Here, I got one, use it every day.Where did all those iPhone 5 go? I'd expect 4Ss and older to be out of commission, but not the 5.
Here, I got one, use it every day.Where did all those iPhone 5 go? I'd expect 4Ss and older to be out of commission, but not the 5.
Amazing.
In Sept 2013 there were about $53 million active iPhones in the USA
In Sept 2015 that number almost DOUBLED to $100 million
Interesting to see 5C and 5S holding so strong.
Wow! just shows a total lack of individuality in that country - time to rename it, iClone 6s or something similar.
The flaw is not just the low number of surveyed people. The bigger flaw is in the fact that they ask people who just bought something new from Apple. This is very likely to be the group of people that has lost or broken an older iPhone.But they do this survey every quarter. So they have data over many years.
If they acquired that data in the same way, it's not making it better.And they also have a lot of data on how long people tend to keep their phones.
This helps explaining why the iPhone 5 is sliced in three in the last quarter, according to this chart. This seems not very realistic. The 5 is still holding up fine under the latest iOS version so there is no reason why it would be discarded so dramatically in just 3 months.-- "CIRP analyzes data on iPhone buyers, their new model selection, and their prior phones and compares that to iPhone sales data adjusted to the U.S. market."
And remember... the bars on the chart show how many iPhones are in-use.
Probably true, but it's not how you make a chart. If they would make charts based on assumptions in the line of it's safe to say they would never find unexpected phenomena and more exact details like when curves break, while that is exactly what you would want to find – if there are any.And remember... the bars on the chart show how many iPhones are in-use.
Let's pick a starting point for the iPhone 6, for example. The survey in Sept 2014 found that people purchased an iPhone 6. CIRP has that number.
The next survey in December 2014 found that people purchased an iPhone 6 then too. CIRP has that new number... and they add that number to the number from the earlier survey. That's why the bar on the chart gets longer.
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And so on...
It's safe to say that the people who purchased an iPhone 6 in September are still using it the following March. Most people keep iPhones for over a year... mostly two years.
Now you're spot on. Apple knows, but Macrumors heading gives the chart a little twist of you don't read the article closely (which a lot of us don't).So the chart shows more iPhone 6 in-use as more people buy them... and as people use existing iPhone 6
Finally... whatever data they have collected from those 500 surveys... they extrapolate that with the estimated numbers of US iPhone sales.
Is it perfect? Nope. But it gives you an idea. Apple knows EXACTLY how many iPhones are in-use in every country around the globe. But since they won't share those numbers... this is what we have to do.
Also I believe the 5 was only sold for a year then remade into the 5CIs it odd?
The 5 is a year older than the 5C. So the 5 would be out-of-service quicker than the 5C.
Considering that Ericsson reports that 13.8x more Android users switched to iPhone than Apple users switching to Android, it looks like you are one of the minority.That is an insane number of people! I recently switched from Android and couldn't be happier.
Most surveys I've seen have pegged the U.S. iPhone market share close to 50%. Globally is a different story though.One third of the whole population is using an iphone? Meh, I don't believe that number. It's impossible in my opinion.
With my iPhone 5 I am clearly in the minority.
It appears most of us 5 users are here on MacRumorsWith my iPhone 5 I am clearly in the minority.
This article's heading says 'US iPhones in use', but this chart shows how many iPhones are in use by US buyers of new iPhones. Quite a difference from the chart of the total US iPhones in use.
If they really do do plan obsolescence, then it's by far the worst planned thing Apple does!I guess planned obsolescence worked then.![]()
Where did all those iPhone 5 go? I'd expect 4Ss and older to be out of commission, but not the 5.
How are the 6s and 6SP bars so small? I thought they were the best selling iPhones yet. Shouldn't they have more share than the 6 and 6P?
I gave my 5s to a younger friend and he still hasn't bought cell service, but uses iMessage and iCloud over wifi. He seems pretty happy as it is his first smartphone. I think the 5S will really hold up well because it has 64bit A7 and its performance is still on par with Cheaper android phones. I used it with iOS 9 and other than a couple animations it was very smooth.
I'm hoping this 6S I have will hold up just as well. It is amazingly fast.
I know several people - 7-8 actually including my self - who are holding out for a 4" phone (or at least a form factor that facilitates one-hand use and fits comfortably in a shirt/pants pocket), even tho their models are not compatible w/ A-Pay. A well-featured 4" iPhone would make a lot of folks happy.
Thank you Chinese Labour-force.