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iPhone 6s Named World's Most Popular Smartphone Ahead of iPhone 7
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the widget page is on the home screen (in ios10) swipe from left to right - in fact you have access to them form the lock screen - and they're quite interactive.
I guess the question is what "significant" looks like to you? I think better waterproofing, dual lens camera, bigger memory tiers, more ram (in Plus) to me, warrant enough to upgrade. I'm also looking forward to the Space Black and the potentially improved screen tech (like the new 9.7" iPad Pro). But maybe that's just me being on a yearly upgrade plan. I can see why someone having to buy outright might not want to upgrade.
500 SKU's means little. My neighbor rocks an older Galaxy that is still being sold. He always gets yesterday's phones because he is cheap (or money smart) and his carrier almost gives it to him for free. It's nice that Samsung clutters it's lineup with old, outdated Galaxy devices or cheap handsets. What does it get them? Yes, they provide handsets in every price category for developing markets. Apple doesn't play in that arena and won't.
Regardless, Samsung Galaxy sales do not "obliterate" iPhone sales.
These figures are astounding.
341.5 X 4 =1.366 Billion not including busy holiday season and importantly smartphones already in use.
Lets say minimum x 2 so over 2.5B smartphones in the world anyone know what % smartphone verses non smartphone is?
I heard the most popular Christmas present in the UK 2015 was a non-smart mobile phone punkt- doesn't make sense
341.5 X 4 =1.366 Billion not including busy holiday season and importantly smartphones already in use.
Lets say minimum x 2 so over 2.5B smartphones in the world anyone know what % smartphone verses non smartphone is?
I heard the most popular Christmas present in the UK 2015 was a non-smart mobile phone punkt- doesn't make sense
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Totally possible, but you have to see the greater context.
S7 was at begin of it's release cycle while 6s happened to be at the end.
That's normal as Galaxy S and iPhone getting released with a roughly 6 month difference.
If you look at total units sold iPhone is the most selling single smartphone model, but Samsung is the most selling smartphone brand.
Pity what that says about Android, which has yet to produce something that performs as well.
Whoa! Somebody had a rough weekend. Get some coffee. The study wasn't about total sales of all phones, that would be like saying Nissan is more popular than Tesla because they sell more total cars, instead of comparing the Leaf to the Model S. Beyond that, after your second cup, you'll want to retract your statement that the most valuable company in the world, with the most revenue and the vast majority of the entire industry profits in cell phones, the one that Samsung is desperately chasing, is the "gnat in the room."
Completely agree except for the camera part. I hope one day we will get back to the camera being flush. It does not make sense from an aesthetic standpoint, but I guess we can be happy that Ive chose functionality over form here.
I hope not, because I like the SE's body much better than the 6's. Best would be if a compact phone of similar size could become a regular member of the iPhone lineup in 2017. I feel this is currently an untapped market as almost nobody else (with the exception of Sony) still offers compact phones with high-end features. They could of course still sell the current SE and/or 6S/7 as a budget phone.
Samsung shipped approximately 16m S7's and S7 Edge's in the 2nd quarter. Given that they were released at the same time and are sold alongside each other, a more appropriate comparison might be how many 6S's and 6S+'s shipped in the 2nd quarter.
Either way, both devices are great and it's good to see both companies trying to "one-up" each other every couple of years.
Either way, both devices are great and it's good to see both companies trying to "one-up" each other every couple of years.
This is the most important info here IMHO
as this must be nearly all android with the 8.3% Samsung less iPhone SE which I can't see selling huge amounts.
as this must be nearly all android with the 8.3% Samsung less iPhone SE which I can't see selling huge amounts.
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I trust the numbers that confirm my bias.
I don't believe anything these analysts say, regardless of which company they say is doing better.
That's why Apple is wise not to have played in the cheap phone market, aside from their lack of desire to produce a cheap phone, there are no profits, hence, no point in playing there.
How is the iPhone 6s obsolete if it is still in production? It's a great iPhone and will be for years to come.
Yes, and in race to the bottom, Samsung is moving most manufacturing to Vietnam, where it is cheaper than China because there is so little profit in cheap phones.
But there's no growth in the top-tier market that Apple plays in, so they'll have no choice but to go down-market. The SE was the first step.
I've heard a lot of different reasons for people wanting to keep the 3.5 jack, but yours is the first to argue keeping it for "design reasons."
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The jury is still out on how much growth there is, e.g., people are still switching from Android and other platforms, at a great rate, in fact the last six months set a record. And if 2015 wasn't such a record setting year, 2016 would be seen as a great year. But beyond that suggesting that Apple tries to compete with $100 phones on a cost basis is never going to happen. That's not who they are, and there isn't any point since there's nothing but losses there. There's a reason they and Samsung have 99% of industry profits.
As consumer replacement cycles continue to slow and ASPs drop, the importance of service revenue like apps and Music will become more important. In that space unit volume of phones is very important. I agree Apple will never compete with the lowest tier of phones but they'll have no choice but to muscle into the middle tier, which is $200 - $400.