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Samsung Regains Top Spot as Apple's iPhone Shipments Fall in Q1 2024
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They go from round edge to flat edge every 3-4 years so yes it's basically been the same rotation since iPhone 4.
Leaked designs already show this years model will look near identical to the 15 Pro.
Nothing is unique on iPhones anymore. Yet they keep charging high prices for the same tech that has been around for decades and every other vendor has used before them.
Hopefully the sales keep falling until they are forced to lower prices.
Hopefully the sales keep falling until they are forced to lower prices.
It is Apple marketing at its finest a perceived value and premium. What this means is Apple has marketed its products to be very high end. Sometimes that is true and sometimes it is not. What that means is some Apple customer will pay a very high premium for a product is just the same as a lower end product just because it has an Apple logo on it.
They pay this higher price for the logo willingly.
That's really the difference in the products. The customer votes with their wallets....as you say.
Because most of the world voted for smartphones that were not iPhones....
What that means is iPhones make up only 17% market share.
Samsung Regains Top Spot as Apple's iPhone Shipments Fall in Q1 2024
Apple's iPhone shipments decreased by nearly 10% globally in the first quarter of 2024, hit by rapid growth in shipments by rival Chinese...
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I never meant to suggest otherwise. Apple knows they will never have the greater market share because of their business model (selling a closed ecosystem at premium prices), but they make up for this by commanding the lion’s share of profits in their respective markets.
It’s by design, and it’s a tradeoff Apple is happy to make.
That proves my original statement that you quoted...
What that means is they can make more profit by selling way less products than anyone else in the space.
Leads to the conclusion their products are overpriced....
I said....
And I won’t get a Mac again unless they include 3.5 inch floppy disks. Sarc
sim cards are obsolete
Let's see this is an Apple fan site, and people are complaining about what? What happened to each of their own?
Samsung market cap = $400B
Apple market cap = $2.7T
These articles on who wins is stupid. Units doesn’t equal profits. Apple is sitting on $175B in cash. They could buy controlling interest in Samsung and honestly not a horrible idea.
Apple market cap = $2.7T
These articles on who wins is stupid. Units doesn’t equal profits. Apple is sitting on $175B in cash. They could buy controlling interest in Samsung and honestly not a horrible idea.
THIS! I believe we are about to see a shift. People are tired of the same phone. I know I am. Switching too Samsung this year. iOS 18 better be massive off they hope to keep their position.
People will pay if the device has enough bells and whistles
Apple has thousands of patents for features that could be added to the iPhone and yet they come out with the same old features other than a better camera
People used to update their iPhone every year or two, now it’s every 3 or 4 years
By now Apple should understand that customers want more
Apple has thousands of patents for features that could be added to the iPhone and yet they come out with the same old features other than a better camera
People used to update their iPhone every year or two, now it’s every 3 or 4 years
By now Apple should understand that customers want more
It’s honestly embarrassing for Samsung when Apple does occasionally get ahead of them in sales. With all those models and so many price points Samsung should always be ahead of Apple in overall sales volume.
It’s like Mercedes selling more cars than Kia.
It’s like Mercedes selling more cars than Kia.
Yes. I paid for an iPhone 15 as I thought the feature set was worth it.
If you believe a better camera is the only feature the apple website has all of the updates for each model.
Citation.
I think Apple understands what its customer base wants more than MacRumors posters.
Customers can pay extra for an insurance they don't need just to get quick service in person, great. How is that helpful if you just want to swap your iPhone battery after a couple years? The point I am making is bring any phone into your carrier store and ask them to swap the battery. Apple can do these swaps in the store within 1-3 hours - not always and certainly not on an iPhone launch day of course, but usually they complete it the same day.
You won't be replacing the battery every month of the year but the one time you need it done and your carrier tells you they can send it into the manufacturer and they don't know how long it's gonna take... you might just end up not swapping the battery at all.