iPhone 6 running iOS 11 isn't going to be a pretty sight. Maybe they'll make an iOS Bangalore edition.
BlackBerry did it, bringing various editions for various regions. May be you are on to something here. Color me impressed!
iPhone 6 running iOS 11 isn't going to be a pretty sight. Maybe they'll make an iOS Bangalore edition.
You underestimate the number of people around the world who do not earn a lot and buy an iPhone anyway, usually as part of a mobile contract.You get that $15 number (assuming it is correct) as average income. That does not take into account the income disparity. There are literally millions of people in India who can most definitely afford an iPhone. However splurging so much money on a phone does not make sense in India when you take into account the cost of living in India and how far that kind of money will take you.
Thats the problem though. Mobile contracts are not common in India as elsewhere. You have to pay the amount up front many times which makes it even more difficult to justify the purchase.You underestimate the number of people around the world who do not earn a lot and buy an iPhone anyway, usually as part of a mobile contract.
If at all, Apple wont be able to sell a lot of iPhones not because people cannot afford it but there are plenty of much much cheaper options that give similar features and more than acceptable quality. You can do a lot of things with the kind of money an iPhone sells for in India.
Sorry to be blunt. But if you buy an iPhone when you make $100 per month (even if it is on a payment plan), its not called being able to afford an iPhone. Its called being bad with your finances. Unless maybe he is a bachelor and lives with his parents and has no expenses to be worried about.People in India love iPhones, i went for a cousins wedding 2 years ago, i couldn't believe the craze for iPhones there, my cousin who makes a $100 dollars a month could afford it on a payment plan, i don't see why others couldn't if they really wanted it, plus i was thinking maybe apple makes a different firmware for these iPhones with the new iOS that doesn't make it seem the phone is obsolete
India does not have any such rule. The rule is, if you want to start a single-brand retail store in India, you need to source at least 30% of your material from India. Manufacturing in India is more to do with the long term strategy of Apple to create a big marketplace in the future keeping in mind the growing Indian middle class.Maybe more countries should adopt the if you want to sell it here you have to build it here stance.
Sure there is one great example the other not really. iPad 2 runs fine on iOS 9, one core i4 is and was underpowered.You are correct they never will. Just devices with less ram will run like a dog, like my iPhone 4 and iPad 2 as examples.
What about the latest models??I will be more interested in buying the latest iPhone 8 not the old, and if the price is really lower than where i liveThat's an interesting way of looking at it. And a cheaper option is something likely appreciated more because it's affordable versus having the option of a device that's to expensive and out of reach for the middle class.
@Sunnysunnysingh. Being your from India, What are your thoughts on a cheaper iPhone in India and how do you feel it would apply to middle the class?
Sorry to be blunt. But if you buy an iPhone when you make $100 per month (even if it is on a payment plan), its not called being able to afford an iPhone. Its called being bad with your finances. Unless maybe he is a bachelor and lives with his parents and has no expenses to be worried about.
It's sad to say this but my year old iPad mini 4 does the same. I should probably get an ad blocker but on my iPhone, sometimes ad blockers meant pages wouldn't load at all on some tech news sites. Any blog site with discus as the forum or comments interface really bogs my iPad down. Android Central is a real pain to read...everyone there complains about it and they are on a variety of devices. I think it's the way some of these sites construct their pages.I have noticed this with my iPad Mini 2. After upgrading to iOS 10, it started to behave as if it is low on RAM. Safari is the worse, as scrolling a page is very choppy, and the page turns white. It comes back after a few seconds. IMO, it is probably page swapping everything.
Typing also sucks, as there is a lag while typing. I can type a sentence, and it doesn't appear for a 3-5 seconds.
These issues seem to vary though depending on the device.
That is sad.It's sad to say this but my year old iPad mini 4 does the same.
This could be the issue, and maybe I might give a reinstalling a try, but the forum is full of posts about iOS 10 issues on the iPad Mini 2. A lot of other people reporting the same thing.I got rid of the lag by scratching my iPad and reinstalling everything as new. There was a corruption somewhere I guess.
The 6S and SE still spanks any flagship Android phone. The longevity of iOS devices recently is unprecedented.
You are correct they never will. Just devices with less ram will run like a dog, like my iPhone 4 and iPad 2 as examples.
Sorry to be blunt. But if you buy an iPhone when you make $100 per month (even if it is on a payment plan), its not called being able to afford an iPhone. Its called being bad with your finances. Unless maybe he is a bachelor and lives with his parents and has no expenses to be worried about.
This year they are definitely dropping 32 bit support. So that basically gives newly purchased iPhone 6 models just 1-1.5 years of software life.
You could argue it, but not sure it would be a successful argument.Could argue SE spanks 6, 6S and 7......
Riiiiiiiiiiiiight.India does not have any such rule. The rule is, if you want to start a single-brand retail store in India, you need to source at least 30% of your material from India. Manufacturing in India is more to do with the long term strategy of Apple to create a big marketplace in the future keeping in mind the growing Indian middle class.
Completely true.I didn't. I didn't say anything about dropping support. RAM has zero to do with it. I was just saying why people might be jumping to that conclusion. People think RAM size is related to 32/64 bit architectures...but it isn't. The A7 was the first 64bit chip and nothing currently ships with that chip so it's been a while that the OS has been supporting 32bit devices. I guess it is possible that Apple cuts off support for 32bit hardware with its iOS11 release. But that isn't going to affect the 6 or 6s unless its artificial Apple limitations.
You could argue it, but not sure it would be a successful argument.