If so, sign me up for a medium blue.
[doublepost=1550237021][/doublepost]Edited to add: various people need or want phones at different times. It doesn’t matter if MR membership majority agrees or not.
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Red iPhone XS and XS Max Rumored to Launch in China This Month, Again Dropping PRODUCT(RED) Branding
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[doublepost=1550237021][/doublepost]Edited to add: various people need or want phones at different times. It doesn’t matter if MR membership majority agrees or not.
Just another example of Apple only having a strong moral compass outside of china.
Dropping (PRODUCT) from it is a real jagoff move illustrating that instead of educating the communists, they'd rather pander to their (entirely wrong), government-dictated "culture."
Dropping (PRODUCT) from it is a real jagoff move illustrating that instead of educating the communists, they'd rather pander to their (entirely wrong), government-dictated "culture."
Like in this case where we’re not even half way there? We’re just months away from the iPhone XII. 19 months.
Don’t get me wrong, I hate colour updates as much as the next marketing-drivel-hating person.
Not everyone in China like aids, whether it is helping or talking about it, especially having their favourite fortune colour linked to it.
Apple could still donate money from every product Red. They just don't label it any more in China.
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Isn't this expected? Apple is only lowering price across all other Channels.
Apple could still donate money from every product Red. They just don't label it any more in China.
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Isn't this expected? Apple is only lowering price across all other Channels.
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Since this is so important to Apple, couldn't they just, you know, donate for every product sold? Rather than only for the red ones that never seem to be available when sales are highest?
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What modem and WiFi issues?
Have facts or data on that? Or just some anecdotal reports?
Another reason (which I think might be the main reason) is that people generally don’t want to buy a product that is somehow associated with a diesease and it’s considered bad luck in China.
So, because you have low speeds it's the modem, it's already been proven that the Intel modem comes close to the Qualcomm modem.
Just yesterday I saw a plotted graph on 9to5 (I think), not a lot of difference.
In other words, it's your provider/location.
I'd love a Product Red phone at launch.. but I guess it's a way for Apple to generate interest again halfway through the product cycle.
I mean, of course the idea of the PRODUCT(RED) campaign is not only to raise money, but also raise awareness through the distinctive coloration. Perhaps they think people will be more proud to show off a product clearly associated with their campaign rather than just any old iPhone.
Brand awareness, IMO.
But to your point Apple can’t ever do enough. They can’t donate enough money to enough charities often enough and have enough products where they make a donation.
This isn’t an Apple problem per se. Its taking A positive and turning it into a negative. MR posters sometimes do that very well.
If that's the case, there should have been a red iPhone from the beginning. It all starts with understanding the market where you want to sell for.
That's the problem with Apple these days. They don't even know where they have to compete with in certain markets or what the demand for is.
That's probably the reason for the big fail in India too. Selling an old SE while you already can get a full spec phone with big OLED screen for half the price of an SE.
Apple is so out of touch in so many markets
It's not a question of being out of touch, it's a question of exchange rates and import duties.
Apple ware is massively taxed in India, as it's not built there. Apple is trying to change that but it takes time. They'll never compete with the bargain basement stuff but once the phones are built locally, at least they'll compete.
In China the situation is different. The iPhone is priced in line with foreign products and therefore suffer like other foreign products in a similar price range (Samsung, LG, etc)
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If that's the case, there should have been a red iPhone from the beginning. It all starts with understanding the market where you want to sell for.
That's the problem with Apple these days. They don't even know where they have to compete with in certain markets or what the demand for is.
That's probably the reason for the big fail in India too. Selling an old SE while you already can get a full spec phone with big OLED screen for half the price of an SE.
Apple is so out of touch in so many markets
Absolutly. Apple should fire its hundreds of employees in the marketing worldwide and hires you, because, obviouslys, you know best. But maybe, just maybe, there is a lot more going on behind the curtins and we have no clue. In any case, obviously it is apple fault that they are not capable of selling milions of high end 1000 USD phones in India where the minimum wage is 60 USD a MONTH. Maybe they should start selling iPhone 4 at 100 USD in India just for the sake of selling more phones and make you happy?
"Despite the lack of any PRODUCT(RED) mention in China, Apple CEO Tim Cook assured MacRumors in a March 2017 email that the company upholds its charitable Global Fund donations commitment for every special edition red iPhone sold in every country in the world, with or without said branding."
Good stuff (assuming this isn't like Tim's "we pay all our taxes" lie)
Good stuff (assuming this isn't like Tim's "we pay all our taxes" lie)
If you think Apple doesn't understand the Chinese market, you are again mistaken.If that's the case, there should have been a red iPhone from the beginning. It all starts with understanding the market where you want to sell for.
That's the problem with Apple these days. They don't even know where they have to compete with in certain markets or what the demand for is.
That's probably the reason for the big fail in India too. Selling an old SE while you already can get a full spec phone with big OLED screen for half the price of an SE.
Apple is so out of touch in so many markets
Despite the revenue miss in the quarter, revenue was still up y/y in China.
Apple had $52B in sales in China alone in 2018, up 16% y/y. You really think they don't understand the market? $52B is larger than the revenue of the entire Walt Disney Company.
I wish they’d just release red on day one. I always want red, but I’m not going to wait a year to get it.
Shows how out of touch Apple is with the Chinese market. A Red iPhone would have sold hugely in the run up to CNY. Being late for the gate, not so much...
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