People can’t afford that shit when groceries and fuel prices are inflated this high. And new phones have tiny incremental changes that nobody gives AF about.
I mean how many people don’t have a smartphone by now? Do they expect to sell more and more every year?
That’s capitalism, baby!
They’ve put all their eggs into the “let’s hope people upgrade their perfectly working phone every year” basket and that basket is getting smaller.
Ironically, if they made another smaller phone like the mini, I’d be more inclined to upgrade.
You and one other person probably because the mini was consistently the worst selling iPhone model
I know and it’s a bummer. It’s basically the same size as the 4, aside from the antenna stuff was my favorite form factor. Guess I’m in the minority who doesn’t need a change for something that works
Yes, that’s why they have planned obsolescence
Haven’t iPhones had service lives far past most other phones? The used market for iPhones is huge compared to Android.
Agree. Lemmy loves to trash on Apple, but this is actually something it’s hard to criticize them over. Especially compared with any other consumer electronics manufacturers.
Yeah it’s like what happened to toasters, refrigerators, and home computers. Nobody gives AF anymore.
I was rocking an iPhone 6. Yes, a 6. My wife had an xs max - two weeks ago she dropped it and it smashed. We went and bought a pair of iPhone 15 pro max phones, fully loaded.
- they are ridiculously expensive - over 2k a piece. Most people can’t afford that. What happened to sub $1000 phones?
- yes there’s a lot of improvements over the 6. But the 6 still functioned perfectly - albeit a bit slowly
- the only improvement I can tell as a user over the xs max is the cameras. They are arguably better. Otherwise it’s the same phone.
- the software is nearly identical on all three versions. There’s not many “ooo this one does xyz like this, and that’s an improvement”
Bottom line: there just isn’t a reason to upgrade a phone anymore, unless they break. Sales HAS to go down if the price point stays the same or goes up.
What happened to sub $1000 phones?
Brother you are the one who bought the most expensive phone on the market. You realize that you’re reinforcing the market you don’t like, right? Your purchase sends a message to Apple that “Yes, we want crazy expensive phones because people keep buying them”
I get that, I do. I wanted the phone I wanted, bent over, and let Apple give it to me with no lube.
But in my defense-I did go an entire decade not buying a phone. ;)
There’s no need for a defense, buy what you want. However, there are lots of sub-1000 phones that are very good.
What happened to sub $1000 phones?
They still exist, just don’t buy the “Pro Max” model. The iPhone 15 is $800 and the 15 Plus is $900
What happened to sub $1000 phones?
They exist. Even iPhones. You just didn’t buy one… wtf?
But where did the $2k phones for sub $1000 go? They’re all like twice as expensive.
Why didn’t you buy an iPhone SE? I have the 2022 model and it started at $429. I upgraded from an iPhone 6S.
The iPhone she sucks though, my mom has one and every part of it (especially the battery) is worse than my cheaper android phone (that’s about the same size)
Mine permanently lives in a battery case, and I’ve never had any performance issues. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Yeah it has a good SOC, but “I use a battery bank” is a pretty weak argument. My point wasn’t that you should feel bad for having it, just that other ppl should know it isn’t good value right now.
Was the 6 the one with 3D Touch? If so, you actually lost a feature.
I believe the hardware for the touch was on the X and Xs
Seems we’re both right.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force_Touch
The 6 and 6s had 3d touch, while 10 has Force Touch
My iphone still has Touch ID 🥰
If you want a good sub $1000 phone you need to go android.
Not even that, the iPhone SE is $430 and is the closest phone they’re claiming to want but then going for the top of the line phone instead.
They said “good”. I phones are not my cup of tea, but the she is particularly bad.
No one says you have to buy a new phone, used iPhones are usually a lot cheaper.
My iPhone 14 Plus was sub $1000 last year. Even an iPhone 15 Plus is sub $1000. And the 15 Pro Max with 1TB of storage from Apple directly is $1599 (this was the most expensive I could find on the Apple site.)
No you don’t. But also, define “good”.
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I’ve just bought an old iPhone 13 Mini (after owning a 12 Mini for several years), because I hate big phones.
I’ve had the 13 mini for a couple years for the same reason, I’d like a newer one with upgraded chips/battery but it looks like I’ll just keep this one till it dies. It’s basically the same size as the 4 and aside from the antenna thing that was the best fo factor IMO
I got a 13 Pro Max originally (because I liked big phones when I was using Android), and the weight and sharp edges just made it hurt my hand like hell. Got a 13 Pro instead, and I’ve been kind of wishing they kept the “Mini” lineup going the more I use it…
Crazy, I would have expected this when the iPhone 14 came out because that one was such a niche upgrade compared to the 15.
The main reason sales fell this year compared to the year-ago quarter is because the quarter before that Apple wasn’t able to keep up with iPhone 14 demand leading to shortages and depleted channel inventory. The following quarter they were able to meet demand and replenish the sales channel leading a boosted year-ago quarter that was $5 billion bigger than it really should have been. Apple didn’t have the same production shortages for the 15 launch. It makes this quarter they just reported look like a big decline but that’s not really the whole story.
The sales always dip at this stage. Most people buy their phones from release till Christmas, then sales slow down until fall again.
Every year.
Good.
Services reached its highest result ever, with a 14% increase over the same period last year.
Apple still manages to make people spend more money on their phones even when they aren’t buying new ones.
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