claire1

MacPro said:

Bokeh is a result of artifacts caused by lens shutter blade diffraction.  Human eyes see the depth of focus blur due to the iris getting larger without this.  Yet we photographers still cling to the idea that mechanically induced bokeh is awesome.  I hate to say it but we also introduced film grain to digitally clean video because again we missed the artifacts produced by limited technology.  Humans are funny things.

ZRyser said:

We see this every year. Every year, there are hosts of "journalists" claiming how terrible the new iPhone is, how expensive, how it will tank, etc. It's the cheapest PR stunt in the books. Those people know very well, that literally tens of millions of people will be googling the new iPhone, and this is their chance for a premature holiday season. It's a click-bait, and pure noise to those of us, who've seen it repeated over and over and over.

Gecko1986 said:

Rest of the world: Look at these images, they are looking so real, you can hardly tell its CGI! Apple: Look at these images, they might not look real, but actually they are! Since when is the latter a "good" thing?

rogifan_new said:

Only Apple knows sales figures by model and only Apple knows what it was expecting/forecasting by model. Kuo is just guessing based on not having all the facts. I’ll throw in my own anecdote. The 256GB gold XS doesn’t ship until early October and all 5 stores near me say it will not be available on the 21st.

gmgravytrain said:

Rayz2016 said:

Demand for the 5.8-inch iPhone XS, however, appears to be lower than expected. 

Ah, the age-old question: expected by whom?

Some Youtubers are already forecasting lower than expected sales due to higher iPhone availability based on past online sales. They were saying things like how iPhones sold out faster online in the past than they did this year. These people will use any means they can to prove that the prices are too high, therefore showing almost no one will be buying the latest iPhones. Nearly 95% of the reviewers I've read are saying iPhone prices are simply too high, from the coming iPhone Xr to especially the fully optioned iPhone XS Max. Within a few days of sales, quite a few people have already made up their minds that iPhone sales will be quite poor this year.  Since many anti-Apple factions are hoping iPhone sales will be poor, it's a good way to get clicks.  Supposedly this year has already been claimed to be the iPhones worst sales ever due to the (extremely) high cost and lackluster upgrades (same thing said about last year's iPhone).

So far, I've heard the reasoning if iPhone availability is high, sales will be poor and also if iPhone availability is low, iPhone sales will be poor. Sort of a lose-lose situation for Apple and Apple shareholders. I'm not prone to forecasting sales one way or another based on a couple of days of sales. All that matters to me is what Apple actually sells over the longer period. Forecasting is a waste of time and doesn't always prove accurate.