| The Exiled |
01.09.2019. 02:01 |
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Autor Garro
(Post 3333858)
Steve Jobs da vidi ove kvadratne nakarade od kamera na novim iPhoneima ne da bi otpustio kompletan odjel za dizajn nego bi im sa bacačem plamena podijelio otkaze.
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IMHO ne bi, pogotovo, jer je Jobs taj koji je godinama uredno hvalil i odobraval sve kaj su Jony Ive i društvo dizajnirali, prezentirali i naposljetku plasirali na tržište. Htjeli priznati ili ne - Ive je, neovisno o Jobsu imal itekakvog utjecaja na Apple proizvode i njegova je češće nego rjeđe bila zadnja. Čak i sad kad je na odlasku Ive već ima spremnu novu firmu koja bude - tak jasno i dalje blisko surađivala s Apple mašinerijom, a ta ista mašinerija je prije svega najviše zainteresirana kako zaraditi još više. Ne bi me čudilo da je Jobs (u slučaju da je poživjel dovoljno dugo) polako, ali sigurno ostal na marginama firme. Jasno, i dalje bi ostal veliki vođa, ali samo na papiru, jer bez obzira kaj on pričal, Apple bi išel smjerom (još) veće zarade i novaca. Apple nije propal nakon njegove smrti, jer eto - frajer nije sve te uređaje izmislil/dizajniral/zalemil sam u garaži - tak da bi njegovo mišljenje s vremenom značilo sve manje i manje, samo da bi na kraju ostal njihova maskota za predstavljanje novih iUređaja. Mnoštvo toga kaj se danas nalazi u ponudi Apple uređaja mu ne bi bilo po volji, tj. nije mu bilo, ali su se iOlovčice, iVure i sl. ipak našli upareni s ostatkom iUređaja.
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The trade war between the U.S. and China will hit Apple Inc. this weekend, dragging the largest U.S. technology company into a fracas that threatens to raise prices on popular consumer gadgets and undermine a giant but delicate global supply chain.
Here’s a list of Apple products that will be hit by 15% tariffs starting this weekend:
- Apple Watch and Watch bands
- AirPods
- HomePod
- Some Beats headphones
- iMac computers
- Repair parts for iPhones may also be hit
- Nand flash, a key storage component for iPhones, could also be affected
The iPhone, which contributes more than half of Apple’s revenue, won’t face this 15% tariff until Dec. 15. But the other hardware products made up at least 10% of sales in the company’s 2018 fiscal year, and many of these will have to absorb the 15% import levy that kicks in on Sunday. Apple has been lobbying Trump for more than a year to avoid tariffs. During a recent dinner with the president at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook voiced concerns that Apple’s main rival Samsung Electronics Co. will get an edge because its products won’t be subject to the levies. Just days after that dinner, Trump announced that tariffs on $300 billion of goods from China would be 15%, up from 10%. These take effect in two tranches, which the first batch happening Sept. 1.
Izvor: Bloomberg
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...Tim Cook nije uspjel očarati Trumpa, pa bude Apple ovaj manevar za početak koštal ~500 milijuna dolara, a novi namet za iPhone stiže taman u vrijeme najveće (blagdanske) šoping groznice. |
