Part of the reason why I bailout is that I start thinking to myself. Okay, Apple I see what you're trying to do.Hey! You just wrote a post I could have written
The one thing you never want your customers to be is "confused".
Nice work Apple /s
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Apple Reportedly 'Seriously' Concerned About iPhone 14 Plus Sales, Looking to Reevaluate iPhone 15 Lineup
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Same. loved the SE/5 size and am okay with the Mini (12 for me, 13 for my wife). But as far as looking elsewhere, sadly I don’t see anything like them in the Android world either.
As I said earlier, there's only so much you can do to a smartphone or tablet. The budget iPad and Air are now down to color options. The iPhone main sell mid-cycle is a new color.
The Pixel 4a is like the Mini. It has a 5.8" screen and you can still find them new on Ebay. I owned a Pixel 4a and sold it to Google because they gave me 90% of my trade in value after 2 years. I loved that phone.
I think the 5.8” size still has something to say, and I would bring it back, either to the base or the Pro model.
You want to be concerned Apple? Be concerned that you still use a silver Lightning Dock for all your product presentation shots, but you decided to stop selling it to customers like me.
I’m all for that in the SE but as someone who has followed the brand for ages I have to say it seems like they don’t know what the f they’re doing anymore. It’s the 14, latest number, that’s supposed to be the flagship. ‘Pro’ is where you add some to that, that professionals might like. Or that’s at least what most would think. And the fact that they started to gimp even the flagship while charging these outrageous prices everywhere but especially in Europe then pretend to not know what went wrong, is crazy. Going with last year’s processor especially, they keep cheaping out more and more.
Glad to see them fail at it.
The price they put on it is artificial, the greed is real. We used to laugh at S-releases saying it’s the same phone, but this time it literally was, and they missed the mark completely. People don’t see themselves spending that much. The Plus is just a bigger and *even more* expensive version of the exact same thing. XR failed because of bad pricing and started selling exceptionally well when the price was dropped. 11 was well-received because of OK pricing throughout the world. But they never learn.
Tl;dr: €1089 here for the small one. 60Hz display. Last year’s everything including chip. Enough said.
The regular model should’ve come at the price of the mini, and the plus at the size of the regular. It would’ve outsold the 14. They took even the baseline price too far and backed that raise up with a whole bunch of nothing.
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It’s a shame they killed the mini. I have a 13 mini that I love with the exception of battery life. Wish they’d come out with a 15 mini instead of a 15 plus. They could improve the mini battery life by removing the internal parts for MagSafe charging and filling that void with extra battery space. Most mini owners would probably trade contact charging capability for extra battery life.
iPhone 15 Ultra/Pro Max
iPhone 15 Pro
iPhone 15
That's all that's needed. I just hope the 15 Pro isn't gimped and missing features the Ultra has. There should be feature parity with the obvious exception of battery life as not everyone wants a stupid gigantic device. The 12 Pro, 13 Pro & 14 Pro are the perfect size for many. For the premium price we pay, we shouldn't be losing so-called Pro features!
iPhone 15 Pro
iPhone 15
That's all that's needed. I just hope the 15 Pro isn't gimped and missing features the Ultra has. There should be feature parity with the obvious exception of battery life as not everyone wants a stupid gigantic device. The 12 Pro, 13 Pro & 14 Pro are the perfect size for many. For the premium price we pay, we shouldn't be losing so-called Pro features!
I guess that is what Apple has to decide. Some people want a mini...are there enough customers to justify it?
No surprise. The iPhone (and iPad) product line is convoluted and confusing at this point. There isn't enough distinction between the different models. Jobs' streamlining of the product line when he returned to Apple was brilliant. Today's Apple product line reminds me of the Quadra/Performa era. In other words, it's a mess.
In addition to the product line being confusing, the year over year updates have gotten extremely stale. The fact that some people are so excited about the Dynamic Island speaks volumes about how boring Apple's updates have become. If the Dynamic Gimmick is the most exciting thing about the new iPhones, that's a very sad commentary.
In addition to the product line being confusing, the year over year updates have gotten extremely stale. The fact that some people are so excited about the Dynamic Island speaks volumes about how boring Apple's updates have become. If the Dynamic Gimmick is the most exciting thing about the new iPhones, that's a very sad commentary.
Apple is going to listen to you and loose millions of $. I respect that some people think Apple should focus on the high-end and ditch recycled designs in order to have cheap devices, but it’s naive to think Apple will do that by lowering the price of their existing high-end products (which show no sign of being overpriced at all, looking at sales).
Bring back the iPhone Mini. It was the perfect size.
I’ll pass on the 2 handed phone. I want a newer mini. I have the 12 mini…
Agree with you, but it is not possible to for Apple to do it now, Steve ws able to do it.
Steve didn't care aboyt sociam media, tech reviews, now Apple stock will tank if one "Yout tube influencer" writes a bad review and comments about business strategy.
And Apple is after average selling price.
May be just 2 phones, one large and other smaller, all aluminium enclosures.
Apple never designs any product expecting people to upgrade every year.
I am sure every other company does this.
they expect people using a phone that they purchased like 4 years ago to upgrade.
very few people upgrade every year.
And i am sure normal user wouoldn't notice any difference even if Apple put a A13 SOC on iPhone 14.
processors are so powerfull already that most people don't need brand new processor every year.
I'm happy with my Plus, but if they had the Pros and Pro Maxes available when I bought mine (I was switching from Android) I probably would have forked over the extra cash for it. I see the Iphones like the Ipads now. Everything is complicated when it doesn't need to be. You have the regular Iphone and you have the Pro Iphone. The Plus doesn't seem necessary, even though the screen size is pretty good. That screen size should be on the regular Iphone though.
i am sure there are cars with last year's engines with minor upgrades and some with no engine upgrades at all.
Apple did not hide this information, it is upto people to determine weathert to buy it or not.
they didn't hide anything.
and there were minor upgrades to the processor.
there is market for smaller phones, may be small but it does exist.
May be apple should release new mini every 2 years as SE.
and have one regular phone, 2 pro phones every year.
That's what I always say: Too many choices = Bad choice. Keep it clear and simple. If people think: "I could get a better device for $100 to $ 200 more..." then one of the devices will suffer from poor sales.
Always the device in the middle suffers.
When selling services, the middle plan is just decoy for the next plan.
Always the device in the middle suffers.
When selling services, the middle plan is just decoy for the next plan.
Let's see for how long will Google continue supporting and releasing updates for it.