something goes wrong. Amidst all the hullabaloo‚ neither you‚ Johnny or Mickey brought a lighter or bottle opener. You start to panic but what’s this? That nerd Gunther showed up and he has an iPhone that can do it all. You can be cool like Gunther too. Here are five things to know about it. 1. TAKE YOUR IPHONE CASE TO THE NEXT LEVEL Whether you smoke‚ drink or neither‚ everyone needs a smartphone case. This one just happens to light cigarettes and open bottles as well. According to
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providing free streaming music. By introducing IPHONE‚ considered by TIME Magazine as “The Invention of the Year”‚ he reinvented the Smartphone market‚ dominated by NOKIA‚ by taking hardware design and user interface to the next level. ------------------------------------------------- Apple’s App store and Android Marketplace became niche competitors. Android based market gained more market than Apple’s IPhone. In spite of tough competition to IPhone‚ Apple’s public image and the aura of Steve Jobs
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Internal Factor Evaluation (IFE) Matrix for Apple Strengths | Weight | Rating | Wt.Score | 1. Customer loyalty combined with expanding closed system 2. As a leading innovator in mobile device technology 3. Strong financial performance 4. Powerful Brand reputation 5. Retail stores 6. Strong marketing and advertising teams | 0.120.100.090.110.090.10 | 443434 | 0.480.400.270.440.270.40 | Weakness | | | | 1. High Price 2. Incompatibility with different OS 3. Patent infringements
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Founded in 1984‚ Research in Motion worked on two-ways wireless pagers‚ to later concentrate on developing smartphones (BlackBerry 2013). For many years‚ the company has been a leader on the smartphone market until the arrival of new devices such as iPhones and android platforms in 2007‚ when the company started to drastically decline. From then on‚ the company’s smartphones have been criticized on various features‚ comparing among other things‚ the web browsing‚ the keyboard‚ the operating platform
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but the question still remains. Are they making money? In this section‚ we will be taking a detail look at the financials of Apple since the lunch of the first Iphone in 2007. On June 29‚ 2007 (the first day of the Iphone) apple was trading at $ 121 dollars a share. At year end September 29st 2007‚ just three months after the first Iphone release‚ Apple was trading at $ 154 dollars. That’s a 27 % increase in share price. As impressive as that sounds‚ there are other ratios that are used by managers
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to invest in a company goes beyond just the financial statement or report of a business. It includes careful analysis of a business’s ownership structure‚ customers‚ products‚ reputation‚ competitors‚ and stakeholders. This essay will look at the Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Threats‚ and Opportunities (SWOT analysis) of Apple Incorporated from the perceptive of an investor. This piece will further look at the parts of the SWOT analysis relevant in investment decisions regarding Apple or otherwise. Apple
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Current Market Conditions Competitive Analysis EOC-365 November4‚ 2013 Current Market Conditions Competitive Analysis When it comes to Apple iPhones the elasticity or inelasticity of the price per unit does not change until a “new and better” product comes on the market. When the iPhone 5S was released to the market the demand far outweighed the supply on hand yet‚ the price did not change. Colander (2010) stated‚ “Formally‚ demand or supply is elastic when the percentage change in
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Market Analysis and Strategic Recommendation As a Marketing Consultant‚ my client‚ which operates in the Mobile phone and Network providers sector of the market and the organisation trades under the name of O2 has asked me to generate a report‚ including a full market analysis and a set of strategic recommendations. This is to help secure their short (1-3 years)‚ medium (3-5 years) and long term (5 + years) future. I will be using relevant marketing theory and also recent market data to help complete
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Corporation is that Apple manufactures multiple products and integrates all its products under one brand--Apple. In order to dominate the market more profoundly‚ Apple has provided iPhones‚ iPads‚ Mac computers and other accessories (David‚ 2011). Currently‚ having an iPhone represents one’s social status and consumers who purchase iPhone products mostly seek for satisfaction of their vanity. People surrounding them are using Apple mobiles; therefore‚ they will try their best to get one too. However‚ it is
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Why invest in Apple Inc.? Daniel A. Martinez MGT 521 March 12‚ 2012 Diane Hunt Wagner Abstract This paper presents a brief discussion and analysis of Apple Inc. using the Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities and Threats (SWOT) management model as a way of providing the reader an “at a glance” perspective prior to making a decision to invest in the firm. Some of the company’s financial figures obtained from its recently published 2011 unaudited financial reports such as the income statement
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