This baby is going to be expensive.... Say $60-70/month on a payment plan in addition to your service....
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'iPhone 8' Could Reportedly Be Called 'iPhone Edition,' Ship Well After 4.7-Inch and 5.5-Inch Versions
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Umm, something wrong with your chart? Android should be around 80%, iOS around 20%, and Windows should not be very big. More like this one at that link you gave:
The point of the name is to draw attention to a product. The name doesn't make the product but the 2 should go well together. A cool name doesn't mean a good product nor does a good product mean there's a good name attached. Most people here, myself included are drawn towards specs, but then again anyone on these forums pays 100x more attention to the product specs than the general consumer. I don't care what the name is for me, I am looking at it from a general consumer level and saying it's not an attractive name that gets people's attention. That's an important thing to consider for a company with dropping phone sales.
Sorry, but none of us were in the meetings, so yes, we all have to speculate - at best. We simply do not know what constraints he was under from TC or availability of parts or what the prototypes that didn't make it to production looked like or offered.
And again, as I said in my initial post on the Ive, he IS off leash right now. He needs someone like Jobs to push him. But the absence of that doesn't make him any less gifted.
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Yes, it can have that effect, but once it draws the attention it still needs to be a good product. OTOH a good product sells with any name. I don't know if you were living when the iPod first came out but no one know what the heck the name meant. It sounded dorky. But it was a good product and survived despite it's name, even spawned the entire iDevice phenomena. But it wasn't the name that made the iPod. The iPod made the name.
Same thing happened with MacBook and MacBook Pro when Apple dropped the iBook and PowerBook names, respectively. MacBook and MacBook Pro names were initially mocked.
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Somewhat. The upgrade cycle for phones is slowing significantly, especially after the last two years. I'm just afraid that these consumers will hold onto their devices much longer than.
MacBook Pro Pro!
The pro version of the MacBook Pro
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I'm not so sure... it used to be, few people had iPhones. I suppose popularity and subsidized phones helped that to the point now that many people and their teenage kids are using them. Granted, some kids (and adults alike) are using hand-me-down iPhones, or otherwise just springing for Iph from 2 to 3 generations prior (wasn't really possible before since Iph also held their value well. Now, 3 gen. prior is quite a difference in night and day in terms of features and performance). Perhaps Apple now wants to reinstigate the Iph's traditional status, and will do so with this "Iphone Edition"
The "Tim Cook Apple" is SOOOOO lost. I just can't see how they will EVER be able to afford the the building - with Tim Cook in charge. The new new phone thing sounds like a mad dash to come out with "something" in time.... with NO real direction. just sad to Apple spinning down the drain and rapidly now.....
I can afford it for a few more years until my daughter starts college. But that doesn't mean I will be comfortable walking around with something that costly and fragile. My iPhone 7 Plus 256 GB was really pushing it.
I really do make use of the 128-256 GB capacity so I am having to start opening my mind to the different options in the Android world that offer expandable SD storage or generous specs at lower costs like the OnePlus 3T and possibly the LG G6.
Even the Samsungs are starting to get too expensive, unless you get a good deal.
I'd hate to move away from iOS because it definitely has some advantages I'd miss. Fortunely Apple got it right on my 7 Plus and I'm finally happy with the camera enough that I feel comfortable keeping it for two years. Unlike the single year I allotted to the 6 Plus and 6S Plus. My 6Plus was a dud. My 6S Plus was almost perfect as a smart phone, but I was never satisfied with the camera. I am totally satisfied with the 7Plus camera and the phone itself.
The "Tim Cook Apple" is SOOOOO lost. I just can't see how they will EVER be able to afford the the building - with Tim Cook in charge. The new new phone thing sounds like a mad dash to come out with "something" in time.... with NO real direction. just sad to Apple spinning down the drain and rapidly now.....
Another hater who thinks Apple is lost just because Apple is pursuing a direction he doesn't agree with.
The "Tim Cook Apple" is SOOOOO lost. I just can't see how they will EVER be able to afford the the building - with Tim Cook in charge. The new new phone thing sounds like a mad dash to come out with "something" in time.... with NO real direction. just sad to Apple spinning down the drain and rapidly now.....
Afford what? They are rolling in cash right now.
Is the big font supposed to add validity to your claims? I think it could go either way, people said this time last year that the headphone jack wasn't going anywhere and we saw how that turned out.
And HDR. I could care less about 4K but wide color (especially if Apple can pull off full Rec.2020 support) and HDR woild be great.
Yes, i know.
It is really tiresome.
Some people should be a much better ceo.
Apple is lost, etc. Dadadada.
They really can' t handle choice. This are rumors. Not facts. Apple chooses to put the newest tech in a special edition iphone.
Why? Because they can' t make enough of them , they can' t produce enough to handle normal demand. And guess? Noone can. Not samsung, not anyone. Apple sells as much of his flagships in one weekend as samsung sells the s7 in the first 3 weeks.
And the smallest iphone should have the same tech as the bigger iphone. Really , do they understand tech? Come on!
What is in a name? Iphone edition, iphone x, really doesn' t matter. About $80 more expensive? Doesn' t matter for me , i will try to get one on opening day!
Why not just call it : iPhone 8 Pro Edition
I love the way that just rolls off the tongue.
Sounds more exciting .... I'm excited!
But hey, what's in a name. If the tech is decent then that's all that matters.
...oh wait, wait. One more naming option : iPhone 8 10th Anniversary Pro Edition
I love the way that just rolls off the tongue.
Sounds more exciting .... I'm excited!
But hey, what's in a name. If the tech is decent then that's all that matters.
...oh wait, wait. One more naming option : iPhone 8 10th Anniversary Pro Edition
