I know in the past we essentially had two years of the same design (4S, 5S, etc.). but Apple did things differently with the 6, 6S, 7, 8 generations. Since the sales of the XS and XR are not that great compared to the reception of previous iPhone launches, do you think Apple will rethink their strategy and due a new design change just to jump start sluggish sales and make up for lost ground?
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iPhone XS Will Apple have a redesign next year due to sluggish sales?
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I don't think a new design is going to help them.... I think it's the price that's keeping people away. That being said I do hope they change the design to look like the new ipads, that would be sexy.
I don't understand why people think a new design is needed constantly... who cares what the phone looks like as long as its performing spectacularly? Only thing I can think is "hey look at me and my new iPhone"
Didn't Apple make more money this year than last? Seems like their current strategy is working just fine.
I know this wouldn't satisfy their business model, but how about release a new phone when you have something worth releasing?
It's not the design, it's the ridiculous amount of money they ask for their new iPhones.
Because some people (such as myself) buy an item based on aesthetics.
Any PoS Android phone can do what I use an iPhone for. But I buy an iPhone because I appreciate the design. And since I don't sell my phones to pay for the next one I end up holding on to them for 3.5 or more years. I can't stand looking at a PoS phone (design wise) for that long.
So, since my current iPhone and hell my iPhone 5, can still do what I need them to do I didn't buy the 7, or the 8, or the X or the XS. At a certain point that camera boil gets just too damn fugly.
Now, the next argument will be "You're just going to stick it in a case anyway." And indeed, that would be reasonable - if I used cases. But I don't.
So, "Look at me and my new iPhone" isn't my reason.
The only redesign needed is the prices.
As long as Apple continues to believe that the fugly cameral boil is a design element it doesn't matter how many redesigns they do - I won't buy.
I don't know. But I have decided that I don't like the all-screen phones. I need bezels to give me options for how to hold them. Plus with all screen, I'm always turning something on or off accidentally. It sucks.
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XR needs to be smaller than the XS and $100 cheaper.
No, The X/XS should have been/be the size of the XR and the XR should be the size of the X/XS.
Biennial release? I’m up for that.
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The average sized hand won’t prefer the XR size. Many use their phone one handed & need it - primarily - to be portable, as an unobtrusive work tool. Not a video/games consumption machine.
It needs to compliment the rest of their lifestyles, not be an overbearing device in their hand/s & pocket.
Larger sized phones may well do that for many, but for most, I think the 5.8” seamlessly fits, figuratively/literally.
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I'm still rockin' my iPhone 7+ but I will buy a new iPhone Max if they design it like the new iPads...take my money Apple!
The large majority of consumers have no clue about specs and benchmarks, and I wouldn't call any iPhone currently sold by Apple "slow". Most people absolutely care at least as much about the design as they do performance. Heck, just read these forums to see how many people passed on the 8/8 Plus because it looked "dated" or "obsolete" while praising the X (same chip, memory, and performance as the 8 Plus) because its design is more "modern".
Why do you think that when there isn't a new design there's at least a new colour? Consumers are incredibly superficial, and will buy a new product just because it's visibly different from the last model.
Too late now. Once you reach a price point, you’re never going back.
Anything “cheaper” won’t be as good as current models. ie: XR.
Anything “cheaper” won’t be as good as current models. ie: XR.
Well, that’s subjective. Whatever the XS offers that the XR doesn’t, I don’t personally find I miss for myself. Dollar-for-dollar, the XR is the better value for me, and I’m sure a lot of others feel the same.
I doubt there will be a redesign. Apple is also sluggish in that department.
Apple (rightly) does not force design changes based on device sales. In fact, I would argue a design change will not change the sales of iPhone. The market in most major iPhone markets is saturated and a design change won't change that.
I’m thinking more along the lines of not having a schedule at all. The annual release cycle has forced them into coming out with a new model every year no matter what new features they may have to offer.