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> This is interesting, as the majority of the publicity I've seen about the iPhone X has painted it as lackluster. People really like believing in rumours.

by megy 9y ago

at-fates-hands 9y ago
Apparently this wasn't a "rumour" though. There was a LOT of chatter about the cancellation of the X in the summer due to low numbers: In a new report obtained by AppleInsider, acclaimed KGI Securities’ analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says disappointing sales of the iPhone X will lead to the cancellation of the model “with production ceasing in the summer”. This would be the first time Apple has canceled an iPhone model after just one generation since the iPhone 5C in 2014. Apparently he's been pretty consistent in getting big leaks like this right: Kuo, who has a long track record successfully revealing Apple’s plans, said lack of interest in China is the main reason. In China big screens are king and the iPhone X’s polarising "notch" is seen by Chinese consumers as removing too much usable space. Especially when the cheaper iPhone 8 Plus actually delivers slightly more. The news also follows a new survey from Cowan that claims an interest in new iPhones has hit a historic low. https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2018/01/21/apple-iphone-x-buy-sales-specs-new-iphone-release-date/#c73a4df10cbd https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2018/01/21/apple-ip...
- megy 9y ago
  > Apparently he's been pretty consistent in getting big leaks like this right: This still makes it a rumour.
- pwinnski 9y ago
  It's a rumor you thought had more credence than average, but it was still a rumor. A rumor which turned out to be false, as this annual spate of rumors always does. So far. One day they might be right. Apple can't hit and exceed expectations forever, probably. But so far it's the same old bad rumors every year.
- Eric_WVGG 9y ago
  Kuo is usually right about the supply chain, and usually wrong in interpretation. OLED screens are in short supply, and that will take a few years to turn around. This November, Apple can either split their limited supply of OLEDs between iPhone X and iPhone Xs (or XI or whatever that winds up being called). And that's not even factoring the likely larger-screen model...
- jxdxbx 9y ago
  This just means that the iPhone X is not going to be next year's low-cost phone. Neither the original iPhone nor the iPhone 5 were kept in production a second year. It got distorted through a game of telephone into the iPhone X being "cancelled." Or rather, it got distorted by people looking to gin up a sensational, yet false story.

> This is interesting, as the majority of the publicity I've seen about the iPhone X has painted it as lackluster. People really like believing in rumours.

by megy 9y ago

> This is interesting, as the majority of the publicity I've seen about the iPhone X has painted it as lackluster. People really like believing in rumours.

at-fates-hands 9y ago

Apparently this wasn't a "rumour" though. There was a LOT of chatter about the cancellation of the X in the summer due to low numbers: In a new report obtained by AppleInsider, acclaimed KGI Securities’ analyst Ming-Chi Kuo says disappointing sales of the iPhone X will lead to the cancellation of the model “with production ceasing in the summer”. This would be the first time Apple has canceled an iPhone model after just one generation since the iPhone 5C in 2014. Apparently he's been pretty consistent in getting big leaks like this right: Kuo, who has a long track record successfully revealing Apple’s plans, said lack of interest in China is the main reason. In China big screens are king and the iPhone X’s polarising "notch" is seen by Chinese consumers as removing too much usable space. Especially when the cheaper iPhone 8 Plus actually delivers slightly more. The news also follows a new survey from Cowan that claims an interest in new iPhones has hit a historic low. https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2018/01/21/apple-iphone-x-buy-sales-specs-new-iphone-release-date/#c73a4df10cbd https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2018/01/21/apple-ip...

megy 9y ago
> Apparently he's been pretty consistent in getting big leaks like this right: This still makes it a rumour.
pwinnski 9y ago
It's a rumor you thought had more credence than average, but it was still a rumor. A rumor which turned out to be false, as this annual spate of rumors always does. So far. One day they might be right. Apple can't hit and exceed expectations forever, probably. But so far it's the same old bad rumors every year.
Eric_WVGG 9y ago
Kuo is usually right about the supply chain, and usually wrong in interpretation. OLED screens are in short supply, and that will take a few years to turn around. This November, Apple can either split their limited supply of OLEDs between iPhone X and iPhone Xs (or XI or whatever that winds up being called). And that's not even factoring the likely larger-screen model...
jxdxbx 9y ago
This just means that the iPhone X is not going to be next year's low-cost phone. Neither the original iPhone nor the iPhone 5 were kept in production a second year. It got distorted through a game of telephone into the iPhone X being "cancelled." Or rather, it got distorted by people looking to gin up a sensational, yet false story.