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Apple Falls to Third Place in China's Smartphone Market Amid Sales Decline
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Hopefully they step up the game with software. The amount of issues and glitches is unbelievable. There is nothing working as it should in the ecosystem.
Stuff not syncing, AirPods not connecting, Siri giving errors, HomeKit not responding properly and the list is endless.
Plus, hopefully they start taking some bold risks again, like in the great Job’s era.
I honestly see a future decline in Apple.
After all also Nokia was once unimaginable to fall off the top position, the rest is history.
Stuff not syncing, AirPods not connecting, Siri giving errors, HomeKit not responding properly and the list is endless.
Plus, hopefully they start taking some bold risks again, like in the great Job’s era.
I honestly see a future decline in Apple.
After all also Nokia was once unimaginable to fall off the top position, the rest is history.
Yet everything works great between all of my dozen+ Apple devices.
You don’t use them enough I guess.
Ask Siri on iPhone to turn off one of your HomeKit devices in 5 minutes. See what happens. Just as an example.
Think outside the box... why has to be like this? They should have moving to New concepts (apple vision line, maybe). They are selling the same product since 2008.
I just bought a 16 pro coming from a 7 (non plus) and guess what? Better display, cameras and usual stuff, but absolutely the same thing... Next revolution is being AI, and apple seems to be far behind on that. Will see
Well yeah, that's a bit of the problem isn't it? Go back a decade, and they were all sorts of different - flip phones, sliders, candybar, and even the "slabs" were differentiated via different styles of buttons on-screen and below-screen buttons.
Now, phones are all slab style with on-screen buttons. They're boring.
Android is as safe as iOS. Same settings, same features for safety. The user can make it unsafe. Depending on what you do with your mobile phone.
That can change the industrial design a bit to make it look identifiably different from the model 2-3year models ago.. Change of lines for an aesthetics that started with the iPhone 11 models.
I had the 11 Pro Max & 13 Pro Max before my current 16 Pro Max. They're hardly different sans each generation's unique paint color.
Introducing an 1-inch image sensors then couple that with Apple's computational photography may improve image quality to at par with full frame image sensors?
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WiFi 7 is good when you have a WiFi 7 router. The routers available to consumers are still MIMO 4x4. So, theoretically, you could get 9.6Gbps on the 320Mhz channel under ideal conditions (i.e. standing next to the router). That's twice as fast as you will get from WiFi 6e on the 160Mhz channel. Of course, if your router is connected to the internet at anything lower than 4.8Gbps (which is probably 99.9% of home connections) you will notice no difference between 7 and 6e when accessing the internet.
Apple seems to agree with that opinion based on the changes coming to the 17 lineup as the leaked 17 “Air” shell indicates. It looks like that change may also apply to the 17 Pro models.
Pixel, Samsung, Huawei all provide the same experience. What were you expeciting the 16 to do? It's a personal computer that makes phone calls. A laptop in 2008 that is replaced with a current one will provide the same mundane experience for you.
I know what you're saying but there isn't a lot they can do with the shape of it, all cell phone makers are in the same boat, unless they come out with the Sabre Pyramid?
Yeah, WiFi 7 means nothing to almost everyone out there right now. If it means something to anyone reading this, you’re in the absolute minority. Five years from now you’ll probably be part of a slightly bigger minority who it matters to and it will be standard so you have it if you need it.
Candybar form factor or even clamshell standards started in the 90s or earlier.
What I am speaking about is the lines and other aesthetics instead of iPhone 11 Pro Max
iPhone 13 Pro Max
iPhone 16 Pro Max
We can attempt strikingly different like
Here is a photo of some of the 1st 21 iPhones from 2007 to 2019... I can easily ID which one's what based on the shapes and lines... while from 2019 to 2024 iPhones... they're roughly the same.
I'm holding onto my AirPods, iPad, Watch & Macbook until its final OS security update unless silicon-carbon batteries increases mAh while maintaining same dimensions and weight.
I am 100% sure that because iPhone 16 Pro Max looks almost exactly the same as 12, more and more people does not want to go deeper in hardware / software changes. "Its just another iPhone....boring....". Its shallow for technology expert, but for very normal for non-IT users.
My point is not difference between Huwei latest vs. iPhone latest but Huawei's progression through models, year after year. For example Pura 70 Ultra has mechanically extruding lens so it can exploit its large sensor even better. If Apple would introduce something like that, half of the audience would have heart attack on the spot.
Or possibly apple had a strategy in place for the last few years and this was their plan anyway.
The data I can find seems to disagree:
U.K.: mobile OS market share 2011-2024 | Statista
As of June 2024, iOS had around 45.5 percent of the market share of mobile operating systems in the United Kingdom (UK), while Android led with roughly 54 percent of the market.
www.statista.com
Japan: smartphone OS monthly market share 2024| Statista
Android recorded a higher market share than iOS among smartphone operating systems in Japan in September 2024.
www.statista.com
I did see the following which supports Japan having a high iOS adoption. However, it also claims iOS has >80% penetration in North Korea, so make of that what you will...
iPhone Market Share by Country 2025
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So I guess I’m upgrading my 14 Pro to a redesigned (for better or worse) 17 Pro this year. I wonder if it will get a mechanical aperture which could result in only two lenses??? This could be the base 17 with only one lens.
Just because number of units sold does not tell the complete story.
Apple has experienced a significant decline in iPhone sales in China, dropping from the leading position to third place in the country's smartphone market during the fourth quarter of 2024.
According to a new report from Counterpoint Research, iPhone shipments in China fell by 18.2% year-on-year in the final quarter of 2024. This decline resulted in a 17.1% market share for the company, placing it behind Huawei and Xiaomi, which captured 18.1% and 17.2% of the market, respectively. The fall comes just a year after Apple held the top position in the market with a 19% share. This is apparently the first time since the U.S. ban on Huawei that Apple has been displaced by its Chinese competitor.
Apple's reduced performance in China has been attributed to several factors, including heightened competition from domestic brands and its inability to bring Apple Intelligence to the region. While Apple Intelligence was introduced alongside the iPhone 16 lineup in September 2024 in the United States, it has not been made available in China due to regulatory constraints. The company is believed to be partnering with Chinese companies to deliver the features at a later date. Huawei's strong growth in the fourth quarter—up 15.5% year-on-year—has been largely credited to AI features in its flagship Mate 70 devices and the mid-range Nova 13 series.
It is also of note that China's smartphone market experienced a 3.2% year-on-year decline in the fourth quarter of 2024, marking the only quarter of the year with negative growth. Despite these obstacles, Apple maintained its position as the third-largest smartphone brand in China for the quarter, and its sales were closely matched with Xiaomi, which recorded a 17.2% market share.
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Items to consider:
1. The total $ sales of each brand.
2. Profit margin per phone sold
3. Future paid services to each phone sold. Apple IPhone users purchase more apps/services then Android phones.
The above data for items above are difficult to find out.
Yet you said nothing useful or in good faith. 🙄