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iPhone XR If the iPhone XR is "selling poorly" then..
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So all three phones aren't selling well? The extra trade in credit applies whether you buy Xs, Max, or XR.
By increasing the trade in value Apple is in a way discounting the prices by $100. It’s not really hard to deduce that it’s being done to increase sales because they are not selling well as they thought they would.
Is this US only? I’m in the UK and had a look. The trade in prices seem the same as they’ve always been.
Actually, it's a strategy to control the used iPhone market. That market has been growing for years and Apple is taking steps to contain it. By paying $200 for an iPhone 6 Plus, Apple gets to axe the device in half instead of it going to a new user.
If the iPhone (Xs, Max, XR) weren't selling well, Apple's trade-in program would offer credit even for non-Apple devices.
llol no. Apple has historically never really offered anything substantial for non apple devices .
AS I said, this needs to be discussed a non apple neutral forum.
There you go. You're proposing that sales have taken a dive. Yet, Apple isn't doing anything out of the ordinary.
It seems you have a narrow interpretation of the situation - "If trade in values are up, it must be because sales are down. Even though the trade-in offer doesn't apply to iPhone 8 Plus or X, this offer can't possibly be a strategy to control the secondary market!"
I was surprised to see the increase with the trade-in value for older GEN iPhones, but I don’t think that’s necessarily any indication that the XR/XS is performing poorly, I think what they are trying to do, is instigate those who are holding onto their phones longer to use this as an incentive to upgrade to the newest iPhone, which I suspect most would opt for the XR, simply because it’s cheaper. But by no means, do I think that Apples iPhones are ‘Not selling well’, which that seems to be more anecdotal than anything.
That's one of the more ridiculous things I've read. Inferior to the 8? How? The display is beautiful, and larger than the 8, in a smaller case. The processor is faster that the 8. The camera will perform better than the 8 because of features the A12 processor. It's thinner that the 8. It has better battery life than the 8. Other than that Mrs. Lincoln, how was the show?
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Apple and selling has a peculiar relationship. No matter how many units they sell, their profit margins somehow increase. I don't think it's a shock to anyone that the new X series isn;t sell as well as some earlier revisions, what with the extremely high prices and the availability of the less expensive 8's, 7's, and even 6s's that are still out there. Don't cry for Apple, and don't think any of this is a surprise.