  Apple is making a handsome profit on its new phone
Comments     Threshold   RE: Is Apple different than MS By
omnicronx on 6/25/2009 12:30:49 PM , Rating: 2 I disagree.
Companies should study the demand for their product at various
price points and pick the price point that maximizes overall
profit. That's "Business 101" and any company with outside
shareholders not doing that should have their management fired.
Now if only it were so clear cut. Business 101 would also teach
you that if these maximized profits are not sustainable, then
you could easily end up in a far worse position down the line..
Just ask GM..  RE: Is Apple different than MS By TomZ on
6/25/2009 12:54:29 PM , Rating: 2 I don't see any risk in
profits that are "not sustainable," so long as you manage your
overhead costs so that you can cut prices in the future when/if
competition requires it. I think Apple is perfectly positioned
in that sense.  GM is an entirely different situation, since
they had high labor costs forced upon them