J.P. Morgan: Sales of 6th gen Apple iPhone could boost Q4 GNP by .5%
0. phoneArena posted on 10 Sep 2012, 23:41
Wall Street Investment Bank J.P. Mprgan told clients on Monday that strong sales of the 6th generation Apple iPhone could tack on as much as half a percentage point to the country's annualized fourth quarter GNP which measures the output of a country...
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1. Droid_X_Doug posted on 11 Sep 2012, 00:03 1 0
This kind of says it all: "The economist himself says that this computation should be looked at skeptically...."
2. remixfa posted on 11 Sep 2012, 00:10 0 3
yea, this guy also forgets that since then apple came under major scrutiny for its slave labor and has since had to increase costs to quell opposition. They are not working on the same margin as they were before. Granted its not much smaller, but it will make a difference. And even if it wasnt, you are still talking a 50%+ improvement in sales needed to get there.
3. rusticguy posted on 11 Sep 2012, 00:45 1 0
7. pikapowerize (banned) posted on 11 Sep 2012, 01:39 0 0
"design in california, made in china"
do you think samsung isnt made in china? most of the factories and devices are all made in china!
8. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 11 Sep 2012, 04:57 1 0
I think SS phones are made in Korea, but that's not the point. The point is iPhone is made in China then how can it increase US GNP?
Oh I see, this is about the margin that Apple makes.
9. pikapowerize (banned) posted on 11 Sep 2012, 18:43 0 0
not really made in korea, they might have a factory in korea but they also have a factory in china... coz the rumored that samsung is paying child labor! thats in china
