CelTan

Maybe users of an iPhone have a credit card that they can add.
Many people in Eastern Europe and Russia do not have credit cards and the banking system is far behind modern western standards. 

How is many of those 22m android phones are usd600+?

Here is my problem:
I got a google mini as a Christmas present from one of the vendors that I work with (thanks for not noticing that I use only Apple Products iPad, Mac Pro, iPhone).

I tried it and was about 30 minutes into setup before I gave up frustrated that it can't detect my homekit devices properly. Have to install individual apps, can't play apple music etc.
My Wife said: I take it and put it on her desk.
She did not even bother setting up any smart devices.

When she played music on it, I asked her if she does not hear a difference to the Sonos 1 that we have in the living room.

Answer: They sound the same to me.

Apple will need lots of marketing here to make people believe that they get superior sound and better voice integration.

While I want a HomePod, I don't think I want to go in the argument why to spend 350 USD on a speaker when we have a free one at home.

C

The problem is that those glasses where heralded as the biggest selling thing ever made, all other companies look out. The issue is that almost nobody will remember the failure.

When will people understand that less privacy does not mean more safety?
I had this discussion this week twice and each time the terrorist card was played:
"If the government reading my iMessage just stops 1 terror attack then I am happy to give up my privacy!" 
Great in theory and if the magic would exist to keep it "good governments" only and if I would believe it would stop a single incident, then I may even be persuaded.

Herein lies the tri-fold issue:
1. This magic does not exist - it will get out and will get exploited. It's either total encryption or none
2. There are not so good governments, and you can't really say: Australia is nice, but I don't give it to North Korea (anybody having issues with North Korea reading their communications? 
3. Once all the big messaging providers comply, the 'bad guys' will just make their own little encryption up and load it on their android cheap phones. - IE: They can still communicate 'securely' while the rest of the 'good people' are exposed.

Funny enough the "I don't need privacy" people I talked to did not understand any of the above points.

And what else should they do? "So sorry, mr. Apple, we gave those 70m cameras to... oh wait, there is nobody else that uses that high quality sensors to that scale" It could also go like this: "Sorry, Mr. Apple, we used our capacity to prioritise some cheap iCopies, would you mine coming back next quarter?" Right after that stocks plummet and people get fired for being morons. Same as the nintendo sorry, you produce for your biggest client.