All Apple -- Nothing About The Bakken -- September 14, 2021

Not ready for prime time, but here goes.

Apple events: have turned into two hours of pre-programmed commercials. Absolutely uninteresting. AAPL off seventy-seven cents during the Apple Event. Apple could inspire another "drinking game." One shot of scotch every time the word "nanometer" is used. AAPL now off $1.20 / share. Well below the $150 support level. Trending back toward "my" buy point: $145. 

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The Apple Event: is over. Let's see what Macrumors has to say:

• surprise, surprise: introduced new versions of the iPad mini and the low-cost iPad, something as a surprise; not expected until later in the year; just in time for the holidays;
• iPad 9: same price -- $329 -- a must buy for my wife, thank you very much! At $329, without question, an incredible bargain;
• iPad mini 6: $499: newer features, but too small for what we use the iPad
• crazy: Apple Watch Series 7 large enough for full on-screen keyboard; not sure why that's needed when we have Siri, voice recognition;
• wow! iPhone 13 with storage up to 1TB, pricing tops out at record $1,599; AOC and others will be able to afford the $1,599 -- take delivery in a sales-tax-free state like Montana!
• still available: iPhone 12, iPhone 12 Mini, iPhone 11, and iPhone SE; now that's a pleasant surprise! It means Apple will still support the iPhone SE for a few more years;
• great news for carriers: who subsidize these phones; the iPhone 13 at $699
• the iPhone SE at $399; that's an incredible starter phone for Sophia!

Bottom line:

• iPhones available by the end of the month! That tells me Apple had a lot of clout when it came to chip shortages;
• incredible that one can get an iPad for $329 (no increase in price) -- what about that inflation?
• incredible that one can get an entry level iPhone for $399 -- most of which will be subsidized by carrier;
• the meme that Apple is an expensive option -- a lot of wind taken out of that sail

Disclaimer: I am inappropriately exuberant about Apple. I am Fanboy #3.

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