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The numbers on chart 1 and chart 2 do not match at all, even though they are supposed to be the same, just with different scalings. One has 2015 unit sales bel
by wodenokoto 6y ago
The numbers on chart 1 and chart 2 do not match at all, even though they are supposed to be the same, just with different scalings.
One has 2015 unit sales below 200 million, the other has it above 220 million.
one has the trend line drawn from 2016 and the other starting in 2015.
I think a good rule of thumb is to say, if the writer can't see that they made two completely different trend lines for the same thing, right next to each-other, there is probably a lot of things the writer did not notice in the numbers. Best not to spend time on their conclusions.
- HugThem 6y agoAfter one hour and 23 comments, you are the first one to notice it. Shows that even on HN, the vast majority only reads the headline of an article.
- oefrha 6y agoI think 2014 unit sales was repeated as the 2015 number in the first chart. 2015 was historically the strongest, the second chart might be correct. What’s more wrong about the article is the conclusion, that Apple is losing new iPhone users. It does not and cannot follow from the numbers at all.
- nottorp 6y agoI thought of "how to lie with statistics" when he changed the scale. Also, as several other posters have said, phones have stagnated a bit. Not as bad as desktop computers, but they're going there. The last time I changed my iPhone was because the daughter completely ruined hers, and she needed a new hand-me-down. The last time I changed my iPhone because of a new feature was with the 5S i think. Or whenever they introduced answering phone calls on your laptop.