what Apple is going to do. They don’t know jack to be blunt. Apple does not release ahead of time what they are going to do or sell. The economic models are too complex for someone outside of the company to be really accurate.

Analysts are always predicting; so, salesmen can sell you and I stock based upon predictions. It happens for every business. Can you tell me how much electricity is going to be used tomorrow in the state where you live? What about next Wednesday between 2-6 PM ? There are very sophisticated models for this, but it doesn’t matter what MWHs will be consumed – not really – not to you or to me. Maybe to the power company, but they are not going to tell the public.

If Apple does nothing but invest its money and pay its stockholders, they will do better than most companies. When you have a couple of boatloads of money and you only need one to get there is my point.

I can hardly wait to see what Apple and the Competition produce in the coming years. Look where they have all come from. Look what happened in the auto industry. Hyundai did not get there by thinking inside of a box. It is much easier to use a wheel than it is to invent one.

Enjoy this time. The best is yet to be.

No wonder iPhones look like Samsung phones, Apple even buys its chips from Samsung. The only growth that’s gonna happen is Apple’s patent trolling.