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Apple Slashes iPhone 14 Plus Orders With Supply Chain Makers
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So the 12 and 13 mini and the plus not selling well so that means only the 6.1 is needed in the regular lineup. They have the SE model as well for something cheaper.
In some countries no doubt, not in countries where they are £1100 and £1200 starting price. Apple clearly thought the standard iPhones were going to sell better and under delivered on the Pro’s. It doesn’t mean suddenly everybody wants a 14 Pro/Pro Max.
Hopefully the go with just Pro versions and an SE model.
Quit giving everyone too many choices to complain about. You want basic? Here, take an SE in one size. Want more features? Here’s two sizes in Pro.
And lose an additional 20% of their already declining market share. Hopefully whoever is in charge of forecasting does not have the same mindset as you.
You're almost better off buying an iPhone SE and an iPad mini to use as a "phablet" than to buy the 14 Plus. I would pay so much to have an iPad mini that supported phone functions past data...
music to my ears. bring back the mini, Cook.
Doesn’t seem like they are failing. Seems like production is going toward a more expensive phone.
If it’s already declining into nothingness, then what does it matter?
People complain there are too many models. Or that their midrange models are too expensive. They aren’t gonna drop the prices of midrange now. So if people aren’t gonna buy them, why keep making them?
Make an SE at the cheaper price for those that don’t care about bells and whistles, and just want to be in the Apple ecosystem. Then have the Pros for the feature packed enthusiasts.
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Depends on the consumers.
For some, yes.
For others, no, esp. those whose smartphones were dying (or lost/stolen) for whatever reasons.
SE, base, Pro, Ultra is the way to go imo
iPhone SE 5.4" - old A chip
iPhone 6.1" - A chip
iPhone Pro 6.1" - A-X chip
iPhone Ultra 6.7" - A-X chip
iPad SE 10.2" - old A chip
iPad (mini) 10.9" (8.3") - A chip
iPad Pro 11" - M chip
iPad Ultra 12.9" - M chip
MacBook SE - old M chip
MacBook - M chip
MacBook Pro - M Pro chip
MacBook Ultra - M Pro/Max chip
Apple Watch SE
Apple Watch Series x
Apple Watch Ultra
iPhone SE 5.4" - old A chip
iPhone 6.1" - A chip
iPhone Pro 6.1" - A-X chip
iPhone Ultra 6.7" - A-X chip
iPad SE 10.2" - old A chip
iPad (mini) 10.9" (8.3") - A chip
iPad Pro 11" - M chip
iPad Ultra 12.9" - M chip
MacBook SE - old M chip
MacBook - M chip
MacBook Pro - M Pro chip
MacBook Ultra - M Pro/Max chip
Apple Watch SE
Apple Watch Series x
Apple Watch Ultra
If it’s already declining into nothingness, then what does it matter?
People complain there are too many models. Or that their midrange models are too expensive. They aren’t gonna drop the prices of midrange now. So if people aren’t gonna buy them, why keep making them?
Make an SE at the cheaper price for those that don’t care about bells and whistles, and just want to be in the Apple ecosystem. Then have the Pros for the feature packed enthusiasts.
The mid range iPhones make up over 20% of Apples sales currently. If they don’t provide for that market, are they just to assume all those people will just buy Pro iPhones instead? Plenty of people want an iPhone with current and new features without the sky high price tag or something as basic as an SE. I really don’t understand why some of you are so negative towards people who don’t want to a pay £1100 and £1200 for a phone with a very ‘screw them’ approach
.But the mini didn't sell particularly well either despite being priced around 12% less than the regular iPhone and what would've been (if still offered) around 22% less than the Plus iPhone.
The iPhone SE is also a small phone yet its sales have apparently been disappointing this year too even with its low $429 starting price.
Just because the 14 Plus may not currently be meeting expectations doesn't necessarily mean the "big phone" crowd has vanished. The 14 Pro Max seems be doing well and large (even larger than Apple's Plus and Pro Max models) Android phones do pretty well too.
When they announce solid quarterly earnings again, I look forward to your retraction.
“Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo recently said that Apple's product segmentation strategy for standard models has failed this year, following worse iPhone 14 Plus pre-order results than the third-generation iPhone SE and the iPhone 13 mini.”
LMAO!
LMAO!
There is too much choice. They are drowning in too many models of iPhones as well as iPads.
Negative towards those that want cheaper phones?!? Please take the time to go through my posts in the iPhone 14/14 Plus release thread and other threads where I defend the those wanting a cheaper model vs Pro.The mid range iPhones make up over 20% of Apples sales currently. If they don’t provide for that market, are they just to assume all those people will just buy Pro iPhones instead? Plenty of people want an iPhone with current and new features without the sky high price tag or something as basic as an SE. I really don’t understand why some of you are so negative towards people who don’t want to a pay £1100 and £1200 for a phone with a very ‘screw them’ approach.
You have no clue what you’re talking about.
You said “the already declining 20%”. So it won’t be 20% for too long, will it? If people aren’t buying them at a $100-$200 savings, and Apple is most likely not gonna backtrack on prices, why produce them?
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Bring back the mini? You mean replace one phone (Plus) that isn't selling particularly well right now with another phone (mini) that didn't sell particularly well even with its notably low(er) "mini" price? That's doesn't seem like a great strategy.
I don't necessarily disagree but Samsung seems to do ok with even more different phone models (Galaxy Z Fold4, Galaxy Z Flip4, Galaxy S22 Ultra, Galaxy S22+, Galaxy S22, Galaxy A23, Galaxy A53, etc.) than Apple.
I think giving customers choices is good, as long as they are the "right" choices.
But they should be by now after all these years. But they still overproduce normals and way underproduce Pros. And it's way worse this year
At least it seems you can find regular Pro now if you don't want something super specific, especially Purple. But Maxes are still super rare and disappear if you sneeze
They were desperate when shipping M1P/M1M because pro users were enraged with them and they needed to win them back.
Now they're back to being classic douchey Apple