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Kuo: Apple Watch Series 3 Demand Higher Than Expected as iPhone X Anticipation Cannibalizes iPhone 8 Pre-Orders
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For clarity, I develop on a pro machine and use an iPad Pro for productivity. If I want photos, I use a real camera.
I disagree. For many many years, all we ever heard from Apple, just hours after preorder was open, most if not all variants of the newest phone has sold out and shipping dates have slipped 3-4 weeks or more. Today, shipping is only out 1 week. This is an very different result from years past. You can choose to ignore it, and that is fine, but I agree with others, the 8 = 7 = 6s = 6. While I use the 7, I got it for $300, because my carrier offered me an great trade in on my 6 at the time, or I would not have bought it. I don't plan on upgrading to either the 8 or the X, as again, the 8 just has, for the most part, a process upgrade and wireless charging, and the X, well, same processor as the 8, lost the Touch ID in favor of Face ID, and OLED screen. Really, not worth to upgrade to a $1149...NOT UNLESS my carrier offers me the same great deal.
My take on this, for what its worth, is iPhone 8 sales have tanked, think lead balloon.
So investors have to be kept happy and given a reason for poor sales, holding out for iPhone X at £1000 and notch is not the best reason for tanking iPhone 8 sales IMHO.
Only time will tell.....
So investors have to be kept happy and given a reason for poor sales, holding out for iPhone X at £1000 and notch is not the best reason for tanking iPhone 8 sales IMHO.
Only time will tell.....
Because if they were frontside up one wouldn't be able to determine it from the last 3 iterations.So backwards that Apple even decided to showcase the the back side of the iPhone 8 on its box, while showcasing the front of the X on its box.
Finally a breath of fresh design.This. Waited for this years iteration to upgrade from my ailing 5S, but will make do with the 7. I can wait 3 more years for the iPhone XIV.
I still don't see a need to upgrade from my fully-functional iPhone 6. Maybe I'm nuts, but there are no features in all of these new phones that I am drooling over - especially, at the price points. I miss the days of the subsidized phones from Verizon.
The X is not revolutionary. It's an OLED screen with a tiny bezel. If they had made the screen as large as the entire Plus and gotten Gigabit LTE going, then it would have been interesting. I'd normally buy it anyway, but can't really justify the $1100+ price tag. I had the same thought process with the 7 Plus. The 6s Plus is good enough. Waiting yet another year...
There is not enough upgrade on the 8 from the 7. Atill not sold on the x so ill wait for next year to see what happens with the "regular models"
I'm tired of carrying a giant phone. The X fits all my needs but it's just so expensive - I can still hold off quite a while! Had the smaller 8 been given the portrait lenses, I would have probably jumped up from my current 6 plus.
The X could be cannibalizing the market for the 8, but I've also heard from several friends of mine that they'll just keep the 7 Plus, and they're not exactly people who 'can't afford' the X... I was surprised, lol, because I can't wait until the 27th.
The 8 was essentially old technology before it was even released. Trade in figures for 8's next year is going to be a joke.
Based on reading the MacRumors forums - - endless complaining about the notch, the lack of TouchID, the inclusion of FaceID, the price, etc, etc, etc - - I thought no one would be buying the iPhone X.
Now all of a sudden the fact that everyone wants the iPhone X is obvious news?!?
Now all of a sudden the fact that everyone wants the iPhone X is obvious news?!?
Because the 8 is now glass instead of aluminum and the front side is identical to the 7. Not hard to understand.So backwards that Apple even decided to showcase the the back side of the iPhone 8 on its box, while showcasing the front of the X on its box.
I don't understand the hate on the 8/8+. Sure they don't have the screen or face ID but the plus and the X have almost identical internals.
iPhone X and iPhone Nano (cellular apple watch) are what people want, but I bet they still did a good job of making enough iPhone 8 to meet demand though.
Only because people are attracted to whatever is new and shiny. The internals and functionality, especially with the 8 Plus, are near identical to the X.
I think the 8/8+ is a good upgrade for non 7 owners.
The point of the X is to allow Apple to innovate. They can't mass produce some of the components at a scale of hundreds of millions of units, but they can at tens of millions of units. This allows them to trickle down features and ramp up advanced component manufacture for future versions of the iPhone. In the end it will be a win for everyone because I think things will advance further for everyone with iPhone X than without.