Jim Cramer Discusses Apple (AAPL)'s "Super Mission" Against Its Critics

We recently published Jim Cramer Discussed These 13 Stocks & Shared Major Warning For Rare Earth Stocks. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer recently discussed.

Cramer started the show by discussing Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) as he commented on a “rotation” into defensive stocks. He has discussed the firm several times since the iPhone 17 launch. He continued to praise Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)’s latest smartphones in this appearance as well:

“Let’s go back to Apple. I mean it’s just like okay, let’s rotate to the ones not up for the year. It’s getting its groove back. We’ve been saying the 17 is unbelievable since the, since it started. . .now everyone’s catching up. David, the 17, it’s a long cycle. Don’t use the term supercycle because it jinxes it. . .It means good earnings when they report, that’s what it means. Better than expected.

“[On Counterpoint saying the first ten days had beaten the 16 by about 14%] Well how could they not think that. You’ve got the lighter than ever Hershey bar one. Then you have this one with like the camera. .  .I think that it’s remarkable. I think people from beginning underestimate. Because they felt that Apple had lost its mojo. And here we go. With Reitzes saying Apple’s on a mission to silence its critics. You know how many critics there are? . . This is going to be like a super mission. . .I think people are saying, you know, bring it on, who cares. They’ll be ready in a couple of months, they don’t want, they want Siri to be perfect.

[On Evercore going Tactical Outperform, Loop going 315] 315! I mean that’s NVIDIA like for heaven’s sake. . .Apple’s been a dog, okay. It’s been a dog of a stock. It’s kept back the Magnificent 7.”

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