Not getting the newest iPhone on release date is torture to all early adopters, obviously you don't understand their mindset, haha! I'm surprised at the lack of interest in the Gold color, they are still available on release day. The Midnight Green is not, so I guess it showed that a segment always want to show off the "latest and the greatest."
I thought they were actually right for once this year.
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they "almost" got everything right imo, the 11 is fine, being the budget phone theres alot of value, but $1000 phone in 2019 with only 64gb is a bit of a laugh. especially strong competitor like samsung offering s10e with 128gb fro 550 bucks
Since I was a teenager I've been happily addicted to electronics. There are much worse and much more harmful addictions!
The iPhone faces stronger competition from older generations of iPhones than from android phones. The main issue is existing iPhone users being happy with what they currently have and seeing little reason to upgrade, not android competitors offering seemingly better specs at lower prices.
one doesn't exclude the other, its not an either or, apple face competition from older gen, and android phones, to write off competition from android is blind ignorance.
The impact of competition from android is also being vastly over-exaggerated here.
ok, and? apple still feel the need to compete against the likes of samsung, didn't tim apple told donny trump apple cannot be hit by tariffs since that would give samsung an advantage? if your right, with your statement, tim apple should not be worried about samsung being a main competitor since no one would switch to samsung right?
“Tim Apple”
you underestimate the stickiness of the Apple system. And it doesn’t take a genius to see the android grass isn’t greener. But you choose what you want.
Different folks different strokes, apple have 55 percent market share in the us, to NOT consider android as a competitor is truly some ignorance as blessing type of stuff lol“Tim Apple”
Market share does nothing for an android manufacturer...market share benefits google. Nobody said the phones weren't in competition, but choosing one platform over another is not black and white as you alluded to. To me that shows ignorance with respect to the mobile phone market.
You seriously can't tell that Tim Cook is simply pandering to Trump's vanity to try and dissuade him from applying his tariffs to Apple products, which would affect Apple's profitability?
Here's what (I believe) is happening on the ground.
Phones are quickly becoming good enough, resulting in more people opting to hold on to their phones for longer periods of time. Despite fewer iPhones being sold every year, the iPhone installed base continues to grow via the 2nd-hand market. This is possible through a number of channels, such as Apple's annual upgrade program, as well as their trade-in program which helps to offset the price of a newer iPhone. This is helped by iPhones generally retaining their resale value better, the long-term software support that iOS devices enjoy, and Apple's ability to properly refurbish 2nd-hand iPhones before reselling them in the grey market.
What this also means is that if the newest iPhone on the market isn't compelling enough, existing iPhone users will likely simply elect to hold on to their iPhones longer. Sure, there will be those who eventually choose to switch to android phones, but not in any meaningful quantity that would cause Apple execs sleepless nights. While there is no doubt alternatives to existing apple services on the android side, it may not be so easily to transition all over at one short, especially if there really isn't any benefit in doing so. So if you tell me that in order to switch from an iPhone to a Note 10, I need to repurchase all my apps again (and some don't even have android equivalents), lose imessage and airdrop, sell my Apple Watch etc, how many will just say "screw it, I am sticking with my iPhone for another year?"
Meanwhile, Apple is transitioning from selling iPhones, to selling to people with iPhones. We see it in their focus on wearables (Apple Watch, rumoured AR headset), more accessories (AirPods, rumoured bluetooth tracker), higher prices and more services. Heck, the Apple Card likely earns Apple a higher cut than their 0.15% commission from Apple Pay. So Apple doesn't need you to keep buying iPhones; they just need you to keep using them.
When you want to analyse iPhone sales, you need to do so within the context of what Apple is doing as a company in totality, otherwise you will miss the big picture every time.
In a way, I kinda feel sorry for Samsung. They are being squeezed from both ends. They are losing out to cheaper android handsets from Chinese OEMs, and cannot loosen the tight grip that Apple has on the more premium end of the market. But such is the fate of one who has the temerity to call themselves an iPhone killer, I suppose.
me:
Complete opposite situation in Canada. A lot of stock of the iPhone 11 still available to ship September 20th.
No one is sticking a gun to your head to pay the $1000. You could always buy the $699 iPhone 11 or put your money where your mouth is by buying an Android phone. Best way to send a message to any company is vote with your wallet.
Money already at where my mouth is, I’m sticking to my x til apple switch to Qualcomm next year, I’ll never shell out 1k for 64gb phone, does that disqualify me from making valid criticism?
