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Ming-Chi Kuo Cuts iPhone XR Lifecycle Shipment Estimates by 30 Million
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Not much different than most evening news weather people.
We still got three 6s in our household. As far as "real life" performance for our usage , they are on par with the latest offerings. Batteries replaced for $29 each. New phones tempt me for the larger screen but that's about it. What does the Xr bring to me with iOS 12 that I can't do with the 6s other than the fake bokeh stuff, face id, wireless charging and the animated emoji? All stuff I've been without and don't need.
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and the 85 folks on apple forums as well
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/8201101
This is the exact problem. Without something that takes advantage of the extra power/capabilities, it's not compelling. Without carrier subsidies it's an even more difficult buy.
Meanwhile THRONGS of people in this very forum and others declared the AirPods were a DOA product - “So unapple” “Steve Jobs spinning in his grave”. The designs are hideous “no one will buy them”... I could go on and on and on...
Meanwhile “Best Buy says AirPods were
the Number ONE product consumers are buying”.. at the rate I see them in the wild - this is a SMASH HIT product that to this day has NO COMPETITION...
What about Steve Jobs? And Tim can’t get “anything” right? “Apple can’t innovate”!
Oh one last thing (lol)
Apple Watch.
Enough said.
C’mon people. The smartphone has run its course. All the companies need to find a newer reason why people MUST upgrade.
less than 100. Just wondering why there hasn't been any news stories or independent investigation into Apples flagship phone causing headaches? Probably because the issue affects so few people that, while unfortunate, it is not a big deal.
My close friend still has his 6s+, works great. It's honestly as good as my X in daily life aside from the camera and technology.
And quite honestly. with the 12.1 update is just as fast as my 7Plus. At first iOS 12 was snappy, no idea what they did with it.
Omg x1000 on this, PWM note...
I got rid of my X to get the Xr specifically because of the flickering night use.
Also noticed that the colours were really “off” in the night time, dim setting too.
Really annoyed
But also really happy with the Xr.
BT 5.0 (big deal if you have the AW), extremely better camera, faster processing, improved WiFi, depending on cellular company you can take advantage of more bandwidth available
The big phones are for people for whom their phone is their only device. It's a market that doesn't really exist in the US, but is the reality in a lot of the world.
I wholeheartedly agree that now it is up to real numbers to speak for themselves in February. It seems to me that there are a lot of problems the market conjures out of thin air. I think AAPL execs knew the stock would take a hit when they decided to not give the numbers on units of phones. Better take the hit now and shed 5% or 10% right now. The percentage would be a larger piece of pie later if they put it off.
Once 5G Network fully operational, a dedicated smartphone unnecessary. The Computer and wearables will replace the smartphone. Already, most of my texts and calls are via the Apple Watch. Today, the network holding back innovation and thus we still depend on 10 year old technology.
Agreed
Most ppl don’t notice.
I didn’t notice for a long time either - until headaches- migraines season started for me... change in weather, rain, etc
The flickering X screen didn’t help.
Wife loves the Xs max. She doesn’t notice, so yeah, it’s not a big deal - for most.
That's was the point of the youtuber's challenge (Test was done by showing the same video). And it was not close, the Xr handily won. He wanted to prove and he did, that the spec shaming of the Xr was not a real thing. When the results showed it, commenters then wanted to say it is a cheaper phone that's why it lost after the whole internet said it would have a better screen. Until somebody can match apple with an edge to edge(sides and top and bottom) LCD, FaceID, A12 chip performance with a lower price the Xr will cost what it costs.
He's good on SPECS, but no one is good on sales.
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Again, no. We are talking 12% versus 6.5%, which is less than 50% and the actuals aren't in yet. Yes, the growth in Q1 might slow, but we don't have the numbers to verify it yet and the EPS will grow, which is all the matters in the end.You can twist however you want to analyse data to suit your need.
If Apple's guiding is correct, that would mean that their growth have significantly reduced (-75%), on a year-over year basis.
So Apple is "running out of steam" after all.
We've discussed the law or large numbers, so growth gets harder as the numbers increase.
I don't consider growing sales $6-8 billion dollars in 90 days running out of steam. Some would call that a good year. That's why I don't use silly commentary. I just look at numbers.
It’s too expensive, $749 and up is NOT budget or “low cost” in any way. Just a couple years ago that was their high end, now they’re trying to pass this off as a “budget” price, give me a break. Apple is going off the deep end with these prices.
Now let me get this straight....that is a whole 85 people? Just staggering.
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I'm beginning to wonder if you're like the only person who gets it here when it comes to the business.
You can't blame him. All these phones coming out today are just a distraction until the 5G phones roll in next year.
Yeah, if you haven't noticed, iOS is a pretty big reason to stay. I guess you have noticed...since you are staying.
The Pocophone is a piece of crap. Unless you're poor, you're not going to be interested in $300 saving over the life of a device you own for 2-3 years and is in your hand hours per day. And if you're poor, you likely didn't have an iPhone in the first place.
I doubt very seriously anyone who had an iPhone is switching to a freaking Pocophone. They'll maybe switch to a high end Android, but even few will do that because they cost similar dollars and run an inferior OS.
People who are comparing the XR to the 5C are comparing apples to oranges. The 5C was a flop because it was year-old internals (the iPhone 5 guts) put in a cheap plastic enclosure. The XR has the exact same processor as the XS. And you can get a lot more bang for your buck with storage. $800 for 128gb XR-- a great deal for lots of storage. XS doesn't have a 128gb storage tier for only $50 more than the baseline model. So RX is nothing like the 5C.
Not to derail, but I'm wondering what exactly do you think "5G" is and what will a "5G phone" be able to do?
Time for Apple to start thinking about what comes after the iPhone. People aren't impressed with the incremental upgrades anymore or cutesy yet useless stuff like Animoji and Memoji. Time to innovate and bring us the next-gen smartphone again that will make us more productive and our lives easier and smarter.
Imagine a job where you can guess wrong and be off by 30 million and no one cares.