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I was disappointed that the article ends with “ Apple is losing new iPhone users at a drip-drip-drip pace” without considering how long a user is keeping their
by tboughen 6y ago
I was disappointed that the article ends with “ Apple is losing new iPhone users at a drip-drip-drip pace” without considering how long a user is keeping their phone or why.
I would have thought the number of iPhone users continues to rise even though annual unit sales are falling, due to the longevity of the devices.
I’m typing this on my nearly 3 year old iPhone X and don’t intend to replace it until 2021 at the earliest (and then give it to my son!).
*edited typo
- Polylactic_acid 6y agoIf you take a look at the ios device support charts you can see that the trend is that every iphone gets 1 year more support than the device before it. My 2014 ipad is getting the upcoming update while 2 year old android devices get cut off and budget models never get updates. I got this 2014 ipad second hand recently and it works more than well enough. I expect this is a big reason for a drop in sales.
- lmedinas 6y agoI don't think this is the only reason for that statement. I think Android phones, specially the cheaper brands, are selling way more than iPhones in new and less income markets in Asia and Africa. Apple has very few chances in thoese markets and the rich markets have already many iPhones still working. Therefore Apple strategy is to sell other hardware complementary to the iPhone and Internet services.
- watt 6y agoI think so as well. Having been so impressed with the longevity of our current devices (old SE), my next phone also will be Apple's. My Samsung S8+ has served me well, but Samsung has no clue how to play the software game.