AppleExposed

robjn said:

Kuo made bullish predictions after new iPhones went on sale last year, in fact he predicted what he called a “super cycle”. Then within about a month or so weeks he reversed his predictions and the super cycle never happened.

I fully expect him to change his predictions again next month.

to be fair, we don't know if there was a super cycle. I predicted a super cycle because of the large all screen X model and big screen Apple Watch with ECG.

Cool certainly would have bragged if it was the best selling iPhone but it could have still sold well, maybe trailing iPhone 6, maybe not. Which makes me wonder if an iPhone has to be the best selling iPhone ever to be considered a "super cycle" a near impossible task.

ericthehalfbee said:

Terrible comparison and this why using numbers off a spec sheet is meaningless (though the Android fans love spec sheets).

For starters, no Android device display can touch the iPhone because Android has a horrible version of color management. Nobody can render content anywhere nearly as accurate as the iPhone. As to pixel count, both are so high nobody could ever tell the difference.

The brightness spec is wrong. You can measure peak brightness in a small area of the screen or over the entire screen. Bottom line is the iPhone has the brighter screen and Samsung is playing with numbers when they quote 1,200 nits.

Cameras? Try to record a video and switch between cameras during the video. The Note 10 often stutters and has to refocus when changing. The iPhone does this seamlessly.

Just a couple obvious examples.

Man I wish you were in the thread where someone was arguing with me about Sammy having a better screen. Not even close.

avon b7 said:

Tim is right about time. One of the things we waste more than anything else. Something we take for granted almost every day. 

Steve Jobs said that, Tim just quoted him.

bradchatellier said:

As much as some think Apple would be in a better place if Steve was still with us, I'm not sure that would be the case. While they've taken a lot of flack for not innovating more in the recent years, the simple reality IMO is that the next generation of hot hardware is just not ready for market yet. I'm referring to AR, VR, and AI derived products that will drive the next wave of societal tech integration, and I'm guessing that it will be just as big as the PC and smartphone revolutions if not bigger. But anyway, not to rant. RIP Steve, you are missed, especially by me.

Apple is never "innovating" according to iKnockoff morons. I have a very anti-Apple friend who's the biggest idiot in the world but believes he's smarter than everyone in the world. That's just how these people are. He hated Jobs and complained that Apple was not innovating after buying his first knockoff iPhone. He'd praise every knockoff Apple product but never gave credit to the actual inventors because they were Apple. He thinks Samsung and SamsungPay are innovative.

Apple is always innovating whether the media says so or not. AirPods is one of the latest examples but I guess 2 years is too old?

Even when Steve was alive Apple was "not innovating", "doomed" and "greedy". The same morons who claim "Steve is rolling in his grave" are the same idiots who hated Steve. They just had to move the goalpost to his grave site to keep hating.

Not sure why these are selling so well. I wonder if they'll break iPhone X or even iPhone 6 records?

myopiarocks said:

A lot of people have a 5s or 6 and can't upgrade to iOS13 - there are still a ton of these people walking around. The tech-savvy of them who can't afford a phone every two years will wait for next year's 5G phone. The less-tech-savvy (grandparents, etc) will be in the market as their 5y/o phones break, batteries wear out, etc. My guess is that Apple will make a an especially-big Christmas-season push for these less-tech-savvy folks: we'll see it in marketing toward older people, grandparents sending video-messages to kids, etc. Apple will bank these sales this year, knowing that next year's 5G iPhone sales for early adopters and tech-savvy folks will be huge.

And, in any event, even after the Sept2020 launch next year the iPhone 11 isn't going anywhere.

Ummm... Wouldn't the less tech savvy actually go for 5G? Tech savvy folks know it's not ready and a gimmick like "HDTV" was in 2005.

ArloTimetraveler said:

myopiarocks said:

A lot of people have a 5s or 6 and can't upgrade to iOS13 - there are still a ton of these people walking around. The tech-savvy of them who can't afford a phone every two years will wait for next year's 5G phone. The less-tech-savvy (grandparents, etc) will be in the market as their 5y/o phones break, batteries wear out, etc. My guess is that Apple will make a an especially-big Christmas-season push for these less-tech-savvy folks: we'll see it in marketing toward older people, grandparents sending video-messages to kids, etc. Apple will bank these sales this year, knowing that next year's 5G iPhone sales for early adopters and tech-savvy folks will be huge.

And, in any event, even after the Sept2020 launch next year the iPhone 11 isn't going anywhere.

Can I call this guy and idiot or is it against the rules? Could someone please let me know.

Being tech savvy is a mindset, it is not an age delimiter. I'm in my early 30's and I had tons of friends who are clueless about technology and literally just believe everything they hear or told. Which makes them even more clueless and embarrassing when they open their mouth.

AI usually allows you to call idiots "idiots".

avon b7 said:

I took the 'grandparents etc' to be a simple generalisation with no ill will.

As a generalisation, I think most people will agree that it's a valid statement. There are going to be exceptions but grandparents are less likely to be tech savvy (as a group), than later generations who have grown up with the technology

Funny how you conveniently left out his 5G argument which everyone bashed him for. Something you're always a proponent of and claiming Apple needs because Huawei.