Funny. It was only a few days ago the fanbois on here were saying 'Not Apple, not my problem!'. Well, that aged like milk.
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iPhone Production May Face Disruptions Due to OLED Display Chip Shortage
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Did anyone actually read the article? “Could” happen to Apple? Based on a rumors site? Seriously? 3 pages of comments?
I think the world need to rely less on jusr few companies to run their lives...
Why? I thought OLED was the superior display tech?
yeah...no. You see there is nothing really you can add year over year to make the computer or phone a new "model". The yearly model refresh cycle is crazy. Now people are addicted to it and need their "fix", and the iphone dealer won't miss selling a batch of new iphones even if it meant it has only different size notch and different colour.
What you say is logical, but logic and business do not work together. SELL SELL SELL, CONSUME CONSUME CONSUME!
Why? I thought OLED was the superior display tech?
yeah...no. You see there is nothing really you can add year over year to make the computer or phone a new "model". The yearly model refresh cycle is crazy. Now people are addicted to it and need their "fix", and the iphone dealer won't miss selling a batch of new iphones even if it meant it has only different size notch and different colour.
What you say is logical, but logic and business do not work together. SELL SELL SELL, CONSUME CONSUME CONSUME!
There are many categories of consumer items that are updated yearly (cars, appliances, TVs, to name a few). Some aren't and are updated when the company releases and update. As far as iphones go, yearly models are their part of their consumer strategy.
Samsung has been struggling for years with the declining sales, but they still make a great device. The ‘Note’ in my opinion, it’s just too large and isn’t really all that much different from the standard Galaxy series aside from the S-pen. Smart phones have matured so fast over the years, that they don’t really need an annual release, but of course generating revenue is a totally different spectrum for ‘Big tech’.
they follow the same strategy, they change a simple thing and then call it "the new model" to make it attractive. Back then Apple updated computers silently. When there was a real new model like original iMac to flat screen iMac or flat screen iMac to all-in-one iMac they made an announcement and there was years apart.
I'm pretty sure all the iPhone 12 Minis that are ever going to be made are already made.
In my own opinion, the updates to each iphone model over the years were more than a refresh. There have been some substantial functional updates that were part of the yearly release.
- 5 to 5s brought 64 bit plus ios 7.
- 5s t 6 brought a larger phone
- 6 to 6s was an insane cpu jump along with total redesign and force touch
- 6s to 7 brought camera improvements
- 7 to 8 brought the introduction of the neural engine
- x to 11 brought night sight plus others
- 11 to 12 brought 5G plus lidar and others
To me each iteration had substantial jumps in functionality. Certainly your opinion of these updates may vary, but then the argument becomes he said and she said and what's an important update and what is not in one's own opinion.