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Apple rumored to revive iPad mini in early 2019 with new fifth-gen model
So why does the SE no longer exist then?GeorgeBMac said:
For the same reason that Apple sells the Xs despite the fact that it also sells an XsMax.rogifan_new said:Not buying this rumor. And I doubt the flat iPad sales are because of the mini. Honestly I think the only reason the mini existed was because for a brief moment smaller cheaper tablets were the in thing and Wall Street and the tech world were freaking out because Apple didn’t have one. Now with the $329 iPad does the mini need to exist?
What is so hard to understand about that?
It amazes me that people defend Apple for sacrificing functionality and usabiity in their quest for thinner and lighter -- but then condemn it for producing smaller.
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TSMC and Foxconn revenues up, contrary to dour iPhone supply chain forecasts
Since when do companies publicly report revenues on a monthly basis? Is that typical?
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Morgan Stanley cuts Apple stock price target over weak Chinese iPhone demand
Apple’s US website earlier this week:
Apple’s US website today:
Clearly Apple wants people to see XR $449 and XS $699. And notice the Learn More link was removed and Buy was changed to Buy Now.
And I’m seeing on Twitter that owners of older iPhones are getting emails like this from Apple.
Does Apple typically send out these kind of emails several months after a phone has been released? And emails where price is the first thing mentioned? I don’t remember seeing things like this last year at all.
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Hands on: How to use the ECG app on Apple Watch
FYI, if you’re on the public beta you need to delete the profile and re-download 12.1.1 to get this to work.
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Apple shifting marketing staff, pushing trade-ins to expand sales of 2018 iPhones
Can you point to me when Apple has done this in the past? I don’t remember them featuring trade-in promotions on their homepage last year. Or offering an additional $100 for customers to trade-in and update to a new phone.macplusplus said:
None of these mean that Apple is panicked, those are routine sales tasks and nothing is unusual. If you’re a business your reason of being is sales. A business without sales is not “business”, it is just a hobby. Trade-ins are good, especially for some international price-sensitive markets suffering from exchange rates. We all know that traded-in iPhones are not trash, they preserve their resale value, with the addition of refurb and backed by a new warranty those may go well to price-sensitive markets. Do not underestimate carrier subsidies, a carrier is a sales channel and sales channels are everything in a business of Apple’s scale. Everything is fine and happens as predicted...rogifan_new said:So this is the front page of Apple’s website right now. I can’t rememner the last time they featured a price promotion at the very top of their front page.
Also, 9to5Mac noticed Apple changed the marketing copy from a one line marketing slogan to a list of specific features:
I don’t usually put much faith in supply chain rumors considering how often they’re wrong but something feels different this year that leads me to believe sales might not be what Apple execs were expecting. I mean if these devices were selling really well why would Apple be pushing trade-in deals (and even increasing the trade-in value by $100)? Why would they be OK with carriers like Sprint and TMobile offering the XR for free with signup? Those are not things you do for products that are selling well.
