There are two reasons I think people are divided over the X and other IPhone models and both are Apples fault.
1. Price: So last year I actually left Apple and went to the dark side and got the Note 7. It was a great phone and I actually was going to stick with it. That was until it was recalled. All the drama around the recall really put a bad taste in my mouth and I thought I would never look at Samsung again. This year when the Note 8 was released I was appalled that they would price it over $900 after what happened the previous year and hoped it would immediately fail to show Samsung the error of their way. Once I found out the X would be delayed one month I got bored and decided to give the Note 8 a month try and guess what, it was amazing. Every bad thought I had melted away. What made it even easier was all the great deals Samsung had. I was able to get a $200 Samsung VISA rewards card instantly through Samsung Pay which helped offset the price. But the difference here is Apple did nothing wrong last year to repent for. Still Apple should have probably priced it stating at $899 I think that would have helped the perception better. People are worried now, if its over $900 now what about next year? Or If they come out with a XL phone will it start over $1000? All valid but the X is still a great phone, but many will not buy because the Price. Sad thing is I don’t think Apple cares, do you? Once the hype dies down sales will come out for the X and I think more people will fell comfortable about buying it.
2. The next reasons is that Apple has to many choices this year. You would think choices are a good thing but just look at Android forums. They are always people fighting over what phone is the Android King, something that Apple hasn’t really had in the past. Something similar happened when the IPhone SE came out and people bashed that phone because of course no one wants a phone that size anymore, but it still sold lots so what do we know. This year it’s the X against the 8 Plus and I can admit that the moment the 8 and Plus were announced I wanted them to fail because every media outlet said supplies were going to be limited and I wanted all Apple resources working on the X model. And there are probably some posters that hoped the X would fail so that Apple will lower the price/get rid of the notch etc. I just hope next year they come out with the IPhone X and an XL version so we can bring peace back to the forum. And at the end of the day let’s just be happy we can even afford a phone and don’t have to rely on an Obama phone. Lol.
1. Price: So last year I actually left Apple and went to the dark side and got the Note 7. It was a great phone and I actually was going to stick with it. That was until it was recalled. All the drama around the recall really put a bad taste in my mouth and I thought I would never look at Samsung again. This year when the Note 8 was released I was appalled that they would price it over $900 after what happened the previous year and hoped it would immediately fail to show Samsung the error of their way. Once I found out the X would be delayed one month I got bored and decided to give the Note 8 a month try and guess what, it was amazing. Every bad thought I had melted away. What made it even easier was all the great deals Samsung had. I was able to get a $200 Samsung VISA rewards card instantly through Samsung Pay which helped offset the price. But the difference here is Apple did nothing wrong last year to repent for. Still Apple should have probably priced it stating at $899 I think that would have helped the perception better. People are worried now, if its over $900 now what about next year? Or If they come out with a XL phone will it start over $1000? All valid but the X is still a great phone, but many will not buy because the Price. Sad thing is I don’t think Apple cares, do you? Once the hype dies down sales will come out for the X and I think more people will fell comfortable about buying it.
2. The next reasons is that Apple has to many choices this year. You would think choices are a good thing but just look at Android forums. They are always people fighting over what phone is the Android King, something that Apple hasn’t really had in the past. Something similar happened when the IPhone SE came out and people bashed that phone because of course no one wants a phone that size anymore, but it still sold lots so what do we know. This year it’s the X against the 8 Plus and I can admit that the moment the 8 and Plus were announced I wanted them to fail because every media outlet said supplies were going to be limited and I wanted all Apple resources working on the X model. And there are probably some posters that hoped the X would fail so that Apple will lower the price/get rid of the notch etc. I just hope next year they come out with the IPhone X and an XL version so we can bring peace back to the forum. And at the end of the day let’s just be happy we can even afford a phone and don’t have to rely on an Obama phone. Lol.
