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Is the iPhone X a disappointment? Investors think so
CNN ^ | December 26, 2017 | Jordan Valinsky

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: apple; firetimcook; homosexualagenda; iphone; timcook
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To: ctdonath2
The “caught red handed disabling perfectly good older phones” was a legitimate attempt to prolong the life & usability of degraded batteries. 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 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.

21 posted on 12/26/2017 9:08:23 AM PST by Drew68
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To: neverevergiveup

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.


22 posted on 12/26/2017 9:14:15 AM PST by RinaseaofDs (Truth, in a time of universal deceit, is courage)
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To: ctdonath2

“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.


23 posted on 12/26/2017 9:15:51 AM PST by norwaypinesavage (The stone age didn't end because we ran out of stones.)
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To: MrEdd
Who doesn’t want to buy a phone from a company caught red handed disabling perfectly good older phones?

I was ridiculed by a few Apple fanboys here as a conspiracy theorist, when I posted about Apple purposely degrading phones months ago.

http://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3589032/posts?page=12#12

24 posted on 12/26/2017 9:16:11 AM PST by Mozzafiato
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To: MrEdd
#3 Apple has these zombies to buy iPhones. They keep them caged up.
ping
25 posted on 12/26/2017 9:29:11 AM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: C19fan

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.


26 posted on 12/26/2017 9:30:49 AM PST by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: RayChuang88

There’s 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.


27 posted on 12/26/2017 9:38:44 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Build Kate's wall! Keep illegals and illegal murderers/criminals out of America! MAGA! SLAP ACT!,)
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To: CodeToad

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.


28 posted on 12/26/2017 9:44:44 AM PST by minnesota_bound
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To: manc

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 .......


29 posted on 12/26/2017 9:46:16 AM PST by georgiarat (The most expensive thing in the world is a cheap Army and Navy. - Carl Vinson)
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To: Mozzafiato

Bookmark.


30 posted on 12/26/2017 9:47:31 AM PST by Inyo-Mono
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To: stylin19a

Yes, it thinks all Chinese look alike!...................


31 posted on 12/26/2017 10:00:22 AM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: lee martell

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.


32 posted on 12/26/2017 10:16:55 AM PST by whistleduck ("....the calm confidence of a Christian with 4 aces".....S.)
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To: whistleduck
Somehow I have survived life on earth without the great benefit of a cell phone.

Some people are slow to update the way they live.

100 years from now, you'll come around.
33 posted on 12/26/2017 10:24:31 AM PST by adorno
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To: C19fan

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, it’s the best computer you can have in your jeans pocket.


34 posted on 12/26/2017 10:26:52 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: ctdonath2
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?

Why not let the "owner" of the phone decide on that tradeoff? Is that too much to ask?

35 posted on 12/26/2017 10:28:08 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: AFreeBird

I’m going to Apple in a few hours. My little boy is getting his first cell phone and I’m thinking I might give him my 6 and get a 7. He doesn’t 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 it’s fit for a kid. I don’t spend my day on my phone like some. It’s a tool.


36 posted on 12/26/2017 10:31:20 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: Grampa Dave

I cook a lot and in the kitchen even after a Hand cloth dry, fingerprint rec doesn’t work because of some water molecules.


37 posted on 12/26/2017 10:34:00 AM PST by Yaelle
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To: C19fan

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.


38 posted on 12/26/2017 10:34:25 AM PST by Jim Noble (Single payer is coming. Which kind do you like?)
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To: C19fan

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.


39 posted on 12/26/2017 10:39:08 AM PST by CurlyDave
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To: C19fan

I want to patent a smart phone that has a replaceable battery.


40 posted on 12/26/2017 10:41:47 AM PST by PAR35
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