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Huawei Surpasses Apple to Become #2 Worldwide Smartphone Vendor in Q2 2018
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Price isn't the only factor. It's the features of said iPhone SE ... it's VERY limited beyond basic App Store, Safari, HomeKit etc. Users will ALWAYS want the latest and greatest once they've tasted it. The SE needs to get both chipset, screen, and hardware design.
The 'new features' unfortunately WILL hold back the bezel-less models for at least another year.
- why is FaceID slower in seconds than TouchID? holding the screen at arms length away from your face, FaceID will not work. I LOVE the security enhancements of FaceID - ensuring that you're looking at the phone.
I'd personally like to see full iOS layout rotation in core apps, for now seems only the iPad is getting the love, with partial love to the "plus" models. Gimping the X on this is sad. Also why is iOS 11.4 still forcing iPhone X users to tap+hold the app in App Switching before an app can be fully closed?! Grrr.
Older models will begin to feel the pain of lack of features:
6, 6S, and SE. The potentially bad thing is that users may 'expect' brand new features to trickle down even though those aging Apple iPhones, and when they don't get it ... could loose those users. I'd like to see Apple offer slightly more for aging phones being brought back for credit towards newer models.
There is no surprise here, the major share holder was never one of Apple's strategies. They were always the minor expensive market. I believe only in iPods and iPhones that had significant market share.
Lets not forget, other companies sell phones in all shapes and forms and in every price range.
Lets not forget, other companies sell phones in all shapes and forms and in every price range.
Maybe in India they would rather have an iPhone if they could afford it but maybe a lot of Chinese would rather have a Chinese brand phone. Don't Huwawei use famous Chinese actors and pop stars to promote their phones. I'm sure that would carry some weight with many of the customers. Also the skins these OEMs put on those phones are very Asian friendly.
I don't think Apple are really interested in the low end market. The SE is probably as cheap as they want to go and they won't make a very cheap phone with very good specs and features and that's what they would have to do to compete in China and India. They aren't going to buy a dumbed down iphone when they can get an android phone for less which has about 85% of the features of the current samsung or iPhone flagship.
this coming from an us-american is ironic.
Huawei P20 Pro has a triple lens rear camera, 6.1" display, 4000 mAh battery, and excellent build quality for $700.
Chinese consumers have always gravitated towards Huawei. The latest offerings just make it much more appealing.
Man try not to melt their brains with facts, take it easy on them.
Hmm. I recall LG being the first to ship dual cameras on a smartphone many years ago ... something to the affect of 3D photos which didn't take well, even the LCD worked well. Took a few years later for the industry to retry using dual camera's. here we are with 3.
And that's CERTAINLY their best seller, isn't it?
At 54.2 million units a quarter, Huawei did made $38 billion just in smartphone sales!
Is that it?
Just lol, you forgot typical Apple fanboy BS "Apple did it better", "I haven't tried anything else, but I know Apple did it better".
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It only means that Apple users are overpaying, nothing to be proud of, unless you have Apple stock.
Apple copies too. They all copy.
Yes, Apple does too, but coping is one thing and almost cloning a device (meaning copying almost everything) is another thing.
I guess there is no shame for these companies, no wonder it's possible for them to sell their devices for less then a pressure cooker.
And here's where majority of Apple sales come from, insecure people.
Apple simply has to do better. But knowing Apple, they will leave the market and dive into another market category where money is to be made. Macs are a great example, phones will follow. Wearables is Apple’s next target. Apple has transformed to a money focused machine instead of delivering the latest and greatest under Tim Cook. Tim Cook is a big liar when he’s saying that his focus is to deliver the best experience to users instead of selling the most.
The status of the Mac, software proves he’s lying. Even the iPhone isn’t what it used to be anymore. As long as they make record profits and they keep shareholders happy, I don’t see Apple getting nimble, innovative or consumer focused again.
Agreed. They've been making stupid design decisions that upset their customers.
Not that it matters how old those in charge at Apple are, but they are very out of touch and looking like a bunch of senior citizens when it comes to product design.
Fig.1: Apple design team meeting, discussing plans for the next iPhone.
I think Xiaomi and Oppo are bigger copy cats. Huwawei at least have some of their own ideas.
That's until people wake up and realise how ridiculous the profit margin is on Apple products. Actually, they probably won't ever wake up as history suggests.
I’m sure that’s Apple’s doing.
Probably why the iPhone X is $999 dollars in the US and £999 in the UK. Even though $1 doesn’t equal £1.
Apple are the only tech company applying this conversion.