I’ll tell you one thing, it would be bloody nice if Apple actually bothered to get if their lazy behinds and make its own damn cases for the XR ggrrr that would help with its size then!
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Apple's New iPhone XR Has Been the Most Popular and Best Selling iPhone Since October Launch
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In my office of 30 ish people maybe? I have an XR, another person just bought an X, and I know someone else has an XS, think the 5.8” one. That’s it though. Before the XS I didn’t know anyone with a modern bezel less iPhone .
Maybe because there were way too many discounts going on for XR. I bought one for daughter when Costco was running a $220 off on XR bringing down the price for 128gb to 579$.
It's time for WSJ, Bloomberg and others to pay for making all those BS fake news. How is it possible, that 'journalists' write completely false stories and still have their jobs, not mentioning manipulating price stock.
I’m genuinely puzzled. Why bother to make the phone in assorted colors if owners are going to cover them with a case?
So what’s your point? Because you live in a certain demographic and you haven’t seen a single XR? I could make the exact counter argument, I was at my carrier just prior to Black Friday, and there were a multitude of customers ordering/upgrading to the XR when I was in the store, which the XR has been plenty obvious in my area and not the XS.
See through case.. that’s what Apple actually SAID they were making for the XR on stage during its launch event, yeah that’ll turn out to be yet another AirPower then..
I have a third party one but it’s a lil thick.
Yeah, I never saw an X for a couple months post-release last year either.
Now I see them all the time.
Without Actual Unit Numbers to back it up, it means nothing !
Get the "Timmy" app, & figure it out (i.e., the per-iPhone Unit Numbers) for yourself !
"Timmy" makes it so that anyone with Basic Math Skills can figure it out.
That eliminates most of the so-called Pro Stock Analysts !
Get the "Timmy" app, & figure it out (i.e., the per-iPhone Unit Numbers) for yourself !
"Timmy" makes it so that anyone with Basic Math Skills can figure it out.
That eliminates most of the so-called Pro Stock Analysts !
You don't hear them complaining because they have no reception.
Yeah, but I remember last year, apple was saying the same about the x. Despite all the rumors about production cuts. But they sold a ton after all.
The nail in the coffin of the “poor sales” rumor for me was the Apple store gift cards for the 7’s and 8’s during Black Friday and not on the models that are supposedly under performing.
Talk about a statement trying to say something and failing. All they're really doing is shining a light on how badly all iPhones are selling.
From Apple VP of marketing so it must be true like iPad is a computer replacement.
Anecdotal here, but I just purchased two XRs to replace my wife's and my 6 Pluses, my coworker and her daughter got two to replace their 5S and 6S respectively, my wife's coworker got one over the thanksgiving holiday, and one of the staff with our audit firm had one. That's six that I know of.
For what it's worth, both my coworker and myself took advantage of buy-one-get-one offers for the XR.
I think they are selling decently. Maybe not up to expectations though. Ming-Chi Kuo was predicting the XR would account for 50% of Q1 sales with the XS and XS Max making up an additional 35%. The iPhone 8 and lower would only be 15%. He also expected unit sales to increase by 10% (although we will never know for sure now that Apple won't report them). That may have been a bit optimistic.
For what it's worth, both my coworker and myself took advantage of buy-one-get-one offers for the XR.
I think they are selling decently. Maybe not up to expectations though. Ming-Chi Kuo was predicting the XR would account for 50% of Q1 sales with the XS and XS Max making up an additional 35%. The iPhone 8 and lower would only be 15%. He also expected unit sales to increase by 10% (although we will never know for sure now that Apple won't report them). That may have been a bit optimistic.
Those statements make no sense! How can a phone which did not meet expectations and got production orders slowed down all of a sudden become the best selling iPhone?
What does make sense if you say "best selling iPhone since october launch" because there was nothing new in November. The XS Max is such a great phone (I own one) but they could have sold more if they weren't so greedy to hit that 1 Billion dollar company value. I'm so glad to see Apple failing profits wise and in reputation. They really need to go back to making products for the end users and not stock holders.
Wish they also just take a 5S and paint it space grey and call it the SE2 so all these annoying SE people and their demand for a small budget phone would just shut up.
What does make sense if you say "best selling iPhone since october launch" because there was nothing new in November. The XS Max is such a great phone (I own one) but they could have sold more if they weren't so greedy to hit that 1 Billion dollar company value. I'm so glad to see Apple failing profits wise and in reputation. They really need to go back to making products for the end users and not stock holders.
Wish they also just take a 5S and paint it space grey and call it the SE2 so all these annoying SE people and their demand for a small budget phone would just shut up.
Yet, you believe Samsung when they say their flagship phone is selling like hotcakes, right? And they don’t report sales numbers either. Hmm?
Is anyone really surprised at this? The phone is $250 cheaper and it's virtually identical to its siblings, just sans the OLED screen and two lenses. The iPhone XR is clearly the one to get this year if you're looking to upgrade, since you don't lose or gain all that much between the XR and XS/Max.
And as to anyone saying this disproves the cutting production rumor, the XR can simultaneous be the best-selling iPhone on the market while having its production cut. It just means the models are doing pretty bad compared to previous years. I don't see the massive sales of the iPhone 6 happening again anytime soon.
And as to anyone saying this disproves the cutting production rumor, the XR can simultaneous be the best-selling iPhone on the market while having its production cut. It just means the models are doing pretty bad compared to previous years. I don't see the massive sales of the iPhone 6 happening again anytime soon.
Yes, it actually must be true, or the SEC would come after him and Apple for making martially false statements. Just ask Elon Musk...
It‘s the same BS every year … fishy reports of „production cuts“ … clickbaiting media articles about the fishy reports … stupid short-term „investors“ selling AAPL … and finally … very good / really great actual quarterly results. Le sigh. Only this time it‘s much worse because of the impact of the incredibly simplistic and misguided „Apple won‘t release the number of iPhones sold anymore, they must be hiding something“ narrative.
Fun fact: Apple is historically extremely acurate with their guidance for the next quarter. And those guidance numbers show no sign whatsoever of „the iPhone sales tanking“ or other BS. So, my giddy Android lovers, prepare to use that other narrative once the real numbers for the holiday quarter are out: „Apple users are such sheep; no matter how high the price, they‘ll buy any crap with an Apple logo on it“.
Fun fact: Apple is historically extremely acurate with their guidance for the next quarter. And those guidance numbers show no sign whatsoever of „the iPhone sales tanking“ or other BS. So, my giddy Android lovers, prepare to use that other narrative once the real numbers for the holiday quarter are out: „Apple users are such sheep; no matter how high the price, they‘ll buy any crap with an Apple logo on it“.