Apple actively discussing how to spend its McDuckian cash pile

2. TKFox007 posted on 23 Feb 2012, 18:02 11 3

Actually innovating instead of pushing out the same old product?

Who are we kidding? They're going ti spend it on more lawsuits.

4. jsoliz1985 posted on 23 Feb 2012, 18:12 5 1

Invest the money in moving forward battery technology and then license it to manufacturers. Battery technology is the bottleneck for phones at this point. With the increase in demand for phones and mobile devices that are more powerful and do more comes the need for battery technology to catch up or at least move int he right direction. Although motorola recently made a great device in the RAZR MAXX, the only thing they did was engineer their phone to facilitate the addition of a larger battery. I can appreciate all the work that went into the RAZR but with a subpar screen and the lack of any attempt to make the phone feel better in hand the only thing going for it is the battery life.

6. squallz506 posted on 23 Feb 2012, 18:22 7 0

i think they should donate it to charity. it seems as of late they are all about public image; well moreso than usual anyway.

maybe build another solar farm? or make the fuel cell phone a reality? they have more than enough dough to make a far-sighted investment, and not have to worry about the short-term.

7. darac posted on 23 Feb 2012, 18:24 1 1

They could, technically, buy half of their competitors.
So I'm glad that Motorola gas been taken instead by Google, and that Sony bought off his mobile business.

8. thnkthru3 posted on 23 Feb 2012, 18:58 6 0

They could absorb some of the cost of increasing production here in the US of A. (Help create some domestic jobs)

9. 14545 posted on 23 Feb 2012, 19:00 4 0

No bashing of apple, well that just takes all the fun out of it.

11. tedkord posted on 23 Feb 2012, 19:34 0 2

Probably really big bonuses for the CEO, senior management team and board members. That's what most big US corporations do with really large profits. Like all the oil companies closing refineries on the east coast, where despite making profits in excess of $2 Billion per quarter, they havent invested in modernizing and maintaining these refineries because it would cost $300-400 Million.

12. jove39 posted on 23 Feb 2012, 19:37 3 0

Give raise/bonus to employees

16. shamu11 posted on 23 Feb 2012, 20:16 3 0

INNOVATE!!!!

17. mercorp posted on 23 Feb 2012, 20:19 2 2

give it to charity.or even better,donate it to greece.$$

18. JGuinan007 posted on 23 Feb 2012, 20:27 4 0

They should buy T-Mobile then move all Iphones to that carrier

21. joey18 posted on 23 Feb 2012, 22:02 3 1

Buy sprint mobile and bring better service

22. jbrown187 posted on 23 Feb 2012, 23:07 3 0

Pay Tyler Perry to stop making movies, TV shows etc.

23. anonimust posted on 23 Feb 2012, 23:15 3 0

Sell ipads and iphones for a marginal profit instead of their overpriced markup,

In fact, if they don't need the extra money, just sell their products at cost or below.

$250 ipads, and $100 unsubsidized Iphones, and I bet they would still have $100 billion in cash at the end of the day.

25. remixfa posted on 24 Feb 2012, 00:00 2 0

wait.. do i get credit for my constant scrooge mcduck imagery when apple's money is concerned? :) :) :) :) :) :) :) ive only been making that analogy for.. oh .. years now on this site :)

michael..... oooo michael :)

26. kanagadeepan posted on 24 Feb 2012, 00:14 3 0

lawyers of apple ENJOY.... So with sooo much money with them, they may NOT stop the dirty lawsuit games...

Further it once again proves, how over-priced their products always are... It is great to be an apple share-holder than their customer, imho...

27. Luuthian posted on 24 Feb 2012, 01:23 0 0

How about some seriously off the wall R&D? Or even something more practical, like batteries.

28. W.P._Android_in_that_Order posted on 24 Feb 2012, 02:07 0 0

I like the idea of them buying up sprint or tMo. Although they migt now like that since the profit margins arent as high as their standards, it would be a good way to unite their sevices.