Smartphones have peaked, but the ip7 will still do reasonably well. Not 2015 sales numbers well, but reasonably well.
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Smartphones have peaked, but the ip7 will still do reasonably well. Not 2015 sales numbers well, but reasonably well.
They will decline because every Tom Dick and Harry knows that the iPhone 8 blows away the iPhone 7 thanks to the leaks
I'd beg to differ. Every Tom, Dick, and Harry on MRF, maybe. Every Tom, Dick, and Harry out on the street? No way.
Case & point:
Agreed, all phones have peaked we are entering a time of relatively stable sales. Replacements, people changing back and forth, and a moderate increase due to increasing market size. Nothing of series note, simply stabilization of market as early and mid range adopters know have a phone.
Apple has huge cash reserves and still garners highest profit margins on high end market. Growth is simply stabilizing.
I quoted a person saying the majority of people buy iPhone as a status symbol. Your response was rather detailed but had not much to do with backing that statement. I just don't think there is any evidence pointing towards the fact that the majority of iPhones are purchased as a "status symbol", as the person I quoted had said.
Sales have already started to decline with the 6S. There's no reason to think the 7 (or basically the 6SS) will buck the trend with no redesign for the clueless masses.
I read a recent poll that basically puts cost above anything else. Functions was second. OS was dead last. Manufacturer was second to last. And if that's the case, then it's no wonder they're flocking to Samsung's shiny OLED phones.
Obviously, if Apple wants to reignite sales, they're going to have to make people care about iOS as well as shiny. That's marketing. And probably futile if they haven't gotten people to care by now. With the same design, it's an uphill battle for the next year. I guess camera and waterproofing will be the focus for now, but Samsung already beat them to it.
I read a recent poll that basically puts cost above anything else. Functions was second. OS was dead last. Manufacturer was second to last. And if that's the case, then it's no wonder they're flocking to Samsung's shiny OLED phones.
Obviously, if Apple wants to reignite sales, they're going to have to make people care about iOS as well as shiny. That's marketing. And probably futile if they haven't gotten people to care by now. With the same design, it's an uphill battle for the next year. I guess camera and waterproofing will be the focus for now, but Samsung already beat them to it.
So you've concluded that most iPhone sales go to teenagers who buy them as status symbols based on your personal experience? I don't see it but I'll respect that opinion and carry on.
Pro-Apple bloggers *cough*imore*cough* will mock the decline of smartphones, but the iPhone is moving past its peak. The discussion shouldn't be "Oh look, the iPhone is in decline" but "what will Apple do next?".
The smart watch just isn't there and Apple continues to be sorely behind in services.
The smart watch just isn't there and Apple continues to be sorely behind in services.
I do....a little. Should be wicked fast phone.Guys cmon.....be happy....the best iPhone ever is coming up in a few days....don't you feel excited
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Kinda hard to flesh out motivation. Suspect even the buyer may not fully comprehend their own motivations. Most likely mixed. Self dillusional is the most powerful dillusional of all.
There are those who will buy this years model and next years model, like me. And those who will do something different. Hard to predict, don't you think. It's like trying to predict the weather, if every day, you say it will rain, eventually you will be right. (even in a desert)
You've brought up a very good point.
Teenagers and a very large number of others buy iPhones as a status symbol to show off with... To boost their self esteem. We see it here on the forum in threads like show off your...
These kinds of threads don't have anything to do with a discussion, but rather it's all narcissistic posturing and posing. Bragging about their shiny iPhone and what color it is.
Playing into Apple's hands, they open mommy and daddy's wallets to buy or finance the iPhone they lust after. Young adults go into debt to have the latest iPhone. Anything to be seen as cool.
This is the brilliance of Apple marketing, they have positioned themselves as purveyors of fashionable shiny devices. Selling colors brings far greater profits than spending R&D money to improve the product and keep it contemporary.
Steve Jobs was a brilliant salesman that convinced the masses he was a tech guru. He made Apple appeal to fellow narcissists and the general public as well. Brilliantly played.
It is great marketing. And upon the release of the new ones, the students get rougher with their older ones. They kick it around or throw it at walls so they can get a replacement.
I feel pretty bad for their parents!
After Christmas, some more around for a couple of weeks cause they got a Moto G instead of an iPhone or some cheapo tablet instead of an iPad!
Android is hurting too with decreased sales. Android is for the masses while iPhone is for the decerning owner who wants quality and a phone that will not blow up and catch fire while charging.
Apple will do will no matter what.
Since anecdotal experiences supposedly mean something on a wider scale (at least according to some it seems), I'll throw in my anecdotal experiences of seeing more and more younger people with Android and other non-Apple devices in recent years, meaning that the iPhone isn't really much of a symbol of anything for them and just another smartphone, which their generation is taking for granted these days like many other things that aren't treated as status symbols.
Most people in North America, Europe, and other well developed areas have smartphones. Elsewhere in the world, you don't have nearly the market saturation - and most of these areas can't afford the higher end smartphones. The bottom tier is the greatest market for growth...something Apple has long ignored (and really should go after, as, while they won't make the per unit profit of the high end, it will significantly increase their base for their service revenue).
As for this year - you can't help but think that the Samsung recall, with the timing of it can only bolster iPhone 7 sales. It may be enough to keep Apple from seeing a significant dip this year.
As for this year - you can't help but think that the Samsung recall, with the timing of it can only bolster iPhone 7 sales. It may be enough to keep Apple from seeing a significant dip this year.
The old market share discussion. The real question is how are the individual manufacturers of android handsets going to do.
Now let's repeat, who makes out in android market share? GOOGLE.
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And you made money off of that salesmanship (as did others), so you can't have it both ways.
You mean like the 1% of people who actively follow tech sites and rumour blogs? Trust me, leaks or not, most people have no idea what's coming on the iPhone next week (if they even know that one's coming at all) let alone the one that's coming next year.
Say what?
Android keeps growing. It's just that individual manufacturers that are suffering from decreased market share because a bunch of new players are fighting for the limelight with cheaper and high end phones. HTC and Sony and getting killed while Huawei and ZTE are rising.
Apple iPhones are at he moment still a niche product and so it can only rise so much unless carrier subsidies and installment payments come full swing to all the markets.
Also one way to regain the market would be to offer a cheaper 4.7" model. As nice as the 5SE is, this is the media consumption age and 4" is not big enough.
just by saying "now available in piano black" will get a swell of people declaring it the best phone ever.
Overall sales of smartphones have slowed and none are selling what they expected. We seem to have hit a plateau.
I will say that the 6S at least offered SOMETHING over the 6.3D Touch,Live Photos,an improved camera for the smaller variant,more RAM,slight water proofing etc
Now the only thing the iPhone 7 has is no antenna bands,headphone jack and a 3DT home button.If my iPhone 6 wasnt a laggy turtle I would have waited for the iPhone 8 which has OLED,glass body,edge display.
No one is gonna upgrade for so less features apart from Android switchers