Why is Apple selling iPhone 6s still? It's gotten out of hand how many models they sell now. Consumers are actually confused (and it's a disservice for anyone to buy a 6s at this point).
Because it makes sense to have a wide range of prices.
Why is Apple selling iPhone 6s still? It's gotten out of hand how many models they sell now. Consumers are actually confused (and it's a disservice for anyone to buy a 6s at this point).
Never in the history of Apple have they released a correction upward and they have routinely reported to a large beat. Companies don’t revise mid quarter and say, we are going to do better. They might not have known how well they would do until the very last few weeks anyway. This situation wouldn’t be anything close to stock manipulation. A courtesy heads up might be customary if the company is cratering.That’s too optimistic. I think 85M iPhones is realistic, but $95B revenue is too high. Apple guided for $84-87B. If they went over by that much I think we would have seen a notice of correction from them (for being way out of line compared to their guidance). Otherwise Apple might be accused of intentionally lowering guidance for some nefarious reason (like stock manipulation).
For what purpose? To make some effort to prove a corporate decision right based on similar moves by competitors "we" typically refer to as stupid, crooked, copycats anyway?
As a consumer, I'd still like Apple to put the headphone jack back in. I still feel it's stupid:
Worse, even if you get what I assume you desire- to see that a good number of Androids dropped it too- they are going USB3C, so basically their wired headphone options WILL BE MORE COMPATIBLE with Macs as plug & play, without needing a dongle.
- to need a dongle... OR
- that one set of buds can't work between iPhone and Apple Macs... OR
- using inferior quality bluetooth- while able to cover those 2 bases- generally can't connect to all kinds of other stuff (such as the seatback screens on ALL of the major airlines).
All we consumers got out of jettisoning the headphone jack was a loss of consumer utility, fragmentation of audio connections and more to charge and keep up with in the travel bag. Those coveting Lightning or Bluetooth ALREADY had both when iPhones had a headphone jack. The headphone jack did not have to go to make AirPods possible. We simply lost something- a useful something- that is still embraced by Apple in all of their other hardware.
Lightning as a replacement audio connection has not been adopted by anything else mainstream. An expansion of Bluetooth connectivity doesn't seem any more accelerated than the general pace it was moving BEFORE Apple chose to go this way. All this time later, I fly and the only option to plug in to watch some live television is the good old headphone jack. Does anyone expect that very common use scenario to change to Lightning or Bluetooth in even the next 5 years?
iPhone 8 and iPhone X could have arrived WITH a headphone jack and not miss a beat. If either had to be a mm or two thicker to "create the space" for it, the rest of that extra space could have added some battery, perhaps reducing the need to inject secret throttling code to deal with the ramifications of "thinner" for the long run.
But let's look for ways to "I told you so" our fellow consumers unhappy about a very VERY common use utility getting stripped away from us for nothing (in consumer gain).
Terrible comparison. Just awful.In comparison with Q4 2014:
And those numbers don't include 9 days in Q3 2014 as the iPhone 6 series was available in September.
- iPhone 6: 42 million
- iPhone 6 Plus: 16 million
Is iPhone X a success? Kinda. Is it the supercycle that Apple wanted? Definitely no.
Naturally more will buy the 8. Totally expected.If its not the fastest expected, then you may as well say iPhone 8 or 8 Plus *cannabises" the iPhone X as well then. As more people bought the former.
Terrible comparison. Just awful.
1) The iPhone X is a premium device with a $1000 price tag. It was never going to sell 50+ million in a quarter and no one who knows anything thought it would.
2) It went on sale Nov 4, so it had about 57 days in the market for Q1.
3) Production was limited, at least for the entire month of November and into December.
4) It is WAY too early to know the success/failure of the X because more interesting will be Q2 guidance and results.
5) the 29M number is pure speculation as nothing official has been released and the X mix won’t be broken out anyway. Revenue will tell the story.
6) You’re a well documented bear and general Apple naysayer so you want to believe what you’re speculating.
7) Before you call me a cheerleader, everything I’ve said is fact and I’m taking a wait and see. You’re claiming it to be “definitely no” on a super cycle. Way too early and speculative.
There is no data to back up your first statement and has been speculated actually the opposite. I follow Apple closely and can tell you the iPhone X is almost assuredly their highest margin product. And don’t start quoting speculation like bill of materials. All meaningless.Margins on the iPhone 6 series were far better than iPhone X.
iPhone X was widely available for next day delivery in the U.S. and China by mid-December 2017.
The rest of course is speculation as Apple never breaks down the units sold.
If its not the fastest expected, then you may as well say iPhone 8 or 8 Plus *cannabises" the iPhone X as well then. As more people bought the former.
8) The 58M iPhone 6 sold in 2014 will be about the same revenue as 30M iPhone X. Did you consider that?
You mean billion?Nope. Because your math is wrong.
$649 iPhone 6 * 42 million = $27.26 million
$749 iPhone 6 Plus * 16 million = $11.98 million
vs.
$999 to $1,149 iPhone X * 29 million = $31.15 million
Didn't bother reading the rest of your post.
OP author: I'd give more thought to the suitability of keeping "just" in that last line of the article. While your use of it is structurally sound, it practically begs for a smug emoji if one existed to pair with the revenue number... like saying I'm just a billionaire or I'm just attractive to super models or I just drive a Lambo, etc.
You mean billion?
I used 30M X and an asp for all other iPhone, which is maybe a little understated since you said 6. Still, it’s $38B to $33b. A lot more iPhone sold and similar revenue. Point is, X adds up quick despite only selling half. It’s essentially 2 other iPhones per sale.
Absolutely!I'll take this notch (that I don't even notice anymore) in return for a screen that goes all the way to the bottom of the phone.
Anyone who still talks about the notch hasn't used an iPhone X. It's invisible after a day or two.
By Apple standards, those numbers are a failure. Many many people did not upgrade to the iPhone X. That’s not a good sign or thing.
29,000,000 phones x $999 = $28,971,000,000 / 38% = $11,008,980,000.
That's 11 BILLION in revenue from this 1 phone in the Quarter. Unbelievable.
Orrrrrrrrr different people have different preferences and notice different things.
Like my friend's dad who returned his after 2 weeks because of...you guessed it. The notch.
Why is a price drop bad for consumers?
(Aside from early adopters,)
By Apple standards, those numbers are a failure. Many many people did not upgrade to the iPhone X. That’s not a good sign or thing.