Posted on 12/26/2017 7:42:38 AM PST by C19fan
Shares of Apple and its suppliers tumbled this week after multiple industry analysts predicted weak demand for the new flagship iPhone. Apple's (AAPL) stock slid by as much as 4% in premarket trading Tuesday.
The radically redesigned iPhone X was supposed to give Apple a boost following several years of sinking sales. Early sales reports were positive, and Morgan Stanley reported last week that the iPhone X is especially hot in China.
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I have several Apple products including iPhones and will continue to do so but Apple was wrong here, particularly since they didn't own up to it until they were caught and didn't give consumers a choice in the matter. Getting a battery replaced isn't a particularly expensive option. You could have a brand-new battery and the phone is still throttled.
A long time ago I railed against the design decision of putting the battery in the phone in a way you couldn’t take it out. The case is sealed, so you can’t change the battery.
In nearly every other phone, you can remove the battery.
Now we sort of know why. I was puzzled we never got a waterproof iPhone even with the sealed cases. They answer was obsolescence, not water contamination, was the driver of that decision.
iPhones are supposed to die. That way you buy more of them. The aftermarket doesn’t kill you.
Just when I think companies are done finding out that violating the trust of your customers is fatal, and that they’ve finally taken that to heart, you get this and the NFL thing.
“Which would you rather have: a phone that runs at full speed but depletes the battery quickly and dies, or a phone that functions as long as possible but at less than full speed?”
I’d rather have one that has a replacement battery.
I was ridiculed by a few Apple fanboys here as a conspiracy theorist, when I posted about Apple purposely degrading phones months ago.
I don’t know - I see that notch at the top and I think this is not a product Steve Jobs would have let ship. Fix the notch and put a fingerprint reader in the display and I’ll buy one.
Theres not much really Samsung, LG, Lenovo (Motorola), HTC and Huawei can do to improve their phones, except maybe embed the fingerprint reader into the touchscreen itself.
The fingerprint id has some serious problems.
1. Older people lose the fingerprint identity with age as they just wear down.
2. Middle age guys in particular, who have had for decades, jobs/hobbies/sports that cause a lot of wear on hands and finger prints. Often like us older folks have basically no fingerprints.
Facial identity seems to work.
Download CPU-Z to get the specs on your phone.
You will find the newest phone is nearly the same as an example my 4 year old (nearly 5) LG G3
Pay $200 or less for a phone. No one can tell the difference.
The screens are all the same.
I am looking for good loud speakers.
To each their own. Never had a serious issue with Apple phones and my spouse finally need her affair with android phones after many failures. People should use what works for them in their home and work environment be that Android, Apple, or .......
Bookmark.
Yes, it thinks all Chinese look alike!...................
Somehow I have survived life on earth without the great benefit of a cell phone. I prefer to communicate with the living—with those that live life fully, not speaking to a plastic screen. I am not pure though as my wife has a device and requires that I speak to overseas relatives every few weeks. Some sacrifice must sometimes be made for blissful marital harmony! Using this format is enough puter for me.
My poor student son got himself one. He is thrilled. He just has to turn on his Uber Eats app a couple more times to make the extra $40 a month payment. For a music student always on the road, its the best computer you can have in your jeans pocket.
Why not let the "owner" of the phone decide on that tradeoff? Is that too much to ask?
Im going to Apple in a few hours. My little boy is getting his first cell phone and Im thinking I might give him my 6 and get a 7. He doesnt speak (some special needs) and is often far away from me during the day in school so he really needs one. I also see no need to upgrade all the way. My 6 is fine except for the charging problems so depending on what they can do with the battery, we will see if its fit for a kid. I dont spend my day on my phone like some. Its a tool.
I cook a lot and in the kitchen even after a Hand cloth dry, fingerprint rec doesnt work because of some water molecules.
I am one who thinks that Apple, wealthy beyond imagining, has lost its way under its current board and leadership team.
They will coast for a while, perhaps a good while, on their cash and on selling nihilistic or degenerate music to teenagers, but my six-Mac/iPhone only household is slowly making the transition to Windows.
Some of this may well be fake news.
We both got iPhone Xs for Christmas, but we got them about 2 weeks before, so I have a little user experience.
Best phone ever. Period.
Face recognition beats the stuffing out of fingerprint. End of story. Try it — you will like it.
While I was getting them, I watched the traffic in the store. Not super scientific, but at least it is a data point. They sold 8 iPhone Xs and one something else while I was waiting.
Only Apple knows the sales figures right now, and they aren’t telling. Everything else is speculation. Right this minute Apple stock is on sale.
P.S. DW already had an Apple Watch — I got one of those also. Amazing little gadget. Works seamlessly with the iPhone and the health benefits may be worth it alone.
I want to patent a smart phone that has a replaceable battery.
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