> That sounds like Huawei fallout. How would fallout from Huawei have anything to do with fewer people walking into Apple stores and buying a new Apple product

> That sounds like Huawei fallout. How would fallout from Huawei have anything to do with fewer people walking into Apple stores and buying a new Apple product? Have the prices risen or something? Are people afraid of being kidnapped if they walk into an Apple store? To me, it is just a lame hyperpolitical straw man excuse as to why they aren't selling more products. It has zero to do with China, imo. It has to do with people not NEEDING a new device, so they are upgrading (a lot) less frequently. Personally, I'm on about a 5 year upgrade cycle now. Apple will have a harder time going forward having increasing records year after year, because they mostly rely on new hardware sales. I think we're kind of coming to a Moores law type effect in terms of hardware perception (not design/capability). There just isn't enough of a perceivable or revolutionary innovative difference for the average person to justify purchasing a new multi $k machine year after year. For most people (non power users), they get no actual tangible benefit. An iPhone X will perform just as well for the vast majority of an average users applications as an iphone 8.