Given the price of the XS / XS Max, Apple should've included the fast charger in the box.
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Kuo: Apple Watch Series 4 Pre-Orders Above Expectations, iPhone XS Seeing Lackluster Demand
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Given the price of the XS / XS Max, Apple should've included the fast charger in the box.
I’m upgrading from an X to an Xs Max also.
Word. Very misleading.
The Max is going to be more popular than the Xs, which I’m sure Apple predicted. The Xs form factor has been out for a year.
The Xr is going to sell like hot cakes.
I don't want to put words into Fortimir's mouth, but he more or less hit the nail on the head IMHO. My wife had the 6s and 7 (she dropped the 6s in water) and its completely indistinguishable of an upgrade given her relatively ordinary usage. Another person I know went from 7 to the 8 after an accident with it as well, and other than the color change, they reported back it was basically the same phone. For most people, the 6s/7/8 were pretty equivalent. A lot of these 30% faster, etc., improvements don't really show up unless you're heavily taxing the phone in games or some such thing. Some of the other changes (i.e. glass back on the 8) are not game changers. So you pick up wireless charging, eh ok. That's specifically when I'm not using my phone...the cameras on those phone are also fairly similar. Its been pretty incremental.
Now the X is a big jump up, but that's hugely reflected in the price. Previous major flagship changes haven't done that. Its definitely a curious evolution Apple has taken to here. Now phones even in moderately expensive price ranges (like $500-$600) are just old models. The price creep and then jump, over the years has really been astounding.
The switch from nonbiometric passwords to the biometric touch ID (fingerprint scanning that really worked) is pretty clearly, I think, a much more dramatic breakthrough than the switch from one biometric method to another, in some ways better one. And sure the XS Max is twice as fast is the 6S plus, 3 times in graphics -- but that took three generations.
So we have real steps forward, but (in comparison to earlier steps) small steps forward.
Hopefully they come up with much more material uses for the Neural Engine ASAP. Hopefully it will be a big, practical deal down the road, and not just bokeh.
I don’t think anyone on a forum is capable of understanding what goes into designing these devices, myself included. But it’s so easy to sit back and throw stones.
Im not going to argue that cheaper phones exist. Some might be better. So what? That’s the free market. Buy what works best for you. Frankly, Apple has NEVER been a brand for price conscious shoppers.
Would make complete sense and I'm confident Apple knows this too. The way they've priced these new phones should be the clue.
Agreed. Kuo knows his stuff, but he’s just extrapolating what makes sense.
The Xs is essentially an updated X, which has been out for a year. Why wouldn’t it see lower demand than a new 6.5” screen?
Apple also likely knew this would be the case.
The strategy seems to be to give the Xs and Xs plus a head start (higher margin phones) and everyone who can’t wait will order those.
Then drop the lower priced variant well in time for holiday shopping and let the rest buy the Xr.
Are you arguing that iPhone 4 was not a "slightly significant change" in design?
I see what you’re saying, but you have to understand that there are sooooo many people out there that will buy Apple products regardless.
I’m sure Apple is not worried at all. They priced the phones like this for a reason. People are willing to pay and this holiday season will be another record breaker.
You should see the Apple Stores in NYC during October November December.
Something tells me that we might see a price drop next year when the next generation comes out.
"It's technical the fastest iPhone X, because the GPU doesn't need to render that much pixels and scale it every 60 pictures per seconds. That's huge!"
That's an excellent point and thanks for the link
Do you have any of the other iPads listed for that charger? The hyphen in my post was iPad 2 though iPad Air 2, including minis.
No iPhone ever came with that charger.
I’m not so sure that was the strategy. The rumor mill says that they are having issues with the display of the Xr. So it’s likely they intended to release all three together.
At the end of the day, it's the experience and ecosystem that matters. And I disagree with there being other cheaper phones with better technology. Apple's processor / sensor design team & technology is 2nd to none.
Apple charges what it believes the market will bear and has generally done so to great success. We heard a lot of this same song and dance last year regarding iPhone X's sales performance and it proved to be a steaming load of bullpucky.
Yep, my bad but "The even more expensive XS Max has good demand." is not a good sign.