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Apple's Tim Cook says increasing pace of 'iPhone 8' leaks hurting sales
People are holding off on buying the iterative update because they are waiting on the major redesign. Happens all the time - and not just with the iPhone or even just with Apple - so no news or shock here. It is only an issue for those who felt that iPhone sales were going to increase indefinitely. Everyone else - including folks internally at Apple - knew that the saturation point was going to happen some time. That was why 2 years ago Apple started making a concerted effort to get Android owners to switch - by playing up security and privacy fears and releasing the "move to iPhone" app - as well as focusing on overseas growth. But peak iPhone - more accurately peak (premium) smartphone - has passed. It may be an exaggeration to say that smartphones are just another product - as they still make Apple the #1 company in history by far after all - but the gee whiz phenomenon factor is gone. People are used to them, which means that they no longer have to go out and have the latest one ... or even get the best one that they can afford (since cheaper smartphones are no longer the brutal devices that they once were ... and by the way now include the iPhone SE, another attempt by Apple to goose sales and draw international customers and Android switchers). -
Apple services, "Other" revenue sources impress with massive Q2 growth
cali said:jungmark said:The analysts have said the watch and the AirPods are failures. how can this be?
funny I see more Beats than ever now. -
Apple services, "Other" revenue sources impress with massive Q2 growth
jungmark said:The analysts have said the watch and the AirPods are failures. how can this be? -
Apple services, "Other" revenue sources impress with massive Q2 growth
fallenjt said:But still doomed? -
Apple falls just shy of expectations with $52.9B in revenue, iPhone sales dip again to 50....
chasm said:Best news from my perspective: Mac sales up to 4.2 million (200,000 more than last year, with revenue up 14 percent). This totally bucks the overall PC trend.