In Cook’s latest interview with The Wall Street Journal, the Apple CEO largely reiterates his comments about the company’s values and the product creation process but also expanded on his opinion of mobile payments.

Cook said that their strong results should qualm some of the recent anti-Apple chatter. However, he added that it will likely take the addition of some new products to change people’s minds…

As you might expect, Cook repeated his comments about new product categories without being the least bit specific.

Cook echoed the message that new products are under development, but is in no rush to release something until it is ready.

The “closer than it’s ever been” comment is strange, almost meaningless, but not expected. Aside from saying that their pipeline is “really great”, Cook is never going to spoil the ‘surprise’. While Apple’s current products are doing great, quoting Apple’s 15% EPS growth, he said new things will “make it better.”

There is one area of intrigue though. Daisuke Wakabayashi asked Cook about the mobile payments market.

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