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Except everyone assembles phones in China. A dip for Apple is Huawei's gain, and they're entirely based in China.
by Mikeb85 7y ago
Except everyone assembles phones in China. A dip for Apple is Huawei's gain, and they're entirely based in China.
- nkassis 7y agoIt's not like Apple would stop making and selling phones. And I doubt people wanting to buy a iPhone are the same as those wanting a phone from another brand.
- SketchySeaBeast 7y agoYeah, the iPhone is as much someone's identity now as it is a product.
- dkonofalski 7y agoEven as a pretty heavy Apple user, I feel so sorry for people that have to identify with a product. If someone asked me to describe myself, my choice in computer/phone/whatever would not be a part of that description.
- K0SM0S 7y agoNot a device or product but open-source though... for me as a dev, or tech nerd, or advocate of freedoms / defender of rights, or just as an aware citizen, you know... open-source matters to a fundamental layer of our digital-izing civilization.
- SketchySeaBeast 7y agoIt does, but that requires a lot of tech literacy - much more than someone who cares if they can use iMessage or not to chat with their friends.
- K0SM0S 7y agoYou mean it's my "tech literacy" (category) that is part of my identity, and I'm merely specifying my colors (property) within that category. Gotcha, agreed. Thanks for this insight!
- pdimitar 7y agoPeople buy devices cheaper than the iPhone either because they cannot afford it or because they disagree with Apple somewhere. First group doesn't really have a choice and the second group has no interest in an iPhone.
- strken 7y agoThis might be broadly true in the US, where iPhones are a status symbol and where they achieved market dominance early, but it's not true globally.
- makapuf 7y agoI certainly enjoy being able to access my phone as a USB drive from linux, being able to put an sd card and run (real) firefox. Wouldn't want an iPhone. I think this kind of capability will be more and more relevant.
- scarface74 7y agoHow is something a "status symbol" when Apple has close to half of the market share in the US and anyone can afford one via monthly payments offered by Apple and the carriers?
- strken 7y agoMost people can afford a used car or a handbag from a vaguely popular brand, but they're still a status symbol. The status it symbolises isn't particularly high, but it's still status.
- scarface74 7y agoA status symbol is something that shows that you can afford something other people can’t. Almost anyone in the US who is on one of the four major carriers can afford an iPhone. Have you ever thought that people might actually prefer it’s functionality?
- top-news-talk 7y agoA shitty company who stole American intelligence based on a shadow company in the USA scammed out by a member. Lets go ahead and close up shop in their Silicon valley based office too since this is an exclusive China Company. I am tired fo seeing that shitty building in Santa Clara.
- Yetanfou 7y agoSamsung has just closed its last phone manufacturing plant in China and has no such production left in the country: The shutdown of Samsung’s last China phone factory comes after it cut production at the plant in the southern city of Huizhou in June and suspended another factory late last year, underscoring stiff competition in the country. The South Korean tech giant’s ceased phone production in China follows other manufacturers shifting production from China due to rising labor costs and the economic slowdown. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21143405 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21143405