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Apple CEO Tim Cook Visits China Amid Reports of Lower iPhone 15 Sales
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“Fair” is a cultural value judgement. And they are improving. They might be stealing in order to do it, but their products are improving.
The west only has itself to blame where China is concerned. The notion that more engagement with people who think very very differently from you will lead to them adopting your way of thinking is ridiculous. China didn't become more free. We got cheap stuff and, in exchange, they got to grow their economy and become a world power. It's pretty obvious who got the better deal.
They have a point. The camera is actually the least impressive thing about my iPhone 15 Pro Max. I was expecting better, but the images at 5x look grainy and disappointing.
I would. Huawei makes impeccable hardware coupled with very good software. 'Merica BS aside, Mate 20 Pro and P30 Pro were 2 of the best phones I've ever owned.
I guess the Chinese have iphone fatigue as well. Lets face it the iphone is getting boring, it just seems Apple every year only makes one small useless change.
From the “dynamic island” to the Action button we are paying the hefty price, gone is the excitement and the live audiences of the past.
The wow factor is gone and Apple is hellbent in rebranding the same phone every year. Whilst adding more paid services just in the name of profit.
I am really hoping next years iphone will break the S cycle, and bring the new Ultra model with bold new design, a larger and brighter display as rumoured. New camera features, if the Pixel can do it, so can the iPhone.
Also iOS can do with a rehaul & some polishing up. I am sticking to my 12 pro max until Apple delivers something new!
From the “dynamic island” to the Action button we are paying the hefty price, gone is the excitement and the live audiences of the past.
The wow factor is gone and Apple is hellbent in rebranding the same phone every year. Whilst adding more paid services just in the name of profit.
I am really hoping next years iphone will break the S cycle, and bring the new Ultra model with bold new design, a larger and brighter display as rumoured. New camera features, if the Pixel can do it, so can the iPhone.
Also iOS can do with a rehaul & some polishing up. I am sticking to my 12 pro max until Apple delivers something new!
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I pictured it in my head as if he had gone there with his most recent vested stocks chunk ($100s millions are they?) to single handedly nudge those numbers up a point or two by buying iPhone 15s and giving them to random people… such a Good Samaritan
Unless they compare the same lighting conditions, those complaints means nothing in my book. Don't compare apples to oranges.
Low light shots on tiny phone camera have always look like hot garbage compared to DSLR. Night shots on my Chinese phone (OnePlus) is rubbish too compared to the same shot with my newest DSLR, the ancient 50D.
I have to laugh at this. I ordered an iPhone 15 ProMax within a few hours of preorder opening. It won’t ship until mid-November. How do they expect iPhone sales to rise if they can’t ship them? Am I missing something? (Beside a new iPhone?
Apple CEO Tim Cook has made a surprise visit to China amid reports that iPhone 15 sales are down in the country compared to last year's iPhone 14 models (via Bloomberg).
Cook visited an Apple's Taikoo Li store in Chengdu to watch a local gaming tournament for the major Tencent game "Honor of Kings" and talk to shoppers and staff. Cook later posted about the event on Weibo with a short video, saying that "the energy tonight was off the charts!" Cook then visited a Yucheng elementary school to see how students use the iPad to support local culture.
The appearance comes just a day after two Counterpoint Research studies claimed that iPhone 15 sales are down 4.5% versus last year's iPhone 14 lineup in China, causing Apple's share price to fall. As a result, Cook's visit is being widely associated with concern about iPhone 15 sales in China across various mainstream media outlets.
Cook's posts on Weibo during the trip have also aroused a usual amount of ire. For example, Cook shared a photo of Chengdu at night shot on an iPhone 15 Pro Max. The post was then "flooded with complaints" about the ostensibly poor quality of the image and unfavorable comparisons to pictures from Chinese devices like Huawei's recently Mate 60 Pro.
Article Link: Apple CEO Tim Cook Visits China Amid Reports of Lower iPhone 15 Sales
are you a troll or sth? keep replying everyone with same link about Huawei.It's strange how this economic slow down is impacting iPhone 15 sales, but not having the same effects on Huawei Mate 60 series sales.
Huawei saw a sellout launch of Mate 60 Pro model on September 3 · TechNode
Huawei’s newly launched Mate 60 Pro sold out soon after online platforms such as Huawei VMall, Taobao, and JD.com kicked off the full-scale launch of thetechnode.com
Huawei ups its smartphone sales target amid Mate 60 popularity: report
Huawei’s Mate 60 Pro is expected to provide a tough challenge for Apple in China as US tech giant releases its new iPhone 15.www.scmp.com
I didn't mention Huawei, not do I think Huawei is a decisive factor to Apple's declining sales.
I don't really understand the preordering unless you live far away from an Apple Store. Apple launched the phone mid-September. Two weeks later I walked into an Apple Store and bought a Pro Max. Stores get new stock every day...while online orders get pushed weeks, even months, out.I have to laugh at this. I ordered an iPhone 15 ProMax within a few hours of preorder opening. It won’t ship until mid-November. How do they expect iPhone sales to rise if they can’t ship them? Am I missing something? (Beside a new iPhone?