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    Re: iPhone 4s is a flop... or is it?

    Can someone please tell me what the heck this sentence means
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    Shares of Samsung Electronics, HTC and LG Electronics, who all make phones using Google Inc.’s Android operating system, ended up on Wednesday.
    "ended up on Wednesday" doing what?

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    Re: iPhone 4s is a flop... or is it?

    I seem to have missed the moment when RhinoBull turned into Icyculyr.

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    Re: iPhone 4s is a flop... or is it?

    That statement means that their share price ended higher than it had started on Wednesday.
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    Re: iPhone 4s is a flop... or is it?

    If that is so, then I would suggest firing the author and hiring someone with a command of the English language exceeding that of a 5th grader.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hack View Post
    If that is so, then I would suggest firing the author and hiring someone with a command of the English language exceeding that of a 5th grader.
    That's clearly nobody on this forum

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    Re: iPhone 4s is a flop... or is it?

    I'm pretty sure "ended up" is fairly common phrasing for market reporting.

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    Re: iPhone 4s is a flop... or is it?

    Quote Originally Posted by baja_yu View Post
    I seem to have missed the moment when RhinoBull turned into Icyculyr.
    I had a similar thought.

    Does he wear black jeans and turtleneck too?

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    Re: iPhone 4s is a flop... or is it?

    Quote Originally Posted by Hack View Post
    If that is so, then I would suggest firing the author and hiring someone with a command of the English language exceeding that of a 5th grader.
    Someone like Jeff Foxworthy?

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    Quote Originally Posted by dilettante View Post
    I had a similar thought.

    Does he wear black jeans and turtleneck too?
    Well, I've never him say "Put one on the barbie for me",
    so he's clearly no Aussie.

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    Re: iPhone 4s is a flop... or is it?

    Quote Originally Posted by RhinoBull View Post
    I thought I was wearing bell bottoms and high heels... Anybody else with ideas?
    Goldfish in those shoes too?
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    The cape is a nice touch.

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    Are you Stayin' Alive or j-j-j-jiiive Talkin'?
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    Re: iPhone 4s is a flop... or is it?

    Every time an Apple product is due there are people predicting it will be a flop.

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    Re: iPhone 4s is a flop... or is it?

    look here http://www.picturesandjokes.com/from...touch-to-iron/

    ....and I'm the one to get that IRon from his wife ("you can iron your shirts yourself now")
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    Re: iPhone 4s is a flop... or is it?

    In my opinion Apple products are way over hyped/expensive for what they offer. I really doubt the general public who upgraded from the 3GS really needed the increased MP on the camera and faster CPU..

    The only thing I think Apple has done well on would be Marketing their products, otherwise everything else isn't in my eyes 'original'.

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    They seem to be good at exploiting child labor in low standard of living countries too, give 'em credit.

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    Re: iPhone 4s is a flop... or is it?

    Oh, the humanity

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    Re: iPhone 4s is a flop... or is it?

    i know their shares went down when they launched iphone 4s , not iphone 5. but people will still buy iphone 4s . heard there are still significant differences between iphone 4 and ihpone4s

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    Re: iPhone 4s is a flop... or is it?

    Quote Originally Posted by penagate View Post
    Every time a product is due there are people predicting it will be a flop.
    Fixed that for you.

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    Re: iPhone 4s is a flop... or is it?

    Since the launch of the 4S also put it in the hands of Sprint users, it has allowed a significant number of new users access to apple products. Indeed, that is precisely what I did.

    How many users upgraded from a 4 to a 4S? or an earlier model?
    How about upgrading from a competing smart device?
    Number of users obtaining an Apple device for the first time?

    From what I can see, the expectation for an iPhone 5 was extremely high, so the 4S was a let down in comparison; coupled with the Siri controversy that put a bit of a black cloud over the affair.

    I'd also contend that share prices of a company that makes and sells physical products don't necessarily give an indication of the health of a company, or the success, or specifically failure, of a given product.
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    Re: iPhone 4s is a flop... or is it?

    How ever did I miss this thread?
    Quote Originally Posted by baja_yu View Post
    I seem to have missed the moment when RhinoBull turned into Icyculyr.
    The spot was free after I evolved (like a Pokemon) into iCyculyr.
    Quote Originally Posted by dilettante View Post
    I had a similar thought.

    Does he wear black jeans and turtleneck too?
    Do I? Or does Rhino?

    Either way, I'm too creative to wear clothes.

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    Re: iPhone 4s is a flop... or is it?

    every day now my neigbor negs me about what smartphone he should buy :
    moti look htc sensation xe it is the strongest, look look ! they lowered the price by 20NIS
    loooooooooooook looooooooooooooooooook !
    or maybe I should get 4s to have siri but it cost more, oooooooooooh look motorola has a 12mega pixel camera.
    moti moti look
    I tell him dudde just get a laptop for 700nis you already have an ipod
    no but this is the newest and I can facebook and skype
    but you only do that 2-3 hours tops a day then you get bored
    moti my cousin has an htc sensation xe it is android but not much aps but it is cheaper it was stolen when he went abroad

    I don't care
    he's like I'm buying it, wait wait it is 12 NIS cheaper in the north

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    Re: iPhone 4s is a flop... or is it?

    I'm definitely in the "Apple are Over Priced and Over Hyped" camp but you'd be a fool to predict their products woulr be flops. While I've never been blown away by their tech it's undoubtable that their marketting is superb and they seem to have an uncanny ability to tap into the zeitgeist.
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