How do you arrive at that conclusion? Are you limiting that circumstances to people that had jobs eliminated because of larger companies poor planing on their part after hiring a lot last year? (amazon, google)
I am not making assumptions. Buying power across the globe has plummeted. If you read any news articles a lot are mentioning looming recession including Chase CEO.
Still a lot of assumptions. 😛
I don't live in UK, but I have friends there that we talk, so it's a different world compared to the states. Power bills, everything has gotten expensive comparable. As you say through the roof. But yes it is really different over here than where you are. I can't begin to say if I could tolerate what you are encountering as well. If there is one thing you well know its the game of Apple pricing, this so called if something costs $1000 USD they try to sell if close to 1000 GBP. Yes it's bad when it's actually 1.00 US Dollar = 0.79649782 British Pounds. 🙂
I think your response shows a very myopic view and is rather out of touch with reality.
Flagship phones is the most advance phone a company makes. https://www.pcmag.com/encyclopedia/term/flagship-product
No you are wrong. iPhone has always been a premium device. The iPhone SE is the normal phone similar to a Samsung a series phone except the a series phone is much better.
😀 I state in several forums that Apple needs to stop scamming the customers. You state it so much more eloquently. 😂 tears of joy for your posts.
No one said you had to.
Regrading Apple’s increasingly more aggressive pricing and nickel-and-dining strategies:
A flagship item and a premium item can be two distinctly different things. Yes, the iPhone has always been a premium device, including the SE. But the moment Apple introduced their Pro tier those became Apple’s flagship phones.
Because people are buying less and chips, ram, sad are at the bottom of the food chain?
No it’s not perfect but they haven’t dropped the ball.
No. Apple innovates on features. 3D Touch, Apple Pay, Face ID are good examples.
Isn’t this what people wanted. Notch be gone? Now that’s it’s gone there’s this idiocy about copying android even though dynamic island is awesome.
No it’s not.
As the 4s was the same as the 4. The 8 was the same as the 7, etc. I can justify why the current generation is the same as the previous generation except for ?
Sounds like get less, pay less. Good marketing strategy by apple.
The base model iPhone 14 is a decent phone. If you want to end features, expect to pay top end prices.
Except the financials don’t bore this out.
I didn’t find that as other services already scan.
Well they are not trying, they are doing. And true I am not happy about it, but that’s how she goes.
No they haven’t.
No they aren’t.
More choices, this is 2023 not 2007.
Not it’s not.
No he’s not.
Sure, and for every point there’s a counterpoint. Pick your opinion.
You call the last few warnings call poor?
Maybe. Maybe not.
Sure and apple knows this. Vote with your $$$ if you are not happy.
The "innovations" you mentioned are not new and I was referring to new innovations. What has Apple innovated on in the past couple releases?
Like it or not dynamic island is an innovation. You’re welcome to laugh at it, but it’s being carried over to the iPhone 15. Which imo, is going to be a runaway seller.
It’s the start of reduction of the hardware required for face is and the camera.
Sure that would be great if anybody has really done it with 100% success.
You offer absolutely no information other than some generalized opinions which is why it’s easy to counter each and every one of them.
Your argument is weak also.
From the past few earnings call segmentation is a success it appears. Car manufacturers have been doing it for years and somehow people figure out how to buy cars. It’s the MR “experts” that dont understand.
it gets sales that otherwise would go to the competitors.
Great. You should vote with your $$$. Apple doesn’t care (imo). They expect churn, lost customers and new customers.
You’re welcome to voice your criticism, but when it’s done in an anonymous internet site, expect replies. Apple in the future may or may not change to your liking. Who knows?
People did want the notch gone but the notch is now an in-screen pill shaped notch that gets bigger depending on fancy animations. It’s still there, just marketed differently. If I had to choose I’d have the notch from the 13 series as it is a bit smaller and less intrusive in my opinion.
"Great. You should vote with your $$$. Apple doesn’t care (imo). They expect churn, lost customers and new customers"
Totally agree. They should have just reduced the size of the notch on the 14 like they did on the 13 from the 12, instead of the pill shaped cutout. Then once they get the tech right introduced a completely under display sensor that would have been really impressive.
Nobody is abridging your rights in these forums, but imo, your original discussion points lack specifity and are vague generalized criticisms. Other points I disagree with and of course the ad-hom regarding “segmentation”. “If you don't understand the psychology behind product segmentation then probably best not to comment.”
I don't think I was vague but we can agree to disagree.
Seems to me some of what was said has been internet talking points that have been around a while.
I think dynamic island is a cool concept.
Agreed.
I’m sure you have your rational of why you believe “we are posing all over his legacy”. But Steve turned over the reigns to Tim. What does pissing over his legacy mean?
Cook as I see it is driving apple on Jobs’ values at the core of it as well as a company that has matured. Tim maximized profits by giving the largest segment of people the products and services they want; seemingly alienating a core group of fanatics. Of course the big question is if Jobs had lived could he drive apple successfully in changing times. We can only speculate.
IPhone and iOS related services are apples cash cow. Tim has done an exceedingly good job, imo, of building these out, going all apple silicon, Apple TV+. Seems like a healthy dose of innovation to me.
I agree, there are points and counter-points for both sides.
Here's my unpopular take - we need to start looking beyond products innovations in a vacuum when it comes to evaluating these companies. In my opinion, innovation should not be solely confined to technology, but business model as well.
