2018 iPhone Shipments to Apple This Fall Predicted to Be Highest Since iPhone 6 Lineup

[FFR]

Then what about lg, htc, nokia? etc

What about them?

Nokia doesn’t make phones anymore.
HTC won’t make phones for much longer.
And lg mobile... hasn’t posted a profit or broke even since 2014.

“LG’s mobile division has posted an operating loss of $171.95 million for Q2 2018.
The mobile wing also recorded global sales of just $1.92 billion, its lowest total in over two years. Despite the dropping sales, LG as a wider company is still thriving thanks to its home appliance and home entertainment divisions.”

 

[I7guy]

Then what about lg, htc, nokia? etc

Apple has decided their phones are sd card free.

 

[sodaNine]

Congrats.
What are you coming from?

I did have a nexus 5x which boot looped so on the backup nexus5 from 2013. Can't wait to get rid of it and google spyware

 

[adamski23]

Larger is better. A smartphone with a small screen is an astonishing waste of potential.

According to what you value in a device. Sure larger screens offer increased content intake, however, I personally wouldn’t want to sacrifice mobiltity and portability for the added screen estate. When devices can no longer fit completely in most pockets, that’s when I consider them too large.

 

[AgentAnonymous]

People with the highest demos make more money and are more educated on average...
But hey, somehow, they're only idiots and don't understand total cost of ownership
and even if they're satisfied with a device they use every day for years and years and keep buying over and over,
only when it comes to Apple...

Do you even listen to your tripe. Make so sense bud!

You, who seemingly live in your own private reality, imply that Android users are paragons of intelligence with dispassionate analytical skills despite the fact most actually don't have an actual choice to buy IOS because they cannot pay for it (in China, India, Indonesia, Africa, etc.) and so obviously they've made the well "researched decision" to give away their privacy and security to get a cheaper phone, or in this case... any phone at all. Well, good for these imaginary people living in your cabeza I guess. They've got a lot of space there to use their phones, so I say go for it little headtrip people.

btw, the whole "superiority" shtick also is tired, get a new one, try it on yourself first, for a decade or two so we don't have to hear about it.

1. I'm not an android user. The "us vs them" mentality is really simple-minded. You can't take legitimate criticism at face value, you first have filter it into "opposition talk" so you can mentally disregard it easier.

2. Android users have nothing to do with the fact that it's objectively overpriced for what you're paying for. There are just a lot of suckers, and a lot of people bad with money in general. Someone being satisfied with something they overpaid for doesn't mean they didn't overpay. That kind of emotional approach to wasting money ("but I'm satisfied every day!") is exactly the kind of rationalization the owners of you companies want you doing. The kind of company that would sell you a 1500 phone.

3. Don't ever complaim about elitism when your response to common sense criticism about the products you like is to scream "android user!!", a group of people you clearly look down on. Take a decade or two off to think about how hypocritical that is so we don't have to hear about it.

 

[AppleFan910]

>> the 6.1-inch LCD iPhone will be priced at $600 to $700.

What? No OLED? What is this, 2015?

I bought a Note 5 is 2015 for $500.... with OLED. I really want to get back to iPhone, but I don't want to spend more on a phone than I spent on my laptop. And I also don't want to buy archaic technology.

You’re paying that money not just for the screen. The OS experience The speed and power of apples chipsets, camera, longevity and ease of use of device. Guaranteed instant software and security updates.

I believe something we as people use so much on a daily basis, it’s well worth the money.
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Not "for whatever reason". Because some Android phones are cheap, and many people don't have much money, or want to spend their money on something else than a phone. Don't look at the number of phones sold, look at the revenue.

Most people don’t “choose” android. They assume Apple iPhones are expensive. So they buy a value phone from a carrier or get it free from a carrier. Most people don’t realize you can have the latest tech. For 30-40 bucks a month on a cell plan.
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What are you looking for, octagonal edges?

Are you ok??
How do you even figure it’s even close to the same design? It’s almost bezelless with the notch, and no home button either.

 

[jonblatho]

Are you ok??
How do you even figure it’s even close to the same design? It’s almost bezelless with the notch, and no home button either.

I think you replied to the wrong person.

 

[AppleFan910]

I think you replied to the wrong person.

Sorry about that!

 

[I7guy]

1. I'm not an android user. The "us vs them" mentality is really simple-minded. You can't take legitimate criticism at face value, you first have filter it into "opposition talk" so you can mentally disregard it easier.

2. Android users have nothing to do with the fact that it's objectively overpriced for what you're paying for. There are just a lot of suckers, and a lot of people bad with money in general. Someone being satisfied with something they overpaid for doesn't mean they didn't overpay. That kind of emotional approach to wasting money ("but I'm satisfied every day!") is exactly the kind of rationalization the owners of you companies want you doing. The kind of company that would sell you a 1500 phone.

3. Don't ever complaim about elitism when your response to common sense criticism about the products you like is to scream "android user!!", a group of people you clearly look down on. Take a decade or two off to think about how hypocritical that is so we don't have to hear about it.

Objectively overpriced is an oxymoron. What maybe overpriced to one person, is the right price for another based on the personal yardstick of perceived value.

What you call "rationalization" is what I call a company earning my business by doing all of the right things that keep old customers and attract new customers.

 

[Abazigal]

Objectively overpriced is an oxymoron. What maybe overpriced to one person, is the right price for another based on the personal yardstick of perceived value.

What you call "rationalization" is what I call a company earning my business by doing all of the right things that keep old customers and attract new customers.

This. A thousand times this.

The same thing could be said about just about every purchase anyone makes.

There are, right this second, millions of people spending money on things that I wouldn’t buy. Things that I could easily find an almost unlimited number of “better things to spend the money on”.

Perhaps I could take the time to tell them all that they should be buying something else that they don’t actually want, but I do. However, I think I’ll stuck to just understanding that they probably have different tastes, personal circumstances, disposable income etc to me and therefore it’s probably best for them to actually just buy the thing that they decided upon with those factors taken into account.

 

[Applemaniac7]

Yea I think Apple remains in a really good position here. Older devices work great and continue to be supported year after year, this is a big advantage over Android. When it comes to finally upgrading, they are going to move to a brand new Apple device, that they have a good experience with and know it will be supported for years.

Is this copy and pasted from some promotional literature?

 

[PickUrPoison]

Yea I think Apple remains in a really good position here. Older devices work great and continue to be supported year after year, this is a big advantage over Android. When it comes to finally upgrading, they are going to move to a brand new Apple device, that they have a good experience with and know it will be supported for years.

I’m still on a 6s; battery is at 83%, I’ll replace it soon. This phone is plenty fast, and all reports are that iOS 12 is even faster than 11. SE and the 6s-series have another 2-3 years of useful life minimum. Looking forward to updating my mini 4 to iOS 12 as well, I’ve heard nothing but good things from the beta testers.

I’ll probably keep my 6s another couple years; for my purposes I just don’t see a need to upgrade. When the time comes, no doubt I’ll buy another iPhone.

 

[Baymowe335]

Once again, if only 10% market share buys Macs, it is probably because the other 90% feel it is over priced for what you get. You don't have be snotty

Actually, that’s probably not the reason as your implication is they can afford but don’t see the value. I see not being able to afford it as the far more common occurrence.

You think the 99% in India don’t have iPhones bc they don’t want it or can’t afford it?

It’s like saying someone buys a Civic because don’t like or want a BMW. Probably not.
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1. I'm not an android user. The "us vs them" mentality is really simple-minded. You can't take legitimate criticism at face value, you first have filter it into "opposition talk" so you can mentally disregard it easier.

2. Android users have nothing to do with the fact that it's objectively overpriced for what you're paying for. There are just a lot of suckers, and a lot of people bad with money in general. Someone being satisfied with something they overpaid for doesn't mean they didn't overpay. That kind of emotional approach to wasting money ("but I'm satisfied every day!") is exactly the kind of rationalization the owners of you companies want you doing. The kind of company that would sell you a 1500 phone.

3. Don't ever complaim about elitism when your response to common sense criticism about the products you like is to scream "android user!!", a group of people you clearly look down on. Take a decade or two off to think about how hypocritical that is so we don't have to hear about it.

You can’t prove Apple is objectively overpriced. It’s subjective. Value is personal.

 

[Baymowe335]

Is this copy and pasted from some promotional literature?

He couldn’t be more right.
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Notch is lazy and rushed engineering. With all the money Apple have they can invest in R&D to do it the right way with in-screen sensors without notch but it would mean one fewer upgrade cycle to profit from. This way they can pitch the notch as magical then when they remove the notch it's even more magical.

You’re doing engineering in your head with posts like these. It’s not lazy...the tech doesn’t exist in this form factor and/or it can’t be produced on a 250M unit scale.

You can’t just create something you see in your head without accepting reality.

 

[AppleFan910]

Is this copy and pasted from some promotional literature?

Call the wambulance.
Because we all know it’s true.

 

[DNichter]

Is this copy and pasted from some promotional literature?

Nope. Just from experience.
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I’m still on a 6s; battery is at 83%, I’ll replace it soon. This phone is plenty fast, and all reports are that iOS 12 is even faster than 11. SE and the 6s-series have another 2-3 years of useful life minimum. Looking forward to updating my mini 4 to iOS 12 as well, I’ve heard nothing but good things from the beta testers.

I’ll probably keep my 6s another couple years; for my purposes I just don’t see a need to upgrade. When the time comes, no doubt I’ll buy another iPhone.

Perfect example of my original point. Older iPhones have been plenty fast for years. iOS 12 should only improve that experience. It will definitely delay some upgraders, but I’m sure Apple is more than happy to sell you another iPhone when the time comes. They’re in it for the long term.

 

[AppleFan910]

Pretty funny. Just found this article. So the unreleased S10 coming up already owns the unreleased upcoming iPhones for 2018. Search for new 2018 iPhones and you find this clickbait junk.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fo...galaxy-s10-9-comparison-specs-leak-rumor/amp/

 

[DNichter]

Pretty funny. Just found this article. So the unreleased S10 coming up already owns the unreleased upcoming iPhones for 2018. Search for new 2018 iPhones and you find this clickbait junk.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.fo...galaxy-s10-9-comparison-specs-leak-rumor/amp/

The same thing has been said for years. For iPhone users, none of it matters. The Android faithful get off on it though so I suppose I get why they write it.

 

[anson42]

Pretty funny. Just found this article. So the unreleased S10 coming up already owns the unreleased upcoming iPhones for 2018. Search for new 2018 iPhones and you find this clickbait junk.

I'm in the "never going to buy a Samsung phone" camp but I do respect the rumored features in the S10 that will allow it to distinguish itself from the iPhone XS line. Competition is great! What Samsung really needs to do, IMO, is to distinguish itself more from the flagship Chinese phones that are taking away chunks of its market share. If in doing that they win over some iPhone customers so be it.

 

[AppleFan910]

I'm in the "never going to buy a Samsung phone" camp but I do respect the rumored features in the S10 that will allow it to distinguish itself from the iPhone XS line. Competition is great! What Samsung really needs to do, IMO, is to distinguish itself more from the flagship Chinese phones that are taking away chunks of its market share. If in doing that they win over some iPhone customers so be it.

I respect what they do and I like their screen tech. I just cannot stand the sammy faithful who all they do is bash Apple and every other manufacturer, with their simple minded “us against everyone else mentality”. I respect the competition as well because you’re right, it’s good for Apple. I myself would never buy a Samsung anything. But these so called writers are just fueling this “war of smartphones”. It’s annoying.

 

[The Game 161]

I respect what they do and I like their screen tech. I just cannot stand the sammy faithful who all they do is bash Apple and every other manufacturer, with their simple minded “us against everyone else mentality”. I respect the competition as well because you’re right, it’s good for Apple. I myself would never buy a Samsung anything. But these so called writers are just fueling this “war of smartphones”. It’s annoying.

I get this but a lot of it is just responding back to apple fans slaming Samsung.

 

[Applemaniac7]

I respect what they do and I like their screen tech. I just cannot stand the sammy faithful who all they do is bash Apple and every other manufacturer, with their simple minded “us against everyone else mentality”. I respect the competition as well because you’re right, it’s good for Apple. I myself would never buy a Samsung anything. But these so called writers are just fueling this “war of smartphones”. It’s annoying.

Is this a joke lol ,,,there's no set of fans more in the "Us against the world " camp than ifans ;-)

 

[AppleFan910]

Is this a joke lol ,,,there's no set of fans more in the "Us against the world " camp than ifans ;-)

Lmao. Ok pal. I don’t know if you read some of the posts here? But if you think it’s a “joke”, you seriously need to read some of the comments here. I can’t speak for all Apple fans, but myself I know what I like and I know what I don’t like. I can appreciate technology that a company brings to the table. It’s good for the entire industry.

 

[Applemaniac7]

Lmao. Ok pal. I don’t know if you read some of the posts here? But if you think it’s a “joke”, you seriously need to read some of the comments here. I can’t speak for all Apple fans, but myself I know what I like and I know what I don’t like. I can appreciate technology that a company brings to the table. It’s good for the entire industry.

Erm... your reply has absolutely nothing to do with what I wrote.. have another go fella...

 

[AppleFan910]

Erm... your reply has absolutely nothing to do with what I wrote.. have another go fella...

Right, said the Android loving Apple basher with an Apple fan nickname, posting nothing but snarky comments in response to others opinions. But hey. If that’s your cup of tea, don’t choke.