Well, to be fair those production cuts didn't don't reflect the large price increases accord the board for Apple products (like a $130 pencil). Raising the price on all other Apple products can cause a downward trend on Iphone sales.
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Apple Reportedly Plans to Cut Price of iPhone XR in Japan Due to Poor Sales and Restart iPhone X Production
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Well, to be fair those production cuts didn't don't reflect the large price increases accord the board for Apple products (like a $130 pencil). Raising the price on all other Apple products can cause a downward trend on Iphone sales.
I think this is a fair argument, but it leaves out one key factor about these high iphone prices and carriers. If carriers have to subsidize phones more and more because of the high price, wouldn't that impact carriers bottom lines? It doesn't sound like a sustainable model for carriers have to keep giving out discounts or subsidies.
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It's usually something carriers do to attract new customers. Sprint used to be very aggressive about giving out subsidies when they were trying to grow. Now that they are trying to merge with T-Mobile, they have backed off.
None of the competitors offer a guaranteed 5 years of support, with many avenues of hardware support. That support for some (at least for me), might be worth paying a few bucks more.
This is the only other viable solution (and some believe better) to windows. If you like the ecosystem you might be willing to pay more to get more.
There is a reason the airpods sold out initially like gangbusters, they are BT++ headphones. Homepod, I heard them hooked up in stereo in a quiet apple store (at the crack of dawn lol), they were fantastic. If I were contemplating such a purchase and had AM, I would purchase the Homepod over the competitors.
The value proposition is important. It'w why Ferrari can charge it's prices, and Mercedes can charge it's prices on an S class, etc. Saying they are all cars is technically true and even a 10 year old Hyundai Elantra can do the same basic job as a Ferrari, maybe even better in snow. (But then there is that Hyundai value proposition)
It's the value proposition again that controls pricing. Apple knows their customers, base, product mix and what prices should be charged for the services it sells.
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It does, but carriers have a different model. They make high margins on money from the monthly service fees, so they can afford to get you locked in with cheaper hardware. Apple makes money on selling phones, so they aren’t going to subsidize their products. Because of this, they will sell you phones you want for cheap to suck you in.
Other benefits of Spotify on Android include
When phone is is in landscape when I place if on gym equipment the album cover/play controls screen does rotate to view correctly.
I can swipe album cover on above screen to advance track. Easier than pressing double arrow key when exercising.
Does provide good curated daily playlists for my music taste.
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Great post.
Of course nowadays (and for some time) you don't even need Netflix hardware as any TV has a Netflix app, which runs fast and is kept automatically updated.
The same can also be said of Youtube.
And that is something Apple was never very good at. iTunes was always poorly supported with Windows. Today with a lot more different situations, services and devices the shortcomings are even more obvious.
Typing password is better for security. Fingerprint reader just makes it easier when shopping.
I would have liked the iPhone XR since the iPhone X, XS and XS Max give me eyestrain and headaches (OLED fantastic ). But the XR is way too big for me. I went with the normal iPhone 8, cheaper and the size that I want. Very happy with my choice, paid less and got an up-to-date phone. I can imagine many more are thinking the same way.
). But the XR is way too big for me. I went with the normal iPhone 8, cheaper and the size that I want. Very happy with my choice, paid less and got an up-to-date phone. I can imagine many more are thinking the same way.
This is just imvho, but as a macbook owner and android user this is a 3 fold problem
1. is Apples prices, way to high for what you get. I tend to use our surface far more than the macbook. Wife won't touch the Mac. She says using it is more work and not conducive.
2. Android users are getting more and more into using AI, I started relying heavily on it. Siri is as dumb as a box of rocks.
Apple is seriously lagging behind.
3. Services, people who buy MS office get like 150gb of cloud storage for free why would I or anyone pay apples prices for icloud.
Apple needs to rethink its strategy.
I almost switched us to iPhones this year but not at those prices, it's not a matter of being able to afford them it was a matter of principle. 2 s9+ for 950 or 1 iPhone, I want to retire soon.
To those saying android phones are cheap and laggy are wrong big time, opening of apps and scrolling sites was every bit as fast or faster on my galaxy s9+ vs families iPhones XR and XS' they have. We had fun comparing.
Btw Samsung and android is getting better at updates my s9+ has been getting security updates monthly. Even our old lg's went from nougat to oreo over the 2yrs we had them.
As prices rise and incomes don't it leaves Apple in a serious bind.
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1. is Apples prices, way to high for what you get. I tend to use our surface far more than the macbook. Wife won't touch the Mac. She says using it is more work and not conducive.
2. Android users are getting more and more into using AI, I started relying heavily on it. Siri is as dumb as a box of rocks.
Apple is seriously lagging behind.
3. Services, people who buy MS office get like 150gb of cloud storage for free why would I or anyone pay apples prices for icloud.
Apple needs to rethink its strategy.
I almost switched us to iPhones this year but not at those prices, it's not a matter of being able to afford them it was a matter of principle. 2 s9+ for 950 or 1 iPhone, I want to retire soon.
To those saying android phones are cheap and laggy are wrong big time, opening of apps and scrolling sites was every bit as fast or faster on my galaxy s9+ vs families iPhones XR and XS' they have. We had fun comparing.
Btw Samsung and android is getting better at updates my s9+ has been getting security updates monthly. Even our old lg's went from nougat to oreo over the 2yrs we had them.
As prices rise and incomes don't it leaves Apple in a serious bind.
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Except Gucci and the like don't offer other services like Apple. Apple wants and needs more people to join those services and they won't draw those people in pricing most out of it.
Bad anaolgy
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And let's not forget all of the missing features and services not provided outside the big US and UK market. Netflix and Spotify treat me as a world customer. Apple no.
I bought a cheaper 3rd party insurance for my x. I have to young boys (4&7) at home and refuse to pay for the broken screen that may occur. It is almost 500€ in Germany. Insurance is 60€ per year. Expansive but a lot cheaper than Apples offering.
Buy the prepaid credit cards with the gift card. It cost me 5.95$ x3 to get 3 x 100$ prepaid credit cards. You lose 20$ but I never buy stuff at Best buy.
I would have liked the iPhone XR since the iPhone X, XS and XS Max give me eyestrain and headaches (OLED fantastic
Don't blame OLED for the eyestrain, blame Apple for using cheap panels and batteries and using aggressive PWM to cover it
I think what he meant is there are no Eye strain issues on Samsung phones as the PWM is not so aggressive.Batteries cause eye strain?
I don't know about Android but I streamed an album (Equinox Infinity by Jean Michel Jarre) and it was definitely gapless.
Using a VPN to watch regional content on Netflix used to be possible, but Netflix closed that loophole.
One of the Samsung g7 or g8 phones gave me headaches...I’m not the only one discussing this. Maybe not as aggressive but still can cause headaches.
If many people are using same IP address that is easy for them to spot and block
The point is that Netflix content is subject to regional restrictions as is Apple.
Has this happen before? I don't recall such. Will this have a domino effect in future regions? Seems like this has opened a Pandora's box for Apple with prices of future products with a dose of competitors equally sufficient products at a lower price-point. What does this do with their stock valuation?
Yeah some people are very sensitive to the flicker. All in All Samsung have done a great job in their phones to minimise the issue. Not sure what Apple is doing differently to make it more apparent on the X and Xs. I was at the Apple store recently looking at the new MBA and had a play with the Xs Maxx and when I turned the brightness down the flicker was quite noticeable. No such issue on my S9+.