Posted on 01/17/2016 2:25:53 AM PST by Swordmaker
But all phone makers are going to hurt not having phone service companies subsidizing phones.
People are NOT making the money and even someone making 50-70k are going to wait and not spend $900+ yearly for the newest phone.
This article title is right on up there with click-bait titles like: See the one weird trick i-phone uses that will astonish and amaze you.
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I am NOT going to repeat what I have told you four times before, because you seem to be a slow learner or just completely DENSE. It will make no difference, because the cost will be the same. Apple saw NO DROP IN SALES WHEN Verizon and AT&T started offering their programs that already did that two years ago. . . and T-Mobile has been adding millions of subscribers with exactly that model. Give it a rest with spamming these threads with the same identical comment over and over and over again. You are wrong.
I don’t agree with you but we will keep a close eye on phone company stock over the next 18 months and find out if you are right.
AT&T and Verizon are the main companies and they just stopped phone deals.
Great phone deals at Costco.
Faster CPU and higher level graphics eat batteries. So they will need to do something to keep battery life to at lease what it is now.
I agree. I think Apple will be LEAST impacted by that, as they have the high end market wrapped up, and the high end buyer doesn’t have am issue dropping a grand every two years for a new phone.
Regarding this article, since this intersects the area I work in, I will offer a comment. This guy has absolutely no clue, and is just guessing. As I mentioned previously, Apple is significantly ahead (with performance) of the other companies making the SoC used in phones. They didn’t get there via relying on area/density improvements from moving to newer processes, those are a given; they got there by buying a company that made innovative ARM processors, and continuing to drive improvements in the micro-arcitecture since.
Other than modest incremental performance and power improvements, it’s not clear what is in the future for the Ax. The author speculates a new video processor, but unless Apple has some new software that needs that, it is not clear what value there is there. Higher resolution displays? Why? The retina display is already a higher resolution than the eye can see. Maybe they are going to do somethng similar to the Continuum feature in Windows 10 Phone (connect your phone to monitor, keyboard, becomes a desktop replacement for people on the go).
Interesting. Thanks for posting.
:’) My pleasure.
I really think that people are starting to get geek-toy fatigue. Let’s face it, we’ve been into incremental improvements for a while. I might have the money to get a new phone, but my hand-me-down iPhone 4 (w/new battery) is adequate for my purposes. It’s a tool, not the Center of my Universe.
Lightweight articles like this reveal more about the Motley Fool than they do Apple.
Good post I found this line to be hysterical:
“which should mean good things for TSMC (as this should mean more wafers required at a given yield rate).’
We’re trading our iPhone 5 for iPhone 6 Plus. We only use the phones for the basics. Would the iPhone 6s Plus be worth the extra money for us,or should we stick iPhone 6 Plus.Thanks
Thanks, because I like my 6 but really should have gotten a 6 plus.
The S series has a better processor and camera, but $900?
I told friends of mine on better old contracts than me with unlimited data plans. They changed all their phones out before the deadline of the 8th and saved hundreds per phone. That has stopped.
Exactly, without subsidies I think even if you make 50k or more you will think twice about spending $899 for a phone every year.
New TREND WILL BE THREE YEARS.
Yes, lol. I think the author got one little leaked comment and tried to turn it into a big theory, but not really knowing anything about the semiconductor industry, he just ended up taking a ride on the fail whale.
Apple’s ability to keep things secret is impressive, and works well for them.
Designers just have to control their glee at more space for components with a healthy discipline to not increase power demand.
Been there; done that...
I would strongly suggest at least upgrading to an Apple iPhone 5S. Your iPhone 4 will not run iOS 8, which is the minimum to run the encryption software that can keep the snoopers out of your private information. You can pick up one of the 5Ses for a very reasonable price on eBay and just have it registered with your carrier. You can offset that cost by selling your iPhone 4. They are still being used in 3rd world countries.
As for being a tool, so is my iPhone 6S, but I prefer and can afford to use the best tools available.
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