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> The fact that Apple released 3 phones in 3 years with this form factor shows me that it is a profitable market segment and that there is demand. Correlation
by vidyesh 5y ago
> The fact that Apple released 3 phones in 3 years with this form factor shows me that it is a profitable market segment and that there is demand.
Correlation does not imply causation. Apple might also be releasing them to use their old manufactured parts, Apple has a very healthy recycle plan for users who trade in their phones, not all Android OEMs have that. And Apple likes to boast about how environmentally friendly they are. 2 of 3 phones you mentioned are using some older parts.
So the releasing could purely be reuse some old parts thus reducing the manufacturing costs, and gain a little higher profit on these despite having low sale numbers from these.
- pcdoodle 5y agoApple does not recycle any components into new phones.
- aembleton 5y agoWhat do they do with them?
- Sprite_tm 5y agoLikely take it apart, recycle the metals and where possible plastics, dump the rest.
- vidyesh 5y agoI should have been more specific, they make new phones with recycled materials. They use recycled gold, tungsten, aluminum and other metals. Some of the materials are not used in new phones but older/smaller models and some iPads do use it.