# Boeing vs Apple - Can you explain the current trend? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 29, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boeing-vs-apple-can-you-explain-the-current-trend/847162 "2020-01-29T13:59:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 1
**Author:** ![Charlie\_Wayne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4bbf92/32.png) [@Charlie\_Wayne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Charlie_Wayne)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2020, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boeing-vs-apple-can-you-explain-the-current-trend/847162/1 "2020-01-29T13:59:27Z")
While reading the news today, I see that Boeing has posted its first annual loss in two decades while Apple has posted its highest revenues ever. > **[Boeing posts first annual loss in more than two decades as 737 Max crisis...](https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/29/boeing-ba-earnings-q4-2019.html)** > > Boeing said its costs from the 737 Max debacle would nearly double from a previous forecast to close to $19 billion. > **[Apple delivers best-ever quarter, powered by iPhones, services](https://news.yahoo.com/apple-delivers-best-ever-quarter-powered-iphones-services-223856507.html)** > > Apple on Tuesday posted record results for the final three months of last year delivered by gains in iPhone sales even as the company transitions to digital services and wearables. Striking a somber tone on an earnings call, chief executive Tim Cook... Can this be explained simply by saying that more and more … people prefer to call someone instead of going to see them? Of course, I’m being somewhat facetious and trying to have a little fun. But it seems to me these two events really do evidence some of the serious trends in our world today. Would anyone care to explain in a way that is more reasonable than my attempt? --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/boeing-vs-apple-can-you-explain-the-current-trend/847162)._