You missed the point that the iPhone 7 and 7 Plus were also for sale during this period and quite well still.
HO HO HO!
Doesn't say much for Face ID's popularity. Apparently way more than 55% of people still wanted the Home button after all. All in all, I'd say the huge winner was Touch ID.
Pretty much what I predicted and was laughed at for saying. The Home Button and Touch ID are sound solid tech.
All these new gestures and mistaken touches to me lead to a "bag o' hurt." Too many things to remember. Apple is about simplifying things. Taking the home button away unnecessarily complicates a lot of things in my opinion.
But what do I know? The buyers have spoken.
Tim Cook, the bean counter, should have noticed this. What will happen when there is no Home Button iPhone left in the mix? Hmm.
While I prefer TouchID over the 1st Gen FaceID (too slow in comparison) people/customer will choose and be conservative with new technology plus couple that with the lower cost of the 7/+ and 8/+ and it will certainly outsell the X.
FaceID is an initial experiment, considering it cannot be used horizontally or upside down. Once these minor irks are improved, people will gradually transition to FaceID. I remember when the initial iPhone was introduced the whole concept of a touch interface with gestures was foreign for many users, with future updates more gestures were added. Many did not even know how to use those gestures, eventually with trial/error and discovery one became accustomed to it.
When the iPad was introduced which further expanded on gestures it was the same situation. At times I prefer certain gestures that are only available on the iPad and not the iPhone and at times vice versa. I hope Apple ties both product gestures together sooner rather than later.
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And those of us who have actually purchased an X will say "Notch, what notch?"
The notch really needs to shrink further as it is not possible to eliminate it at present. There is another solution, which I provided to Apple, I am unsure if it will be used in a future product.
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iPad mini 4 hanging in there with about 18% of units sold in the 2018 survey.
Bodes well for a refresh.
I hope iOS 12 improves the performance on the iPad mini 4. I like its size and usability, it just too slow for my liking running iOS 11.
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I love my iPhone 8, its been a great phone!
I was recently considering the RED iPhone 8, however with an update around the corner I will wait to see what is released.
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This surprises me. I love my fat phone, a/k/a The Behemoth but I didn’t realize it was so popular.
iPhone X should have used a 18.5:9 ratio for the screen. The 0.5 is to accommodate the sliver for the notch. All the content viewed would be displayed as 18:9 ratio. Another solution was to make it cinema 21:9 however that may have been too tall. Anyhow the present ratio is messed up for videos that are letterboxes.
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Meanwhile ANALists, "we predicted they would sell one iPhone X 256Gb to every man, woman and child on the planet, but they didn't deliver, it's not use that were wrong, it's Apple."
I am uncertain if any carrier discounts account for the increased iPhone X sales. I wonder if it would have sold to the present percentage without deep discounts.
Where I live the iPhone 8 is provided for “free” on a 24month contract and the iPhone X for $200 on a 24month contract, however you can get it free with an additional discount from the carrier.
FaceID is to slow for my taste in its 1st Gen version and its limitation to acknowledge in horizontal or upside down is a no go. TouchID functions in any direction, this is a bit of a step backwards in this regard. Only had issues with TouchID with wet fingers (easily resolved).