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Apple Reportedly Increases iPhone 14 Shipment Expectation to 95 Million Units

UK-MacAddict said:
Lol living in a dream world. Apple will use last years CPU and sell the phone at the same price even though it should be lower. Everything else will be identical to the 13 and Apple will laugh as they pocket all the savings in big bonuses for Tim Cook and all.
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I agree.
 
UK-MacAddict said:
Lol living in a dream world. Apple will use last years CPU and sell the phone at the same price even though it should be lower. Everything else will be identical to the 13 and Apple will laugh as they pocket all the savings in big bonuses for Tim Cook and all.
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I agree with this 100% as well. Facts, tho. Only Apple can get away with this.
 
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Bought my XR new in 2018, still 92% battery health(charge it to 80% only).
Wonder how long it'll take until new iOS releases make it so laggy it's unusable. Dont see any other reason to upgrade.
 
Abazigal said:
I own zero shares in Apple, for whatever it's worth. And I have never bought into this argument, not least because I do not believe it is a good business strategy to keep pissing off your customer. The only explanation I can think of is that there is a fundamental disconnect between what the naysayers here think makes a good product, and what the rest of Apple's user base actually desire in one.

Hence the apparent juxtaposition where Apple releases a product that is subject to much ridicule and criticism here, while continuing to be loved and much sought after by everyone else. Seriously, just look at the last few months, and the topics which have resulted in numerous threads averaging hundreds of replies each. iPhone 7s not getting iOS 16. non-M1 iPads not getting stage manager. The M2 MBA supposedly having issues which are turning out to not really be issues in actual real world use. It's ridiculous, and I wouldn't be surprised if this was all part of some concerted negative marketing campaign against Apple.

I have categorically spoken on numerous occasions that the people here really should start trying to explain Apple's success, not explain it away. It's not about Apple getting away with putting less specs into their products, which would suggest some sort of chicanery or attempt to hoodwink the consumer. Rather, Apple continues to do what they do best - take a frustrating user experience and deliver a polished product made possible by its control over hardware and software. And this is despite their apparent weaker specs on paper, or sometimes, because of it.

To put it plainly, there is too much focus on specs and not enough on the user experience.

There is not enough of “how does one use this product to get more out of technology”.

My approach is to look at these issues from Apple’s perspective. I begin with Apple, and then I look outwards at different industries. Many people here make the mistake of covering an industry, and then they attempt to draw a link to Apple from time to time. I feel this tends to lead to error and inaccurate analysis, because then they are comparing Apple too much to other companies, and they are not allowing Apple’s unique attributes to speak for themselves or recognise how Apple is able to set themselves apart from the competition.

The best way of covering Apple is to begin with Apple. You have to focus with Apple, and then you move outwards. You start with Apple, and then you analyse the industry that Apple operates in. Instead, what I see a lot of people still do today is that they just treat Apple as any other company. But Apple does a lot of things differently, and if all you are doing is simply comparing Apple to everyone else and then go “Hey, Apple isn’t following what everyone else is doing, so I don’t think whatever Apple is doing is going to work”, I think you all go down the wrong path.

And so if I sound like I am smirking (which is probably more often than not), I am not applauding Apple "getting away with it". I am applauding Apple making the right call in designing their products to appeal to the majority of their user base, over the extremely vocal (and extremely jaded-sounding) minority here.

As they should.
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You make the assumption that people compare Apple to other companies rather than start by looking solely at Apple.

You only need to look as past iPhones to see example where iPhones do not have enough ram or storage or bend because the aluminium isn’t strong enough (iPhone 6 / 6 plus) or look at Apple watches which do not have enough storage to even install an OS update (Apple Watch series 3).

End of the day the fact you say Apple concentrate on the user experience and yet these issues still exist proves that they will cheap out wherever they can in order to appease their shareholders (like any other company would).

This leads me back to my original point that Apple should not be able to get away with it and anyone who is not a shareholder who defends this practice has some weird tribal obsession with a corporate company and it is not healthy.

End of the day Apple could give 2 flying f***s about anyone other than their money.
 
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iDarth_Betar said:
They aren’t “getting away” with anything. They aren’t claiming one thing and then producing something else.

To be honest, I think it’s a great idea. With shortages being what they have been, why not offer a cheaper model with a larger screen for those that aren’t all about specs and the next big thing.

The shareholders aren’t hurting, and I doubt they’re sweating about this decision from Apple. Shareholders like money and right now they aren’t losing it.
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If they sell it at a reduced price to the iPhone 13 then I agree with you. Let’s see if it is a cheaper model like you claim.
 
Do we really need a 48mp camera or 8k video? A 20mp & 4k should be way enought for the average user. Plus not too many people I know use 8k video. Requires enormous amount of HD space. Not to mentioned the amount of space you'll need on your desk top/laptop and iCloud to store all this information.
 
JPack said:
Apple has shipped over a billion devices with Lightning. MagSafe is now standard. Non-nerds simply don’t care about the wired interface as long as iPhone charges. Nobody connects storage or displays to an iPhone like they do with MacBook and iPad.
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No, they don't but since most cars only have wired carplay, I'd much rather use a more robust usbc connection instead of lightening, which cuts out every time I go over a big pothole.

I'll be replacing my not very likable 13 Mini with a new 14 Pro on the first day of ordering.
 
Hoyboy said:
If they sell it at a reduced price to the iPhone 13 then I agree with you. Let’s see if it is a cheaper model like you claim.
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With the current inflation and supply chain disruptions in mind, I believe Apple is justified in pushing through modest price increases with the iPhone 14.

My guess is that the iPhone 14 will hold steady at $829 (I think there is a $30 discount to be had with carriers?). Both the pro models could cost $50 more. The normal Max model is likely somewhere in between (~$900?).

Foreign exchange rates are probably what will discourage Apple from trying to push through more ambitious price increases this time round.
 
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