Mac OS Ken: 02.28.2018
Mac OS Ken
Ken Ray
4.7 • 996 Ratings
🗓️ 28 February 2018
⏱️ 10 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is Mac OSKIN. |
| 0:07.0 | This is Mac OS Ken. |
| 0:12.0 | Wuries over wait times., ire at the NRA hits Apple, and a DIY approach to employee health. |
| 0:20.0 | It's Wednesday the 28th of February 2018. |
| 0:24.0 | I'm Ken Ray and this is news from Maco West Ken. |
| 0:28.8 | Brought to you by yours truly and supported by people like you patrons through Patreon. |
| 0:35.0 | Find out more and add your support at Patreon. |
| 0:39.0 | dot com slash Maco-Sken. |
| 0:42.0 | Welcome to a road where everything is cause for alarm. |
| 0:48.0 | I am of course referring to Wall Street. |
| 0:51.0 | 9-to-5 Mac has word of a note from Barclay's analyst Mark Moskowitz. |
| 0:55.7 | What's got him worried is that waits at Apple stores for battery replacements for iPhones are |
| 1:00.6 | getting longer. Weight times had been two weeks to four and a half weeks. On average |
| 1:06.1 | now, weight times are three weeks to four and a half weeks, though indications are that |
| 1:10.6 | one story he called had a wait time of nine to ten weeks. |
| 1:15.0 | Why does this worry Mr. Moskowitz? |
| 1:18.0 | His concern is that sales of whatever iPhones Apple might release later this year will be hurt by the battery replacement plan. |
| 1:24.8 | Quoting the report, Barclays has found that iPhone 6 and 6 plus battery replacement demand |
| 1:30.7 | is driving the weight times higher. This in turn leads Barclays to |
| 1:34.6 | forecast fewer iPhone sales for the year including decreased sales of new |
| 1:39.4 | 2018 models. Basically his fear is that if Apple makes the phones perform better longer, people will hold off on upgrading. |
| 1:50.0 | He does however concede that a new phone at the right price could entice the holdouts. |
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