Apple's iPhone Shipments Plunge in China as Huawei Tightens Grip

Post by pjmlp » Mon, Feb 11, 2019, 7:57 PM UTC

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Quite the contrary, hardly any performance difference for 90% of the consumers not playing Fortnite on their phones. No one cares about lack of updates on Android phones, only geeks like us. In fact many consumers disable automatic updates with fear that an update will bring a totally new UI to their favourite apps, forcing them to relearn where everything has gone to. Finally, by being much cheaper means that when t…

Like I said below, have you used the 2018 Moto G and compared it to an iPhone that's three years older -- I have. It's downright sluggish doing simple things.

Post by scarface74 » Mon, Feb 11, 2019, 8:08 PM UTC

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And from a profitability standpoint, the people who are buying $60 Android phones aren't making anyone money besides the carriers. Why go after an unprofitable segment of the market?

Because eventually there aren't any buyers left willing to spend buckloads of money as Apple is slowing experiencing the mobile version of PC vs Mac. Their back account might hold for a couple of decades to come, but eventually they will need to come up with something else.

Post by pjmlp » Mon, Feb 11, 2019, 9:32 PM UTC

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One of the guys at the office last year was quite happy for sending photos, sms and doing phone calls. Not everyone wants a computer on their pocket.

My son complained that he could barely use Uber or the various streaming apps.

Post by scarface74 » Mon, Feb 11, 2019, 10:09 PM UTC

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Yes because phones last forever. Last I checked, they haven't run out of people to sell Macs to and they have been around for 35 years....u Or are you saying that the "current generation of phones should be enough for anyone", Bill Gates style[1]? And if Apple experience the PC vs Mac “problem” that seems to be a good thing. Apple is the only company making any serious money selling computers while the rest of the PC…

Apple is still around because NeXT did an inverted take over, they were at the edge of declaring bankruptcy after the continuous failure to create a successor to MacOS. Macs are a tiny percentage of current business, and only at reach of first world countries. Around 10% world wide. Phones don't last forever, which is another reason not to spend diamonds on them.

Post by scarface74 » Mon, Feb 11, 2019, 10:49 PM UTC

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My son complained that he could barely use Uber or the various streaming apps.

Your son's use case isn't an universal one, as mentioned, my work colleague doesn't do nothing of that.