Posted on 01/23/2018 7:25:13 AM PST by markomalley
Apple will discontinue the first-generation iPhone X when the second-generation model launches later this year, rather than bump the device down its smartphone lineup for lower than $999, according to KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who clarified his earlier prediction with a follow-up research note today.
Kuo said that Apple keeping the current iPhone X in its smartphone lineup for a reduced price, such as $899, would likely cannibalize sales of the mid-range 6.1-inch iPhone with Face ID and a LCD display that he expects to launch in the second half of 2018 for between $650 and $750 in the United States.
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Thanks markomalley. I'm a flip phone user, but thanks to the way life just grinds me down, grinds me down, I'll have a feature phone (nice and cheap one) before midyear (this year for sure). I just want to be able to make and take calls, take pics, and upload them to FB and/or email via wifi. It's a phone, it's not an alternative lifestyle.
Tim Cook got his bonuses last month, and enjoyed a 74 percent increase over 2016 -- yeah, that really sounds like the iPhone X has been a miserable failure.
And although it is making the rounds again, as it was a few months back, Apple didn't have its suppliers cut 40 percent of production on the X -- there are two models of iPhone 8, along with a few each of the 6 and 7 (plus I think they still make the SE), any production cuts (and remember, 74 percent increase in Cook's bonus) are likely in the older models, and also likely to be a shift from stuff that is being discontinued into models which are not.
There's a rumor that iPhone 6+ owners will get a free upgrade to iPhone 6s+, probably Apple's way of addressing the battery/software contro.
Apple's finally gotten serious about the India market, and is building the iPhone 6 (I think) in Banglalore.
Earnings come out after market close on the 1st -- expect plenty of fake news before then, as the big wheeler dealers try to get the stock at a lower price.
And honestly, cheapskate that I am, I just don't want to pay that much for a phone. Doesn't matter if it's an iOS based phone or a Droid based phone, I'm just not spending that much for something I use to text with, perform the occasional mobile search with and make an occasional phone call.
? Would I use the heck out of an iPhone if one was given to me? Sure. Pay for one? Nuh uh. (Same for a Samsung Galaxy 8 btw ..... won't pay for one of those either.)
The current iPhone X is solid and works great, so I'll probably keep it until the battery dies at the pre-planned 2.7 year mark. :)
Heh... a month or so back there was a financial "analyst" (blogger) who put out a piece titled " Apple Is Doomed In 2018". That guy admits that he has been wrong for a year (meaning, I guess, that he wrote a similar op-ed over a year ago), but attributes the 47% price rise to Warren Buffett's "buying spree" -- holdings now worth $20 billion, and starting in May of 2016 -- which has resulted in B-H's portfolio of AAPL rising to a whopping 2.1 percent of outstanding shares.
I'm sure that Mampilly knows much more about investing than Buffett. /s
LOL!
Ford and Apple have that in common. The power management update (released about a year ago today) was designed to keep phones with older, failing batteries from unexpected shutdowns, and did it by slowing the processor. Offering to replace the batteries for a much lower price was a smart move, I suspect the rumored upcoming upgrade of older iPhone 6 models is also related. It's not often that an automaker swaps a brand new vehicle to any owner of an older model, and it may not happen, but wait and see.
Yes. That is true. In most cases the carrier that has your contract decides which upgrades to push on your phone.
It is not as bad any more but each carrier used to block cool features on Android devices. I have had Verizon for about 15 years and the first smart phone I had in 2009 had about three features I wanted blocked. The only way to use them was to Root the phone and, even though I was pretty good with computers, I did not want to brick the phone and pay another $500 for a new one.
“...until the battery dies at the pre-planned 2.7 year mark. :)”
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I noticed your smiley face so you recognize the silliness of this whole “batterygate”. I have an iPhone 6 (and until very recently an iPhone 5). I’ve never had battery problems with an iPhone and our family keeps iPhones for MANY years (We’re old fashioned, I guess, and still believe in “hand-me-downs”) before we sell them.
I also understand “the good” Apple was trying to do for its customers who own older iPhones with old batteries. Apple certainly fumbled the public relations regarding the change. If an automobile manufacturer released a software update to their older cars that would prevent battery failure on a freezing day at the “cost” of requiring an additional crank of the starter, I would recognize that as a GOOD thing.
Erratum, Apple’s building the iPhone SE in Bangalore.
What does it cost them to manufacture the thing? Twenty bucks?
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