In your opinion. My point still stands and is just as relevant to the topic.
But the discussion point is surrounding Apple releasing a new mid range device. I'm sure we would like them to release something "new" in this price bracket but why would they when they have that price bracket addressed?
And it's not just my opinion. It's Apples. Read through their investor Q&A sessions from the last 7 or so quarters. They have been been asked this question several times in several different ways because they are not well represented in big markets, such as India where they are pretty much nonexistent. Apple feels their older flagships or cheaper devices like the SE address this.
There were rumors that Apple might release an updated iPhone 8 next March but it won't be for 399 USD. They will let their older mods fill that price point.
I also understand you maybe haven't used a pixel 3a. They arent very snappy. This might be a software related issue but I found it to be noticeable. Even the camera doesn't quite take pictures as quick as an iPhone 7 or the pixel 2, nevermind the regular pixel 3
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I think he just confirmed your point! The 3A has a better camera, better screen, the latest Android OS at a lower price than the older iPhones he mentioned.
I don't quite understand. Your thread is asking, quite explicitly per the title, if the 3a compels apple to release its own mid range device.
So how does it compel apple to do that when:
1) Apple has their own products that they feel covers this price range. They have said as much in their investors meetings, multiple times. Do iagree with their reasoning? No I personally don't but you asked if the 3a compels apple to release their own mid range
2) the 3a camera is of course great but that doesn't rule out older iPhones as having terrible cameras. They are good and they are better than most mid range smartphones. The 3a has a great camera simply because Google has designed the best smartphone camera and even a version of its latest camera without the ISP is still damn good. But it doesn't mean suddenly the 6s or 7 take crappy pictures. The 6s and 7 offer more on the video side of things by the way.
3) screen...come on do you think if Apple were to release a hypothetical 399 phone they would put in an OLED display? They wouldn't. Would we like them to? Yes of course we would. They won't though. The retina HD displays in the 6s and 7 are fine. Your eyes can read text messages and emails on the phone without bleeding. For the average consumer this is what matters, if their screens were bad today, people wouldn’t buy their phones today. Apple sees sales at the end of their quarters
4) regarding the OS well apples 2013 flagship supports the latest version of iOS. So a phone 2 and 3 generations newer should reiceve support just as long.
5) apple would have to invest millions of dollars to release a new phone even in the mid range. They already have product lines set up for the SE, 6s and 7 in different factories around the world. They already invested the R&D in the A9 and A10, chips which outperform the adreno gpu and Qualcomm 670 in the pixel 3a. They have more than the required LTE bandwidth support in their older phones. They have fantastic build quality. So what compels apple to release a 399 range device when they already have the production lines? Would apple even release a 399 range device? Has a competitor ever truly compelled apple to do anything? It took them 2-3 iPhone generations to match what the galaxy s6 and s7 did years before.
I’m just discussing around the question you asked in this thread. Should apple address this market? Probably. Do I think they need to? Yes especially in India which is the second biggest smartphone market in the world yet apple has no presence there. But are they compelled to? No, I don’t think they are and I base that off what they have said themselves and trying to understand it from their perspective. The iPhone 7 will still likely outsell the pixel 3a, so why would they feel they need to when they have something is that range?
I’m all ears for discussion but no one has proved anyone’s point lol. It’s all irrelevant and moot because Apple will do whatever they want and we will either praise it or critique it. The consumer will vote with their wallet but apple themselves are convinced that their price points are not the issue with their massive drop in year on year revenue. Or at least, they have convinced most of their investors.
And the end of the day it’s the sales and revenue that drives decisions, so if you’re apple and your 2 generation old flagship has sold more in one month than the entire pixel product lineup has in its entire existence, what would compel you?
