I agree. iPhone might not have all the features (read gimmicks) but it is the best when it comes to making the best of what it has. Android has improved tremendously over the years and there is no doubt about it but when it comes to simplicity and ease of use, has no peers. When it comes to security is in a different galaxy altogether. I have used iPhones since its first iteration and have also been using an Android phone for a little over 6 months now. For a flagship device, my android was still running Nougat till very recently.
Problem with Android is you never get updates in a timely fashion. I was on the same version of Android for 2.5 years with a Galaxy Note 4 (the most expensive Android at the time).
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Yeah, that's the problem right there. You lost me - and a few billion other people - at $800. That's a lot of money for a TOY that barely has a lifetime of two years before it becomes obsolete. You can get at least six(!) TP-Link Neffos C5 Max devices for the same money - and the Neffos is already more smartphone that most people will ever need.
Again, proof is in the numbers. Didn't lose "a lot of people" let alone a "few billion." LOL.
iPhones are never going to cost $99...which is why Apple makes 90% of the smartphone profit with 20% of the share.
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And yet you seem to think it will be easy to get 'android phone users that buy cheap phones' to switch to an $800 phone. I don't see that happening. Especially in the US where apple is saturated. Tim and the rest of management knows the market is saturated and that's why these commercials are necessary.
Must get a low cost phone out or stagnation hits. Apple won't do that so stagnation is very near, if not already at hand.
Maybe i direct you to the iPhone SE? They will come. The world is getting more affluent every day.
Apple is an aspirational brand. Get used to it.
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You're arguing a different point.
@otternonsense is arguing it's going to take more than a few videos to convert Android users to iPhone. You are arguing iPhone users tend to buy iPhones again. Those are not the same.
I think he's right. Those videos, although cute, wouldn't convince anyone to switch imo.
Advertising has minimal effects. Experience matters. Once you go iPhone, you never go back. Apple just has to wait for these people to get frustrated with Android. Happened to me...will happen to others.
Once Apple has you, they have you. That's the key.
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You can interprete numbers any way you want. Apple also sold 1m less devices compared to last year’s Q4, even with a substantially redesigned iPhone.
And I’m speaking as an iPhone user (who’s grown terminally bored of iOS).
You HAVE to interpret numbers in reality.
1) Last year was a 14 week quarter. That MATTERS. In fact, it matters to the point you have to admit they sold 83M phones in the same timeframe. You want to say it doesn't matter, you're wrong and irresponsible. As an investor, you have to look at it.
2) The iPhone X was not on sale until Nov 4. The fact they sold as many as they did with people waiting for the phone (hurting iPhone 8 in the short term) and the fact iPhone X was only available 57 days in the quarter, also matters greatly.
3) They also increased ASP to $800 (almost $100 higher) and iPhone revenue was 17% higher than last year.
Think what you want. I am just giving you facts. A 90 day clock is stupid/meaningless for Apple as the overall narrative has not changed at all. Services are up up up, subscription (paid services) were up 30M in just 90 days to 240M paid subscribers. 1.3B active devices. 13% y/y growth on top and bottom line.
The quarter was a massive success. Only someone looking at high level numbers would come to your conclusion. Unit sales in a 90 day period are next to meaningless for the reasons I gave you, particularly when they are still so strong. If we are talking 50M iPhones sold in Q1, wake me up.
