“Donald Trump has an opinion about absolutely everything,” Lawrence Lewitinn reports for Yahoo Finance. “And now he’s sounding off on Apple.”
“Like Carl Icahn, Trump has taken to Twitter to criticize Apple for its business decisions. Unlike Carl Icahn, who has invested $4.1 billion into Apple, Trump isn’t criticizing the company for, say, not spending buying back more shares or increasing dividends,” Lewitinn reports. “Instead, Trump wants Apple to know: Size matters, especially when it comes to smartphones.”
“That may sound rash from someone who has never run a giant tech company,” Lewitinn reports. “But, here’s where Trump may be on to something: Big smartphones are big China. Large-screen Androids (five inches or bigger) make up two-fifths of China’s Android-based phone sales. Androids currently make up about 60% of all smartphones sold in China and its market share is growing. In a country where an iPad Air sells for nearly $600, smartphones double as a tablet for many consumers.”
Apple's iPhone sales fell way short-they must go to a larger screen, as alternative, fast (as I said long ago)! Samsung's size much better.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 28, 2014
I predicted Apple's stock fall based on their dumb refusal to give the option of a larger iPhone screen like Samsung. I sold my Apple stock
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) January 28, 2014
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