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iPhone 12 Shipments Could Reach 80 Million Units By End of 2020
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It'll definitely be interesting what sales are like. There are a lot of people with more time and money on their hands, but the differences between phones is much less than it was a few years ago too. I'll admit I just upgraded from a XS Max to an 11 Pro Max, but thats more because of a deal with ATT where I get the phone for $8 a month.
no, thats called getting it on with the time, iphone was about the only model that cost 1k+ and shipped with only 64gb of storage. you can try justifying it whatever excuse you want but saying its cheaper because they give you more base storage is definitely not one of them.
These "accessories" that came in the box with my iPhone X are still in the box and will go to the next phone's owner once I receive my 12. They added no value to me. And I'm sure if you spend $1000 on a phone and you truly have no cable/charger, you won't mind spending $40 for these items (or cheaper non apple ones).
Unlocked iPhone 12 is $130 more in the US than the unlocked iPhone 11 was. And yeah, I was thinking the same. Not seeing how this is a "more affordable pricing strategy."
Last year so many experts as well from low end to high end regular people with strong opinion declared that Apple is doomed because Android phone manufactures offering 5G and Apple not. Now, the same people saying full fledged 5G network is not here yet. So, after a year, who is right ? Apple is right with the timing of releasing awesome 5G phones and nailed well with line up. People are excited with $699 Mini and $799 iPhone 12.
You can’t beat the regular iPhone 12 for what you pay. I’m having a hard time deciding between the regular 12 and a 12 pro max. They really blew it out of the park with the regular iPhone this time.
This doesn’t surprise me, Apple are a marketing beast. Even tho I’m disappointed by the iPhone 12 and shall keep using my 11 Pro Max for another year, the Apple ecosystem and people on older iPhones will mean a lot of people are more than happy with it.
We? Are you speaking for the entire market?
For me, the iPhone 12 Pro exceeds expectations. And thus am purchasing one. I suspect many millions of others will soon be purchasing one as well.
Can I ask you personally if you used said accessories? If they were in the box you would have used them and they wouldn’t have stayed in the box like they do every time you get a new phone? Just curious. Every pair of headphones every lightning cable c or a still work on these devices.
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Seems like wishful thinking considering the global economy is depressed, teenagers that are likely to upgrade have no need to since they're remote learning so no need to flash they have the latest, phone is too similar to previous year's modem and a bunch of competing products like new consoles, CPUs, GPUs, etc. are competing for limited discretionary income.
Exactly. The cost for the actual phones has risen or stayed the same, and we now have to provide our own chargers (since the old ones aren't compatible). I wouldn't say that's more affordable.
Probably because most of that growth is happening in Africa and poorer countries where they haven't the money nor the need for a fancy mobile device.
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It'll be interesting to see how this turns out. A +28% raise in the price of the base iPhone 12 is really massive and would assume it would knock sales down for their main model.
Please go ahead and buy the 6.1 iPhone everyone. More chance for me to get the Max on launch day haha
What's bad news?
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Maybe, I don't know how one puts a wet finger in the air to come with an estimate like that.
Or a good portion of that 80 million chargers sold at 20$ a piece.
My thoughts exactly. $130 more is not "more affordable." The "cheaper" 12 Mini is $30 more than last year's base new phone (the 11) if you buy it unlocked or on T-Mobile and merely the same price if you buy it on Verizon or AT&T. Plus no charger in the box, so that will cost you more money if you need one (granted I realize that a lot of people don't). What is more affordable about any of this?
Thank you, Apple spokespiece. I don't speak for the entire market and neither do you.
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Ah, and here is the other Apple spokespiece. Thank you for your contribution. Tim approves.