Re:Apple’s Struggle to Get the iPhone X to Market on Time
by tooltalk on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @10:59AM
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From what I remember, the overall smartphone sales in China is stagnating and Apple's marketshare is shrinking.
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Re:Apple’s Struggle to Get the iPhone X to Market on Time
by MBCook on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @11:10AM
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That’s thought to be one of the reasons why. There are 3 years of phones that are effectively identical looking so if want to show off you have the ‘new shiny’ you really can’t because without close inspection no one can tell.
The X obviously fixes that. There are rumors a big percentage of the supply will be going to China, more than even distribution.
We’ll see.
Re:Apple’s Struggle to Get the iPhone X to Market on Time
by seanmcdirmid on Wednesday October 25, 2017 @10:12PM
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Ya, the X was definitely designed to solve that problem. I don't think it will be nearly as successful in the west as it is in the east (just like larger phones in general).