Re:Apple tells suppliers to produce 10% fewer new iPhones
by mrweasel on Wednesday January 09, 2019 @03:29AM
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>phones are feature complete
This is a much better explanation to slowing iPhone sales than people complaining about the missing head phone jack, the lack of TouchID, the notch or sizes. I don't think any of those design decisions have made any significant number of users pick Android phones when upgrading.
For most of us, there's simply no reason to upgrade from the iPhone 6 or 7, they're absolutely fine, and I'm not sure that the improvement in the camera quality is something that many will notice.
I'm not sure if this is the case in the US, but most carriers here don't have a 2 year upgrade plan, you don't get "free" phones anymore. You can get a payment plan, where you pay of your phone over two or three years, but they aren't getting you a new one, not even at a reduced price.
This is a much better explanation to slowing iPhone sales than people complaining about the missing head phone jack, the lack of TouchID, the notch or sizes. I don't think any of those design decisions have made any significant number of users pick Android phones when upgrading.
For most of us, there's simply no reason to upgrade from the iPhone 6 or 7, they're absolutely fine, and I'm not sure that the improvement in the camera quality is something that many will notice.
I'm not sure if this is the case in the US, but most carriers here don't have a 2 year upgrade plan, you don't get "free" phones anymore. You can get a payment plan, where you pay of your phone over two or three years, but they aren't getting you a new one, not even at a reduced price.