Re:The iPhone SE was the best phone Apple ever made, and now...
by ianai on Friday September 14, 2018 @10:51PM
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That’s the problem with monopolies. They’re the company offering iOS devices. So if they suddenly make only big phones then there won’t be any demand for small iOS devices because none are for sale (new old stock doesn’t count). It automatically makes the big phone choice a winner simply by incumbency. As a result, Apple cannot know the size of the small iOS device market.
Re:The iPhone SE was the best phone Apple ever made, and now...
by jonknee on Saturday September 15, 2018 @07:32PM
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> Apple cannot know the size of the small iOS device market
What are you talking about, Apple knows this more than anyone. Why do you think they abandoned the SE?
Re:The iPhone SE was the best phone Apple ever made, and now...
by ianai on Sunday September 16, 2018 @02:47PM
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Without trying to answer why, they appear to have discontinued 1/3 of their line if this source is accurate.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/804398/us-iphone-sales-b...
The 6s and SE were their last remaining headphone jack phones. Maybe they’re trying to force the wireless headphones change as well as pave a way for new models. The SE actually sold more this year. But adding it’s 8% made it a clear 33% model replacement.
By selling what the market wants? From sales figures it is quite clear what people want and it's probably because the phone is most people's primary computer outside of work. That's not the case for a typical HN user, but big screens make a lot more sense when you don't come home to a computer.