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Above Avalon

Neil Cybart

Above Avalon takes a weekly look into Apple. By examining Apple from both a Wall Street and Silicon Valley perspective, Above Avalon provides unique insight and perspective as to how Apple t...

Episodes

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Above Avalon Episode 190: A Quick Update and Introducing An All-New Podcast

Show Notes: Above Avalon Discord invite: https://discord.com/invite/GedGApVn4u Check out AVALON’s new minisite: https://www.aboveavalon.com/...

00:09:57Jun 2, 2025

Above Avalon Episode 189: Apple Is in a League of Its Own

Receive Neil’s analysis and perspective on Apple throughout the week via exclusive daily updates . The updates, which have become widely rea...

21:17Apr 9, 2022

Above Avalon Episode 188: Apple Closed Its M&A Wallet

Receive Neil’s analysis and perspective on Apple throughout the week via exclusive daily updates (3 stories per day, 12 stories per week). A...

00:27:28Nov 20, 2021

Above Avalon Episode 187: Thoughts on Apple Watch Series 7

Receive Neil’s analysis and perspective on Apple throughout the week via exclusive daily updates (3 stories per day, 12 stories per week). A...

00:27:53Oct 16, 2021

Above Avalon Episode 186: The iPhone 13 Has Arrived

Show Notes / Links: Hands-on with the iPhone 13 Pro HANDS-ON with the iPhone 13 Pro (Unboxing and initial impressions) - YouTube The iPhone...

00:25:04Sep 25, 2021

Above Avalon Episode 185: A Memoji Bridge to Mixed Reality

Show Notes / Links: Apple’s Big Bet on Memoji More on Memoji and Apple Mixed Reality, Facebook Earnings, The Problem With Zuckerberg’s Metav...

00:24:22Aug 28, 2021

Above Avalon Episode 184: Let's Talk WWDC 2021

Receive Neil’s analysis and perspective on Apple throughout the week via exclusive daily updates (3 stories per day, 12 stories per week). A...

37:24Jun 26, 2021

Above Avalon Episode 183: A Ten-Year Lead in Wearables

Six years after releasing the Apple Watch, it’s still not clear who is going to represent genuine competition for Apple in the wearables spa...

00:23:52May 29, 2021

Above Avalon Episode 182: Apple’s Underestimated Manufacturing Apparatus

Apple is quietly and gradually showing us that the phase “Designed by Apple in California Assembled in China” will evolve. In episode 182, N...

00:20:16Apr 17, 2021

Above Avalon Episode 181: Let's Talk Apple Retail

When asked to identify Apple’s crown jewel, most will point to the iPhone or iPad. Apple’s retail operations probably wouldn’t be too high o...

00:22:04Mar 13, 2021

Above Avalon Episode 180: 100 Million Wrists

According to my estimate, 100 million people now wear an Apple Watch. This means that approximately 10% of iPhone users wear an Apple Watch....

00:27:56Feb 13, 2021

Above Avalon Episode 179: Winning the Buyback Debate

After years of criticism, doubt, and questions surrounding Apple’s share buyback program, we are at a point where we can say with confidence...

00:21:02Jan 16, 2021

Above Avalon Episode 178: Welcome to 2021

Episode 178 is dedicated to discussing Apple’s 2020 and where the company finds itself as we enter 2021. The episode goes over the first Abo...

00:23:49Jan 16, 2021

Above Avalon Episode 177: The Rise of the Small Display

While the pandemic is pushing people to embrace larger displays like iPads and Macs, the momentum found with smaller displays is still flyin...

00:27:16Dec 5, 2020

Above Avalon Episode 176: The Mac Earned a Diploma

The Mac is seeing momentum by being true to itself instead of trying to be something that it’s not. With a transition to Apple Silicon, the...

00:27:19Nov 21, 2020

Above Avalon Episode 175: iPhone at a Billion

According to Neil’s estimate, Apple surpassed the billion iPhone users milestone last month. With the iPhone upgrade cycle approaching a pla...

26:33Oct 31, 2020

Above Avalon Episode 174: Apple Watch Is a Runaway Train

While the tech press spent years infatuated with stationary smart speakers and the idea of voice-only interfaces, it was the Apple Watch and...

00:22:41Oct 3, 2020

Above Avalon Episode 173: Let's Talk App Store

As Apple pulls away from the competition, the App Store is considered the best (and last) chance for competitors to reshape the mobile indus...

00:30:11Sep 12, 2020

Above Avalon Episode 172: Hidden Acceleration

Apple’s underlying ecosystem strength has been gaining momentum for years - it’s just been masked by people holding on to their iPhones for...

25:23Aug 15, 2020

Above Avalon Episode 171: The Apple Ecosystem

Apple’s ecosystem ends up being about more than just a collection of devices or services. Apple has been quietly building something much lar...

00:29:08Jul 25, 2020