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Apple doesn't appear to have plans to revive the iPhone mini
Yes, my 13 mini battery has just dropped below 80%. I will have to ge the battery replaced as I have no plans for a larger phone.opinion said:Well, the iPhone 13 mini was introduced almost four years ago, maybe the user base has changed and more are hoping for a mini version now? I just don't get this big monsters of phones, ok for those who want it but not everyone does. Why not add phone support to the biggest iPad and let the big phone lovers use those!charlesn said:
prof said:hmlongco said:
People say they want one. Apple makes one. People don't buy one. Apple stops making one.
Rinse. Repeat.
People did buy it, one dealer I know told me that they sold more iPhone Minis months for months than any other non-Apple or Samsung brand model. Sometimes it's not entirely clear why Apple ditches a product; all bad sales rumours are only unconfirmed speculation.Please. Stop your descent into the conspiracy theory rabbit hole. It's really pretty simple: Apple is a publicly owned, for profit company that is in the business of making products that sell well enough to generate sufficient profit to justify keeping them in the product lineup. It keeps making the products that earn their keep and stops making the ones that don't. End of story, The Mini would still be in the lineup if it sold in sufficient numbers, and the story of what one dealer told you for a product that sells globally is absolutely meaningless. Do you think Apple is happy about EOL'ing a new product after just two cycles? Absolutely not. It's questionable if they even made back their costs for research and development of the Mini, costs for tooling and production, design, marketing, etc. after just two years. This isn't to say that the Mini didn't have its fans, and a lot of them, just not enough to make it worthwhile to keep around. Notice also that no major Android manufacturer, even though they seem to run with every new gimmick feature they can dream up, has stepped in to produce a truly premium mini phone--there's no high end Galaxy or Pixel Mini. That's further confirmation that a sufficiently big market for a premium mini phone is simply not there. It's also worth noting that Apple's low-priced and smaller iPhone SE was always the worst selling model in the whole iPhone lineup.It isn’t really a conspiracy. The mini did sell in large enough numbers that many android manufacturers would dream of for their phones. But for Apple it had small sales compared with their other phones. So in the scheme of things it just wasn’t worth it for Apple to have yet another product line.
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Inside Apple Books -- the best app for book lovers
The current version of Books is better than the app was for a long time, fixing a lot of annoying UI issues. I reckon after losing that court case Apple pretty much walked away for a while.
I use both kindle and books. I try to support Books because competition is good, but I would use kindle more. And that is even though Apple crippled the experience of using kindle by preventing in app purchases.
But Apple isn’t the only bad guy here. it is amazing that Apple lost that antitrust case considering how Amazon leverages its dominance. How it got to buy audible without interference is a mystery too. You can buy a book for a couple of dollars and for a couple of dollars more get the audible version. That doesn’t happen very often on Books, often over $30 for the same audible production.
The other things kindle has over Books is a subscription service, and a very friendly way for new writers to get their efforts on line. New writer discovery is heaps better. -
John Giannandrea out as Siri chief, Apple Vision Pro lead in
To a supply chain guru, the Apple car is attractive because hardware, and looking for that iPhone legacy moment. Ego.
it is no surprise a supply chain guru sucks at software strategy.But like what happened to Forstall, the buck doesn’t stop at the top.
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Apple loses antitrust appeal in Germany, now subject to steep fines and regulations
Germany: we will show those uppity colonials.
And it isn’t just Apple having these troubles. These Eurocrats never rest, because they believe they are doing good.
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Apple loses antitrust appeal in Germany, now subject to steep fines and regulations
Markets don’t care about semantics.avon b7 said:
The numbers that determine gatekeepers are not subjective.anonymouse said:
EU Law is a joke. EU law is so entirely vague and open to subjective interpretation that anyone perceived to have deep pockets can quite easily be deemed to be in violation of it. The way it's written, all they have to do is fabricate a plausible rationale and set, or move, the goal posts to wherever they need them to be, and jackpot!avon b7 said:
https://commission.europa.eu/strategy-and-policy/priorities-2019-2024/europe-fit-digital-age/digital-markets-act-ensuring-fair-and-open-digital-markets_enlongpath said:This ruling is akin to Lamborghini being declared anticompetitive for not allowing 3rd party (including parts made by Ford & Chrysler) dealer installed accessories in the Temorino.
Apple is a minority manufacturer of phones, tablets, and personal computers. As such, they do not now, nor have they ever had anything vaguely resembling sufficient market control for any other their actions to be meaningfully anticompetitive. This ruling reflects a warped grasp of Apple's actual market share.
By Apple's own numbers it qualifies as a Gatekeeper for phones under EU law.
Car anologies don't work well here due the digital CPS nature of the issue.
Also, many jurisdictions around the world are coming to similar conclusions about Apple's anti competitive practices. The US might end up being one of them.
EU law makes a mockery of law.
You may argue about how those numbers were set but not that Apple falls into the group of gatekeepers.
