Apple Chip Suppliers Report Slowing Orders for Q2 2016

[12vElectronics]

Lol that people actually think this is due to:
-lower ram
-16gb base storage

 

[Bubba Satori]

Several factors at work with these slowdowns.
iGizmo market saturation, commoditization of component prices, mediocre,
same old look updates, competing products that offer more features for less money
and last, but not least, the law of large numbers.

 

[usarioclave]

This is why Wonka started doing all his work in-house: supplier leaks.

 

[patrickbarnes]

The simple fact is Apple can't grow forever. That doesn't mean they're not making truck loads of cash.

The SE is probably a way to see if they can capture some mid range market share. If it doesn't work out they can just not make a new one.

The iPad Pro 9.7 is too expensive. But it'll be discounted by retailers soon anyway, so not a real issue.

 

[benjitek]

Existing markets have changed, their numbers reflect it. The 2 year upgrade pricing model has disappeared, consumers have to pay full price for their devices. Emerging markets should compensate, they're not there yet.

 

[Mike MA]

I imagine overpricing already pricey iPads might keep pinching sales vs stabilizing them.

The price increase caught me by surprise too. Purchased the iPad Air 2 for 510€, now they want to charge me 869€ and force me to upgrade from 64 to 132 GB? Simple answer: No.

 

[Michael Scrip]

The 2 year upgrade pricing model has disappeared, consumers have to pay full price for their devices.

Why do people keep spreading this nonsense? 😀

You are obviously aware that the contract/subsidy way of buying a phone is gone.

But you must have missed the part where they replaced it with a payment plan for buying a phone.

Old way:
$199 down and you pay the rest of the phone's price each month in your service bill

New Way:
$27 a month for the phone + your monthly service

Both methods allow the consumer to walk out of the store with a new iPhone without having to pay $650+

It's the same result through a different method.

You didn't have to pay full price then... and you don't have to pay full price now.

 

[dan110]

If I were Apple, this is what I'd do from most important to least.

(1) Revamp the Apple Watch entirely. Call it the "iWatch" and do something like what Garmin has done with their VivoActive HR. Bring the product back to "fun" instead of "fashion" like the iPod was back in 2002.

(2) Stop going for this "thinner" crap. Make the iPhone battery last insanely longer AND give us wireless charging.

(3) Make Siri work. Fix it. It's ****. Come out with a similar product like the Amazon Echo.

(3) Make the iOS UI a lot smoother and follow Apple historically phenomenal design principals.

(4) Improve Safari ... its old and ... just work on it.

(5) Improve iTunes ... it's ****. Plain and simple. Break it up if you need to.

(6) Make Messages app universal like iTunes.

(7) Beef up the computer lines: (a) a mid level upgradable computer (b) more beefy laptop specs.