Apple Just Made 2 Moves That Could Make It a Long-Term Winner for Investors

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) finds itself in a tough position. It has avoided the heavy spending associated with artificial intelligence (AI) compute build-outs. Nonetheless, the surging demand for chips from some of its "Magnificent Seven" peers has put pressure on its business. In particular, the price of memory chips has soared over the last year or so. Micron Technology just reported that prices for its DRAM memory chips climbed more than 60% from the previous quarter.

But two recent moves could help mitigate the near-term pressure of higher memory prices on Apple while benefiting patient long-term investors willing to stick with the leading smartphone maker.

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While memory chip prices are soaring, Apple's latest software updates are heavily reliant on increased memory capacity for its devices. Apple rebuilt Siri using Alphabet's Gemini large language model (LLM). The new AI features demonstrated at its Worldwide Dev

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