Apple Pushing iPhone Upgrades During Holiday Shopping Season

[BornAgainMac]

I too got this opening the app store, on my brand new 5S. Found it a bit tasteless. In fact, and this might take the discussion wildly off track, but it got me thinking on my way to work that the Cook years will likely be remembered for their focus on maximizing shareholder value.

It seems that way but on the bright side, Mac OS is free to upgrade, less expensive pro apps, free consumer apps.

 

[WarHeadz]

Total rip-off... I guess its convenient for those who don't care about money, but for everyone else you can get so much more selling in the secondary market. up to $320 means you would probably have to trade in a 6 plus 128gb to get that much.

No, they offered me $320 for my 64gb iPhone 6. Instead, I sold it on swappa for $420 and bought a used 64gb 6 plus with AppleCare+ until next year for $480. 3D Touch isn't enough reason for me to upgrade this year. I'll wait for the iPhone 7 to start the apple upgrade program, and even then I'll sell on swappa instead of trading in.

 

[mook101]

Apple is pushing iphone upgrades during the holiday season? No kidding.... I wonder if Vizio is going to try to sell any TVs this holiday season as well??? Groundbreaking news right here....hahahaha

 

[69Mustang]

One pop up banner that you'll likely never see again is this rage inducing? Relax.

There's a fair amount of room between not liking something and rage inducing. Everyone's not turned up to 11.

 

[bpeeps]

Which most of the users here are expressing dislike very well. But when you use emphasize with curse words and angry emojis, your expression and intent is pretty clear. If your comment were phrased similarly to this one, it would have been passed by as equally as the rest.

 

[Rogifan]

Why is the ad displayed in the App Store. Wouldn't Apple's store app be more appropriate? Though I imagine far fewer people utilize that app. It just doesn't make sense since Apple sells zero hardware in the App Store.

 

[ch02ce]

It seems that way but on the bright side, Mac OS is free to upgrade, less expensive pro apps, free consumer apps.

Yes, true enough. I've always paid a premium for Apple gear but felt I got good value for money. But I was just thinking of the growing nickel-and-diming in other areas that is starting to get to me. Like 5gb free space in iCloud despite owning several devices or $1.30 a month for 50gb more, $28 (CAD) for iTunes Match, $15 for Apple Music. It's like they need to consolidate all of this into one streamlined iCloud service.

Then in hardware, things like 16gb base storage in new phones, iPad 4 only a few months after iPad 3 (which I got burned on), and the fact that something as cheap as the strap for the new Apple TV remote is $17 and not a pack in. Gotta maintain those margins I guess, grow that cash pile.

 

[robeddie]

Phones are at the point like PCs where the upgrade is not needed that often anymore.

True. These things just arent exciting as much anymore. In the same vein, the era of long lines of geeks outside stores for the latest releases should soon be a thing of the past as well

 

[Glassed Silver]

That banner was really un-Apple and tacky. Not its design, it's clean and just the way you'd expect it to look like for what it is, the problem is that this screams adware on an OS-level, which is... Eww...

The bar is lowered further and further.

People mock the "haters" as they refer to them for nitpicking, but it starts with little things and certainly what I (used to?) love in Apple was their focus on detail and trying their utmost in a most honest way to avoid slipping and being shady.
This exceeds slipping greatly and shows their focus.
It's gone. That value is gone and wherever they still act in the old way it looks more like a facade or design decision rather than a core value that's treated like a sacred way of thinking.

I'd much rather they advertised a new phone to me personally through a support contact when I face age-related performance issues (real age-related, not this suspicious stock-OS version + 2 = laggy animations) meaning the transition is natural and needed and not driven purely by "hey, you're running old tech and it's time to pony up the cash again!".

So maybe I'm nitpicking, but that's because with Apple you got used to a very high standard and you - or at least I and apparently many others - bought Apple for this high standard, for their clear "No" to adware, tackiness, negligence and such.

Glassed Silver:mac

 

[keysofanxiety]

Why is the ad displayed in the App Store. Wouldn't Apple's store app be more appropriate? Though I imagine far fewer people utilize that app. It just doesn't make sense since Apple sells zero hardware in the App Store.

It only comes up on the iOS App Store for iPhones version 6 or earlier, so guaranteed to show up only for people on older iPhones. 🙂

And you literally just press 'skip' at the top right and never see it again. Some of the posters here really need to question why they're getting so heated for something so inconsequential.

 

[69Mustang]

Which most of the users here are expressing dislike very well. But when you use emphasis like curse words and angry emojis, your expression and intent is pretty clear. If your comment were phrased similarly to this one, it would have been passed by as equally as the rest.

Your interpretation of my quote is your opinion, which you are entitled to express. It's wrong, but what does it really matter? To be clear, unsolicited pop up ads are sh@#$!&. They are not rage inducing. Assumptions can be though.😉🙂

 

[Rogifan]

It only comes up on the iOS App Store for iPhones version 6 or earlier, so guaranteed to show up only for people on older iPhones. 🙂

And you literally just press 'skip' at the top right and never see it again. Some of the posters here really need to question why they're getting so heated for something so inconsequential.

How do they know who to target? Apple is still officially selling the 6 and 5S. What if someone just bought a 6 from a carrier store. Is this ad going to show up when they open the App Store? Or does Apple have a way to only target those who haven't recently purchased an iPhone?

 

[keysofanxiety]

How do they know who to target? Apple is still officially selling the 6 and 5S. What if someone just bought a 6 from a carrier store. Is this ad going to show up when they open the App Store? Or does Apple have a way to only target those who haven't recently purchased an iPhone?

Yep, that's right - as soon as you open the App Store, it'll pop up, regardless of purchase date. So it'd certainly leave consumers with a bit of a bitter taste if you've just sank some money in a 2 year contract and are immediately reminded that you've bought some outdated tech.

I guess when you look at it from that perspective, I can appreciate why it's a pretty bad idea.

 

[C DM]

Why is the ad displayed in the App Store. Wouldn't Apple's store app be more appropriate? Though I imagine far fewer people utilize that app. It just doesn't make sense since Apple sells zero hardware in the App Store.

Probably because it's still a "store" in a sense and simply the more commonly visited of the two, but they likely would advertise it in both.

 

[C DM]

How do they know who to target? Apple is still officially selling the 6 and 5S. What if someone just bought a 6 from a carrier store. Is this ad going to show up when they open the App Store? Or does Apple have a way to only target those who haven't recently purchased an iPhone?

I believe it's for iPhones 5c and below (the ones that aren't sold anymore). They likely can easily identify the device you have so they can target things like that fairly easily.

 

[keysofanxiety]

I believe it's for iPhones 5c and below (the ones that aren't sold anymore). They likely can easily identify the device you have so they can target things like that fairly easily.

Nope, happened on my 5S. Didn't happen on my manager's iPhone 6. So probably 5S>below.

 

[Glassed Silver]

It only comes up on the iOS App Store for iPhones version 6 or earlier, so guaranteed to show up only for people on older iPhones. 🙂

And you literally just press 'skip' at the top right and never see it again. Some of the posters here really need to question why they're getting so heated for something so inconsequential.

I'm not worried about the symptom, I'm worried about what causes this symptom to appear.

Big difference, but either you see it or you don't I guess.

Yep, that's right - as soon as you open the App Store, it'll pop up, regardless of purchase date. So it'd certainly leave consumers with a bit of a bitter taste if you've just sank some money in a 2 year contract and are immediately reminded that you've bought some outdated tech.

I guess when you look at it from that perspective, I can appreciate why it's a pretty bad idea.

That as well.

Glassed Silver:mac

 

[Rogifan]

Yep, that's right - as soon as you open the App Store, it'll pop up, regardless of purchase date. So it'd certainly leave consumers with a bit of a bitter taste if you've just sank some money in a 2 year contract and are immediately reminded that you've bought some outdated tech.

I guess when you look at it from that perspective, I can appreciate why it's a pretty bad idea.

It's a bad idea from all perspectives.

Probably because it's still a "store" in a sense and simply the more commonly visited of the two, but they likely would advertise it in both.

People go to the App Store looking for software. It makes no sense to push an ad for hardware in a software store.

 

[adbe]

LOL you think google has 0 ads on their phones? bwahahahahahaha

Reading fail?

 

[LordQ]

Nah, September it is for me—iPhone 7!

 

[pituin]

It only comes up on the iOS App Store for iPhones version 6 or earlier, so guaranteed to show up only for people on older iPhones. 🙂

And you literally just press 'skip' at the top right and never see it again. Some of the posters here really need to question why they're getting so heated for something so inconsequential.

You'll see it again if the App Store cache clears due to low storage. As well as the "Apps by Apple", which for me is every day.

 

[naeS1Sean]

LOL you think google has 0 ads on their phones? bwahahahahahaha

That's not what he said. He said if he wanted ads, he would go to Android as they are cheaper.

 

[naeS1Sean]

Am I the only one who gets the App Store pop up to download Apple apps, like Pages and Numbers? It's nearly everyday.

 

[C DM]

It's a bad idea from all perspectives.



People go to the App Store looking for software. It makes no sense to push an ad for hardware in a software store.

Again, from the point of view of getting more eyes on the advertisement in a context of a user being more in a mindset of potentially spending money (compared to the ad showing up in some other Apple apps, aside from the Apple Store app itself) it's not that far fetche (not to say it makes perfect sense or anything like that, or that it's something that's good or right).

 

[C DM]

Am I the only one who gets the App Store pop up to download Apple apps, like Pages and Numbers? It's nearly everyday.

Everyone with newer devices gets those. Usually when you say no or skip it doesn't show up anymore. If it doesn't stop for some reason, perhaps downloading or at least starting to and then deleting the apps should stop it.