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Nikkei: Apple Told Suppliers to Cancel Plans for Additional iPhone XR Production Lines
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A slow crash, followed by a slow burn. We all can see it coming, it's just happening in slow motion.
Picked up an XR for one of my mother-in-laws yesterday afternoon. My first real interaction with anything X, other than a few friends with X's that I have just seen in passing.
I was pretty impressed, she upgraded from a 5, yes a 5.
Got to work this morning and a co-worker got a X, or an XS, I didn't ask which it is. Helped him with an issue of it not displaying his email correctly. Now I want one, still holding out an hoping for a good holiday promotion.
I was pretty impressed, she upgraded from a 5, yes a 5.
Got to work this morning and a co-worker got a X, or an XS, I didn't ask which it is. Helped him with an issue of it not displaying his email correctly. Now I want one, still holding out an hoping for a good holiday promotion.
Bezels aside.. Looking at the apps most people use most of the time, (iMessage, Safari, IG, WhatsApp, FB, Maps etc) is it even possible for the average consumer to notice a real world performance difference between the cheapest and the most expensive option in Apples current iPhone lineup?
The bang for buck ratio on the iPhone 7 or 8-line is amazing compared to the X-line for most people.
The bang for buck ratio on the iPhone 7 or 8-line is amazing compared to the X-line for most people.
$750 for a 720p screen in the age of 4K tv. The 6 plus had 1080p several years ago. Going backwards to line your pockets is a bad idea.
I have no issues buying phones outright every year, however, I dont see the value in newer phones because my older iPhone 7 is still running well. The new phones have incremental advantages, but it’s not worth it at that asking price.
It should be greatly highlighted that iPhones are supported way longer than android counterparts, which will deter new purchases. My iPhone 7 feels as snappy on iOS12 as the day I purchased it. It’s a double-edged sword because of how stellar iOS is on older hardware. This is what will keep me on iOS for the foreseeable future.
It should be greatly highlighted that iPhones are supported way longer than android counterparts, which will deter new purchases. My iPhone 7 feels as snappy on iOS12 as the day I purchased it. It’s a double-edged sword because of how stellar iOS is on older hardware. This is what will keep me on iOS for the foreseeable future.
The vast majority of iPhone users do not want a small device. Where I live at I barely see any SE or smaller devices. I see more Plus iPhones and 6/7/8 size iPhones. Me personally, I hated the small screen iPhones and jumped at the chance to upgrade to increase my screen size. I don’t know how people can continue to use a size 4 inch or smaller screen.
That’s not what I was saying, but whatever makes you happy.
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Most of this thread is people saying, “This is how I feel”, “This is what I’ve seen” or “This is what I would do.” in a way that makes them sound like some kind of expert we should all be listening to. Of course they aren’t. Everyone but the rare one or two are totally clueless about what’s going on, because all they have is their infinitely limited experience to call upon.
So, just a standard internet discussion then! But sometimes I get tired of it and just want to see someone throw down more than their unfounded two cents.
Carry on.
even for opinions some of this is wrong.
The phablet niche market??? Haha. The plus sized screen has been the biggest or 2nd biggest seller for the past 4 years. Why is the 6s a failed design? What was wrong with it? Sure there was bendgate with the 6plus, but the s series rectified that. Why didn't you put the iPhone 4 into the failed design category? It's had the biggest failed design of all time for Apple with the antenna problems.
But that didn't fit into your rant. So you like smaller phones, eh?
Most men want a small phone? Who knows, I'm sure you don't and neither do I, but, anecdotally, all the blokes I know want a larger phone so they don't press two keys at once. Using those tiny screens was a PITA with larger hands.
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I agree. Apple is making bigger phones because that’s what the market wants. I tried using my moms old iPhone SE to text coming from a 7Plus into a XS Max, I couldn’t type one sentence. Maybe because I have big hands and long fingers.
Most iPhones I see in the wild are either plus models, or X
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So the iPhone 6 was a failure??? Lmao ok pal.
Apple sold over 100 million iPhone 6’s.
There is no iPhone X Plus either. No iPhone 7S and no iPhone 8S.
Idk where you’re getting these ideas from but you’re waaaayyyyyy off.
And please stop with the “if Steve Jobs was here” crap, no one knows what he would think or how he would design phones as times are always changing. That’s just pure speculation.
Apples sales show that most of the phones you list as a failure as actually a very big success. Did Apple piss in your Cheerios or something???
No one that followed the legendary Steve Jobs would ever have the combination of clout and charisma to keep Wall Street off Apple's back. Tim Cook has to dance the dance of the CEO - that's just the way it is.
My working theory is that cost is one of two issues for consumers. The other is face-id and the lack of a home button/fingerprint sensor. Why else would iPhone 8 sales be boosted?
lol, where is iPhone 3GS, 4S, 5C, 5S? ))
SE refresh, 7S, 8S, X Plus is in your imagination
Everything I wanted from Apple was a decent successor to the SE... High tech or not, on one is gonna make me pay $1000 for a phone, sorry Tim.
It is different. The X was the phone for the Apple faithful like myself. We bought it even though we felt it was pricey. The XS and especially XS Max targetted the same demographic. With the XR Apple asks a former flagship price from people who rarely bought a flagship phone. Quite a new experiment.
It's not the former flagship price/ It is the same price as the iPhone 8+ last year, except it is much better phone that the 8+.
I am not surprised at all (here in India). Been an apple user for a decade and the way apple has been slowly jacking up the price year on year, this was bound to happen. The feature additions are just incremental Vs 10's of thousands increase in price. Prices here have gone up more than double over last couple of years, and discounts offered by online retailers was also curbed, thanks to apples new direction of keeping the brand "premium".
Competition is also catching up and killing the premium market, with better products year on year, and unless apple rethinks its pricing strategy, they are going to lose out big time on phones and even laptops.
Sad to see the brand I love falling into the downward spiral, slow and steady...
Competition is also catching up and killing the premium market, with better products year on year, and unless apple rethinks its pricing strategy, they are going to lose out big time on phones and even laptops.
Sad to see the brand I love falling into the downward spiral, slow and steady...
It is 20 Dollars under the price of the 7Plus two years ago which was arguably the flagship at the time. In many international markets it is more expensive than the 7 Plus was. The 6s Plus and the 6 Plus were both 749 at release. Before that the new flagship started at an even lower price.
Well, I use the 8 Plus. Nobody from Apple asked me why. From the statistics it may look like people love big screens, but I think that many people from that category feels the same as me. I'm not using it because I want a huge phone. I want the best battery life possible and all those features that Apple offered with Plus version. It has nothing to do with the love for the bigger screen.
That’s completely understandable. I upgraded for the screen size, better battery and because the 6/6s/7/8+ size iPhones had things that the 6/6s/7/8 size iPhones did not have.
Except you have just made up a lot of 'facts' to justify your point. The iPhone SE did not sell well (compared to other iPhones), while Apple may not have provided numbers, different mobile networks have provided numbers and people don't generally want small phones anymore. You also have phones in your list that don't exist and the latest iPhone models generally sell better than the previous gen. So can't see how you can call any of them failed products.