It seems the only way to buy SIM-free, current model iPhone in the US is through Apple's website. Are there any other way to buy iPhone that's not associated with a carrier?
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Apple Was Fastest Growing Smartphone Brand in China in Second Quarter, Buoyed By Strong iPhone SE Sales
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It seems the only way to buy SIM-free, current model iPhone in the US is through Apple's website. Are there any other way to buy iPhone that's not associated with a carrier?
My wife's family are in China and the latest must-have phone is anything Huawei. People we know who had iPhones are replacing with Huawei.
A few years ago when I went it was Oppo. Xiaomi is looked down as a cheap phone poor people buy.
Who knows what will be popular a few years later.
A few years ago when I went it was Oppo. Xiaomi is looked down as a cheap phone poor people buy.
Who knows what will be popular a few years later.
Wow love those simple in your face charts. Apple crushin it. Chinese people love all things high end. Apple taking the whole premium market is inevitable
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A big reason is that their spectrum of products are very well tailored to the Chinese market. Its emphasis on large storage, big battery, great camera, fast charging, and many software features in EMUI reflect their knowledge of the Chinese market. Another important factor is the distribution and sales channels. Huawei has so many stores and sales partners all over China. You see so many Huawei stores even in small cities. Plus, Chinese people don't buy the baseless US government BS about security flaw.
Apple only has 270 stores in the US + their website. The vast majority of their phones are sold primarily through carriers in the US. Grain of salt and all, old market research data suggests 10% of iPhones are sold through their stores. Granted, their percentages have probably grown since 2017, but not to the extent of majority. The combination of brick and mortar carrier/3rd party retail locations, their associated websites, and the beast that shall not be named (Am z n)...
Anecdotally, I've been buying Apple products for more than a decade and never purchased from an Apple store or Apple online. Been in the stores to look, to test drive. Buying inevitably is less expensive from a 3rd party retailer like BB, Microcenter, B&H, etc. I imagine a lot of people do the same.
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If you bothered to read the whole thread before replying, you'd know.
The essence of my point is that flagship phone sales were not the backbone of these figures. The iPhone SE (and iPhone 11) are not flagship phones. Great phones. Premium phones. Not flagship phones.
We have bought all of our apple products, ipads, apple tv, mac and iphones through either the website or an apple store. It may have been easier yesteryear to back into some of the numbers...but today with Apple providing sparser details, I'm postulating many of these guesstimates could be significantly skewed...as we have seen in the past.
Buying from a 3rd party retailer comes with a caveat of a line activation. If I don't want the line and want to buy outright the price is virtually the same...and one cannot get a sim free model.
Does Apple still take the lion's share or the cellphone market's profits? Nobody seems to be reporting that metric anymore.
Did you look at the other chart?
If BBK owns Oppo, Vivo, OnePlus, RealMe care to discuss market share of Apple at 9%? BTW COVID 19 had no effect on manufacturing/sales in China Q2 2020, right?
What do you expect from a Apple focused site? Yes unrealistic interpretations to marketplace data. But I do see the trend back to smaller phones as decreasing future sale of jeans ripped by stuffing too big smartphones in the back pocket.
is this a surprise to anyone here? Given the price and power of the SE, it was easy financial pickings for Apple.
Td;dl It was cheaper this year.
Worth pointing out a few thing.
1. This is YoY, same time last year Apple did pretty poorly due to lots of reasons.
2. iPhone 11's official and unofficial price are lower than last year.
3. Along with sponsored Discount from Stores are unusually high this year.
Worth pointing out a few thing.
1. This is YoY, same time last year Apple did pretty poorly due to lots of reasons.
2. iPhone 11's official and unofficial price are lower than last year.
3. Along with sponsored Discount from Stores are unusually high this year.
They're not the same thing.
It is a premium phone. It is a very good phone. But it is most definitely not a flagship model unless you're saying it is - objectively, not subjectively because you have small hands - better than an iPhone 11 Pro.
Apple's iPhone SE Proves You Don’t Need a Fancy Phone
For a pocketable device with a powerful processor, $400 is a great starting point.www.wired.com
Apple has gotten to the point where yes, they can all be seen as premium flagships. Simply having blue bubbles is enough to convince people without caring about which model you have.