Apple iPhone X Demand Limited, Wall Street Analysts Say

Re:Apple iPhone X Demand Limited, Wall Street Analysts Say by briandear on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @12:00PM (#16009428)

I work out of my house. I rarely go out in public (perhaps once a week to the store,) and I couldn’t possibly care less if people see my phone. I see my phone hours a day. I take a lot of photos, read a lot of ebooks and do a ton of stuff on my phone. My X purchase has zero to do with “status symbol.” It’s a childish and ridiculous assertion that “status symbol” is a primary motivator for a phone. A car on the other hand is far more likely to be purchased based on what the neighbors think. It seems like every 5th car in the South Bay Area is a Tesla, but I have no idea what kind of phones they use. The reason the Prius had such a “distinctive” shape was because Prius owners just LOVE letting everyone know they drive a Prius — but I have yet to meet the person that makes a huge show of owning iPhone. X is literally one of the best phones available today — attributing that desire for ownership to something so trite as “status symbol” is clearly the work of someone who has yet to use one on a daily basis. It’s really great.

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Re:Apple iPhone X Demand Limited, Wall Street Analysts Say by vinceguidry on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @12:20PM (#16009534)

And I honestly don't see what's wrong with wanting the status part of it either. When I started web contracting 5 years ago, the first thing I bought with my money was a MacBook Pro to replace my ancient ThinkPad T40. Makes client meetings go that much smoother when you're using the same thing as everyone else.

Geeks always seem to want to erase the human factor out of everything.

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Re:Apple iPhone X Demand Limited, Wall Street Analysts Say by brahj123 on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @09:16PM (#16012388)

> Geeks always seem to want to erase the human factor out of everything.

it's likely that they have to rationalize their inability to understand/connect with "regular" people by feeling superior about not caring about "status symbols" or the like.

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Re:Apple iPhone X Demand Limited, Wall Street Analysts Say by dkrich on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @12:30PM (#16009590)

I’m sure you got yours because you genuinely like the product. That doesn’t make the assertion that lots of people’s motivations for owning one because it’s a status symbol childish. And I’m sure those people would deny that’s the reason, too. Would lots of people admit that they bought BMWs to impress other people?

What I saw on launch were lots and lots of people Tweeting and posting about having placed orders and then posting pictures of the box. Forgive me, but that’s not something you do if you just bought the phone for utilitarian reasons.

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Re:Apple iPhone X Demand Limited, Wall Street Analysts Say by valuearb on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @01:21PM (#16009950)

"lots" of people is often used to justify lots of anecdotes. Apple didn't sell tens of millions of iPhone X's because it's a status symbol. There aren't millions of unwrapping photos and videos.

A big reason is that in a case it's hard to tell which phone you have, I've yet to have anyone notice I've got an iPhone X.

The iPhone X offers significant enhancements over an iPhone 8 and 8 plus. The difference in cost is relatively minor when amortized it over your ownership life-time. For some people, like my wife, it's still not worth it (esp. if you prefer TouchID). For me it was.

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Re:Apple iPhone X Demand Limited, Wall Street Analysts Say by gaius on Tuesday December 26, 2017 @02:32PM (#16010437)

My X purchase has zero to do with “status symbol.”

Then it's interesting that you felt the urge to post about it - are you absolutely sure your motivations are what you think they are?

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