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You think Apple will switch to a single iPhone next year?
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Yeah but currently I don't know why anyone would actually buy the "Plus" iPhone unless it's substantially cheaper than X. They say X will start around 1000$. But 7 Plus at 128GB is already 870$. If both have the same screen size, but X is smaller, I doubt many would actually buy Plus. Or, they can reduce the price on Plus models substantially.
If you only make race cars, then you will lose on a substantial income from Poor people. That's why big dogs like BMW and Mercedes make affordable cars in a wide price range so many people can afford it.
So to make only one iPhone, would simply be the biggest and dumbest business decision in Apple history.
So stop asking silly questions.
So to make only one iPhone, would simply be the biggest and dumbest business decision in Apple history.
So stop asking silly questions.
If they do just stick with the X iPhone going forward then they'll have to find a way to bring the price down for next year and beyond. Sales will nosedive if only one product is offered at such a high price point IMO.
Look at this way.
The 5th gen $300 ipad, sold more units than any one has predicted by ten fold and continues to sell at steady pace.
Not everyone needs the top and the best hardware, but people do want to enjoy quality products and Apple experience at low price. And the 5th gen $300 ipad was a huge success.
Have you ever shopped at a dollar store?? They have big brand name soaps and shampoos that everyone else sells for $5-$8. Yet dollar store sells it for $1+ tax. At the end of the day, the big brand companies still make money.
Apple needs, let me say it again....Apple needs to have multiple iPhones and sell iPhones at verious price range, so they can make as much money with out making flip phones.
Android devices, have a short life support when it comes to OS upgrade. Yet Apple devices have a much longer OS upgrade support. With Apple you don't have to buy a new devices every two years like you do with android devices.
The 5th gen $300 ipad, sold more units than any one has predicted by ten fold and continues to sell at steady pace.
Not everyone needs the top and the best hardware, but people do want to enjoy quality products and Apple experience at low price. And the 5th gen $300 ipad was a huge success.
Have you ever shopped at a dollar store?? They have big brand name soaps and shampoos that everyone else sells for $5-$8. Yet dollar store sells it for $1+ tax. At the end of the day, the big brand companies still make money.
Apple needs, let me say it again....Apple needs to have multiple iPhones and sell iPhones at verious price range, so they can make as much money with out making flip phones.
Android devices, have a short life support when it comes to OS upgrade. Yet Apple devices have a much longer OS upgrade support. With Apple you don't have to buy a new devices every two years like you do with android devices.
Apple has a contract with Samsung for 92 million OLED panels, followed by a new contract with LG for future OLED panels.
https://www.macrumors.com/2017/04/06/apple-deal-samsung-oled-iphone-panels/amp/
https://www.macrumors.com/2017/07/28/apple-investing-billions-in-lg-for-oleds-report/amp/
Well the iPhone X takes the current 4.7-inch iPhone's horizontal resolution, stretches it from 16:9 to 19.5:9, and decreases points per inch from 163 to 154 (same as the current 5.5-inch). If you apply the same logic to the current 4.0-inch and 5.5-inch models, you end up with a lineup of 5.0-inch, 5.8-inch, and 6.4-inch models. I think that will eventually be the lineup, but it will happen gradually rather than all at once.
I think their plan for next year will be to slide the 5.8-inch down in price and introduce the 6.4-inch model above it. How much they are able to lower the price will determine whether there are updates to the traditional LCD models or not. My guess would be that the 5.8-inch "iPhone 9" slides down to $849-899 and the 6.4-inch "iPhone 9 Plus" takes the $999 point (assuming the X is released at the heavily rumoured $999), and they will choose to price drop the 8 and 8 Plus rather than introduce four new models, going back to the usual two models per year (if the 5.8-inch somehow falls below $800 then this will DEFINITELY be the case).
I would guess that in 2019, the 5.0-inch comes along with last year's specs (like the SE did). That combined with the shuffling down the lineup of the OLED 9 and 9 Plus, and potentially another small drop to the flagship pricing with the "9s" and "9s Plus" (if they haven't yet gotten down to the 700s), eliminates the need for LCD models at the lower end of the lineup, and thus the lineup fully transitions to bezelless OLED displays.
I think the fact that the OLED model is being called iPhone X and not iPhone Pro suggests that Apple does not forsee a permanent place for a "premium iPhone", and this is merely a consequence of them being yet unable to deliver the phone they want to build at the current price points without taking a significant hit to their margin.
I think their plan for next year will be to slide the 5.8-inch down in price and introduce the 6.4-inch model above it. How much they are able to lower the price will determine whether there are updates to the traditional LCD models or not. My guess would be that the 5.8-inch "iPhone 9" slides down to $849-899 and the 6.4-inch "iPhone 9 Plus" takes the $999 point (assuming the X is released at the heavily rumoured $999), and they will choose to price drop the 8 and 8 Plus rather than introduce four new models, going back to the usual two models per year (if the 5.8-inch somehow falls below $800 then this will DEFINITELY be the case).
I would guess that in 2019, the 5.0-inch comes along with last year's specs (like the SE did). That combined with the shuffling down the lineup of the OLED 9 and 9 Plus, and potentially another small drop to the flagship pricing with the "9s" and "9s Plus" (if they haven't yet gotten down to the 700s), eliminates the need for LCD models at the lower end of the lineup, and thus the lineup fully transitions to bezelless OLED displays.
I think the fact that the OLED model is being called iPhone X and not iPhone Pro suggests that Apple does not forsee a permanent place for a "premium iPhone", and this is merely a consequence of them being yet unable to deliver the phone they want to build at the current price points without taking a significant hit to their margin.
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