Smartphone shipments: Apple down 30%, Samsung down 8%, Huawei up 50%
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#2Check out Dave2d's YouTube video about the same topic. Essentially it is argued that phones are going to become a commodity like printers. But he concludes that Apple is likely to escape that fate due to their ecosystem. Regardless time for change in the phone industry.
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#3Apple has been raising prices even with diminishing demand.
In Europe iPhones are more than €1000, and besides a few people most don't see any value in newer models anymore and just stick to their current model for as long as possible.
When they buy a new one, most people choose a budget model because nowadays they work just as well (I guess Huawei's growth makes sense, then).
Personally, I also find all new iPhones extremely ugly. I have a Moto G5 and not only does it work great, it doesn't have a notch and I paid 1/5 what an iPhone costs.
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#4That's probably because smartphones are way too expensive.
Huawei and Xiaomi sold a lot of phones because their phone are good enough not to make people miss iphones and stuff yet cost only a fraction.
Personally, I got a brand new Xiaomi phone for 200 euros off Amazon with a 4-core cpu, 5.5 inches display, 64 gb storage and 4 gb ram. So far it served me good and has done everything I've needed.
I got an iPhone 6 from work for on-call availability, and it is actually superior in many ways, but despite this in no way I'm going to drop 800-1100 euros on a phone.
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#5Last summer I replaced an iPhone 6 or 6s with a 7 that cost about $500, or half the cost of the new, high-end phones. I don't perceive the new ones to offer 2x the value of a new or refurbished 7.
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#6Check out Dave2d's YouTube video about the same topic. Essentially it is argued that phones are going to become a commodity like printers. But he concludes that Apple is likely to escape that fate due to their ecosystem. Regardless time for change in the phone industry.
Unrelated, but I just wanted to say Dave2D is great. I'm normally not the biggest fan of Youtube product review channels; I think they're a little vapid. Dave seems objective and gives insightful, broader analysis and does a good job of putting products in context of what's available.
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#7I've never been a fan of Apple because of price. I liked the Google Nexus a lot, until the prices rose also.
Now on a S9 from work.
Fyi: I still prefer the bare Android experience and not the Samsung shell though
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#8Give me a smartphone I can install with what I want.
Re: Smartphone shipments: Apple down 30%, Samsung down 8%, Huawei up 50%
#9That's probably because smartphones are way too expensive. Huawei and Xiaomi sold a lot of phones because their phone are good enough not to make people miss iphones and stuff yet cost only a fraction. Personally, I got a brand new Xiaomi phone for 200 euros off Amazon with a 4-core cpu, 5.5 inches display, 64 gb storage and 4 gb ram. So far it served me good and has done everything I've needed. I got an iPhone 6 fro…
And Apple increased prices even further because they saw this coming (might as well be a self-fulfilling prophecy though).
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#10Last summer I replaced an iPhone 6 or 6s with a 7 that cost about $500, or half the cost of the new, high-end phones. I don't perceive the new ones to offer 2x the value of a new or refurbished 7.
I got an iPhone X from work but wanted a personal phone as well and just bought an iPhone 7 because it felt ridiculous carrying around two brand new really expensive phones. My previous phone was a Samsung Galaxy S9 but I decided to ask for an iPhone when I changed jobs, to avoid Google.
I actually prefer the iPhone 7 to the X and even S9, I see very little reason to get anything newer.