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Beyond what others have mentioned, we also mustn’t discount the possibility that Apple Silicon could be a strategic move to lower device MSRP, thus increasing m
by spideymans 6y ago
Beyond what others have mentioned, we also mustn’t discount the possibility that Apple Silicon could be a strategic move to lower device MSRP, thus increasing market share and Apple services revenue.
People will instinctively write off this idea, but this is the new pricing strategy Apple has been employing with the $329 entry level iPad, $399 iPhone SE, and the new $279 Apple Watch SE. The Macintosh now remains Apple’s only major consumer product line that hasn’t seen aggressive price reductions to make Apple services accessible to a broader range of consumers. The move to Apple Silicon, which could save Apple potentially hundreds of dollars per device, is the perfect time to move the Mac to this pricing strategy. If this happens, it would absolutely eat into Intel’s consumer market share.
- wmf 6y agoEh, every chip company has lower-end models that are cheaper. There's nothing stopping Apple from putting i3s in Macs.
- solarkraft 6y agoWith low-end branding and possibly sub-par performance.
- mulmen 6y agoBut what if Apple offers a Macbook with i7 performance and i3 price?
- The_Colonel 6y agoTypical Apple - undercutting other companies on price \s
- thekyle 6y agoI know you're joking, but looking at some Geekbench scores there doesn't seem to be a single Android phone on the market that can outperform the iPhone SE in single-core performance. The OnePlus 8 is the closest, but still not really that close. iPhone SE: 1321 OnePlus 8: 898 On multi-core it's a little better since there seem to be seven Android phones that can outperform the iPhone SE: iPhone SE: 2737 OnePlus 8: 3281 OnePlus 8 Pro: 3216 Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra 5G: 3107 Samsung Galaxy S20+ 5G: 3102 Samsung Galaxy S20 5G: 3078 Huawei Mate 30 Pro 5G: 2918 Huawei Mate 30 Pro: 2835 However, all of those Android phones cost quite a bit more than the SE. https://browser.geekbench.com/ios-benchmarks https://browser.geekbench.com/ios-benchmarks https://browser.geekbench.com/android-benchmarks https://browser.geekbench.com/android-benchmarks
- bobbylarrybobby 6y agoThe point is that apple's models would not be lower end, just cheaper.
- srndpty 6y agoThey do in the mac mini.
- Dahoon 6y agoNot by much unless they come with Windows as default OS.