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So you reply with another anecdote? The sales figures prove that it has been seen as largely successful.

timr 9y ago
I'm pointing out that my anecdote is no more or less relevant than anyone else's anecdote. "The sales figures prove that it has been seen as largely successful." Demand for the X has actually been pretty weak: https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-to-curtail-iphone-x-production-in-the-face-of-weak-demand-1517312098 https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-to-curtail-iphone-x-produ... http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/26/investing/iphone-x-weak-sales/index.html http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/26/investing/iphone-x-weak-sale... https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-iphone/apple-suppliers-drop-on-report-of-weak-iphone-x-demand-idUSKBN1EK0MH https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-iphone/apple-suppli... https://mashable.com/2018/01/22/iphone-x-discontinued-prediction/#1A83yvRa_iqr https://mashable.com/2018/01/22/iphone-x-discontinued-predic...
- mythz 9y ago
  You've successfully referenced rumor sources with click bait headlines published before Apple announced their actual results: > “We’re thrilled to report the biggest quarter in Apple’s history, with broad-based growth that included the highest revenue ever from a new iPhone lineup. iPhone X surpassed our expectations and has been our top-selling iPhone every week since it shipped in November,” https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2018/02/apple-reports-first-quarter-results/ https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2018/02/apple-reports-first-q...
  - timr 9y ago
    iPhone sales were down 1.24 percent year over year. They made more money because the phone is more expensive. Also, nothing in that statement negates anything said in the links I posted. https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/1/16961562/apple-q1-2018-earnings-iphone-x-sales-units-down-revenue-increase-average-sale-price https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/1/16961562/apple-q1-2018-ear...
    - mythz 9y ago
      Yes unit sales were down 1.24%, which is contributed by Q1 2017 results reporting 14 weeks instead of 13 weeks this quarter, the iPhone X being supply constrained and basic economics 101 law of supply/demand when raising prices. Since you're quoting percentages to justify your insistence of "Demand for the X has actually been pretty weak", here are some more percentages you've left out: > The Company posted quarterly revenue of $88.3 billion, an increase of 13 percent from the year-ago quarter and an all-time record, and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $3.89, up 16 percent, also an all-time record.

timr 9y ago

I'm pointing out that my anecdote is no more or less relevant than anyone else's anecdote. "The sales figures prove that it has been seen as largely successful." Demand for the X has actually been pretty weak: https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-to-curtail-iphone-x-production-in-the-face-of-weak-demand-1517312098 https://www.wsj.com/articles/apple-to-curtail-iphone-x-produ... http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/26/investing/iphone-x-weak-sales/index.html http://money.cnn.com/2017/12/26/investing/iphone-x-weak-sale... https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-iphone/apple-suppliers-drop-on-report-of-weak-iphone-x-demand-idUSKBN1EK0MH https://www.reuters.com/article/us-apple-iphone/apple-suppli... https://mashable.com/2018/01/22/iphone-x-discontinued-prediction/#1A83yvRa_iqr https://mashable.com/2018/01/22/iphone-x-discontinued-predic...

mythz 9y ago
You've successfully referenced rumor sources with click bait headlines published before Apple announced their actual results: > “We’re thrilled to report the biggest quarter in Apple’s history, with broad-based growth that included the highest revenue ever from a new iPhone lineup. iPhone X surpassed our expectations and has been our top-selling iPhone every week since it shipped in November,” https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2018/02/apple-reports-first-quarter-results/ https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2018/02/apple-reports-first-q...
- timr 9y ago
  iPhone sales were down 1.24 percent year over year. They made more money because the phone is more expensive. Also, nothing in that statement negates anything said in the links I posted. https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/1/16961562/apple-q1-2018-earnings-iphone-x-sales-units-down-revenue-increase-average-sale-price https://www.theverge.com/2018/2/1/16961562/apple-q1-2018-ear...
  - mythz 9y ago
    Yes unit sales were down 1.24%, which is contributed by Q1 2017 results reporting 14 weeks instead of 13 weeks this quarter, the iPhone X being supply constrained and basic economics 101 law of supply/demand when raising prices. Since you're quoting percentages to justify your insistence of "Demand for the X has actually been pretty weak", here are some more percentages you've left out: > The Company posted quarterly revenue of $88.3 billion, an increase of 13 percent from the year-ago quarter and an all-time record, and quarterly earnings per diluted share of $3.89, up 16 percent, also an all-time record.