That’s nothing! I’ll cut my estimates by 60 million! And I’m willing to go higher! 
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Ming-Chi Kuo Cuts iPhone XR Lifecycle Shipment Estimates by 30 Million
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This. I was a regular annual iPhone updater up until the 6 plus, then I stopped because it wasn't worth it and the prices were getting daft. I have upgraded to an XR but that will probably do me for another five years at least. I'm sure I'm not the only one.
Wow, I'm so scared. Typical guessing from analysts who made up their original forecast and now make up their revision to the made up forecast with no real data.
Ming Chi Kuo is a good leaker for features, but no analyst has really ever nailed demand for iPhones. It's too hard.
Ming Chi Kuo is a good leaker for features, but no analyst has really ever nailed demand for iPhones. It's too hard.
I think this is the real crux of the issue. For Apple to sell their services, they need people to buy their products. But if people start to perceive that they can get a better value from competitor's devices, how long will they continue to buy Apple products.
Part of Apple's success comes from their market share. I don't know know if they can go back to just being a niche player like they were with their computers. It's pretty difficult for companies to scale down. Just look at Sears in the U.S. as an example.
??? Use my XS Max daily, not had a headache yet!
They do. Evidence to the contrary?
Apple sold more iPhones in FY2018 than FY2017 and for higher ASPs.
This is simply a modification made to yet another guess based on made up numbers. He basically said, "Before I thought they'd sell 100M but due to what I've been hearing, I think it's 70M."
It's literally meaningless.
I believe the combination of this and the prices are the reason for lower demand.
Most reviews I've read of the XR disagree with you.
I gotta wonder sometimes, does he do this on purpose, have the stock drop knowing how much influence he has (despite not being 100% accurate), buy stock low, then sell when Apple says "the iPhone Xr is our fastest and best selling iPhone ever" spiel?
Make it the size of the XS and give it a 1080p display and it will sell like a selly thing
If Kuo owns Apple stock, that would be a huge conflict of interest.
Because that's the subjective opinion of misinformed biased forum posters, rather than what evidence should be--objective and based on facts.
P&L reports will rely strictly upon emojis to provide result ranges.
= must close our doors = why aren’t people buying our stuff! = missed expectations = we did ok = next quarter I promise = made expectations
= blew it out of the water
If he owns the stock then how is revising sales estimates down evidence of a conflict of interests? Seems like he would be doing the opposite if he was taking advantage of such a conflict.
And according to other analyst reports, the iPhone with the highest unit sales is ... the iPhone 8.
Awww...I love my XR. Would buy again, would buy a XR2 down the road......
It only affects a small, unfortunate portion of the userbase, at least as far as we know. If I had to poorly explain, it’s because OLED screens primarily only use the red and green lights to control brightness, so it flashes the blue light at a high, unnoticeable frequency to give off the impression that the blue lights are of the same brightness as the red and green ones. Normally this isn’t a problem, but in the case of the iPhone X line, it’s abnormally low—something like 220Hz, which on most devices is far into the thousands.
There’s no way of accurately determining how many users the problem affects because the average user isn’t aware of the PWM in the device that could be causing all these side effects, but I’ve seen MR users guess that it affects anywhere from >1% of the userbase to maybe even 10%.
I have non-photosensitive epilepsy, but I don’t want to take the risk of all the added eyestrain.
More recently, discussions have popped up concerning the constantly-flashing infrared light used for Face ID, and whether that could be a factor in all this.
According to Apple, it's was iPhone X, at least up until the XS was released. Hmm, wonder who I'm going to believe. Based on ASPs and the fact Apple can't lie, I'm going with Apple.
Weird cause I haven't bought an iPhone since the 6s and even I bought an XR. Giving up 3D touch required some thought but it's probably for the best as it had ergonomic issues anyway.
Why not the XS? Not a fan of pentile screens since the first Androids had them and no interest in fashionable stainless steel or pointless dual cameras.
Why not the XS? Not a fan of pentile screens since the first Androids had them and no interest in fashionable stainless steel or pointless dual cameras.
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When I looked at the Xr 2 things to me really stood out and stopped me from switching this year. 1 the weight it is a heavy ass phone.
2 after having amoled screens of 4k the last 4 years that lcd looked blah,
really bad when viewing from the side or odd angle. It goes pinkish. I keep my screen setting at FHD and not UHD on my galaxy.
One last thing that stopped me was the price of the Xr $749 is too much for it imvho, I found the XS much more to my liking but after buying an s9+ for $425 1k seemed to high. I'm weird that way. I'll switch eventually probably next year. I have a macbook so iPhone is the next logical step.
2 after having amoled screens of 4k the last 4 years that lcd looked blah,
really bad when viewing from the side or odd angle. It goes pinkish. I keep my screen setting at FHD and not UHD on my galaxy.
One last thing that stopped me was the price of the Xr $749 is too much for it imvho, I found the XS much more to my liking but after buying an s9+ for $425 1k seemed to high. I'm weird that way. I'll switch eventually probably next year. I have a macbook so iPhone is the next logical step.
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I think the market is saturated and people are pretty happy with what they already have as it works great for them. I got the Xr because my SE was simply to small for on the road computing to me. I love it and am pretty happy with the size. But I kept my SE with a separate phone number for all the times I need a smaller phone. e.g. when I go running.
I think That smaller size XR comes now that Apple seeing declining sales. Raising unit prices will not work on general public
Hahaha brilliantP&L reports will rely strictly upon emojis to provide result ranges.
Why is it whenever Apple is expected to sell fewer items, it turns out to have been wrong when they actually report sales?
These reports are NEVER true in reality. Look at the numbers people. Apple just sold MORE iPhones at way higher ASPs in FY 2018 than FY 2017.
iPhone unit sales have NOT declined...FACT...despite prediction and prediction that they would.
Moral of the story...these reports are always debunked when Apple reports.
Apple also does NOT and has never guided for unit sales. EVERY "estimate" you see for unit sales is made up by some analyst. That's why Apple said, "Forget it, no more unit sales reporting." It's pointless and focuses on the wrong thing.
I’m good with it. I love Apple but I hope this drives the message that they’ve spiked prices almost double on iPhones and people are saying “no”.
I’m still sticking with Apple should mimic their iPad line:
iPhone Mini: All screen SE2 basically
iPhone: Current iPhone XS
iPhone Pro: Current iPhone XS Max
Make them $599,$699,$799 and Apple would sell tons.
I’m still sticking with Apple should mimic their iPad line:
iPhone Mini: All screen SE2 basically
iPhone: Current iPhone XS
iPhone Pro: Current iPhone XS Max
Make them $599,$699,$799 and Apple would sell tons.