Best of Business Wars Daily | Apple Bites Back | 5
Business Wars
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🗓️ 12 January 2023
⏱️ 48 minutes
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We're talking about the challenges and chess moves of the biggest tech company in the world: Apple. We're joined by Wall Street Journal columnist Dan Gallagher and comedian Gianmarco Soresi.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi and welcome to the best of business wars daily. |
| 0:08.0 | I'm David Brown. |
| 0:09.6 | We're talking today about the biggest tech company in the world, Apple. |
| 0:14.6 | It's a title that the brand has held for more than 10 years now ever since it bypassed |
| 0:18.9 | Microsoft in 2010 with growth fueled by the iPhone. |
| 0:22.9 | Apple's smartphone sales account for roughly half of its annual revenue and have been helped |
| 0:26.8 | along by the rollout of 5G enabled products that get slicker with each update. |
| 0:32.0 | We all know Apple has devoted fans with every release. |
| 0:35.2 | There's that telltale line outside its stores, but analysts predict that fans' patience |
| 0:40.4 | could wear thin. |
| 0:42.3 | And that's because there are major production slowdowns at Apple's main iPhone factories |
| 0:47.7 | in Zhengzhou, China. |
| 0:49.9 | Workers left their jobs over concerns about COVID outbreaks and others protested the conditions |
| 0:54.3 | and policies at those factories. |
| 0:56.4 | The result of all that unrest is that consumers face the longest delays in the company's history. |
| 1:02.1 | And while Apple reported revenue growth from the iPhone this fall, analysts are worried |
| 1:06.2 | about the effects of these supply chain issues. |
| 1:09.4 | Here to talk about all that is Wall Street Journal columnist Dan Gallagher and comedian John |
| 1:13.9 | Marco Sorrezy. |
| 1:14.9 | We'll also look back at some of our stories from our sister show Business Wars Daily and |
| 1:20.1 | look ahead to our next season, Apple vs. Microsoft. |
| 1:23.8 | Stick around for the best of Business Wars Daily. |
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