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Considering how failed was the launch of the iPhone 14 Pro (I had to wait for 45 dayss before getting mine) and sales of the "iPhone 14" (which is just an iPhon

Considering how failed was the launch of the iPhone 14 Pro (I had to wait for 45 dayss before getting mine) and sales of the "iPhone 14" (which is just an iPhone 13, basically) this is just expected

dmitriid 4y ago
I'd put heavy quotes around "failed". There was a general slump in the smartphone market, and Appel was the only one increasing their sales in some months.
- mobilio 4y ago
  Plus there was pandemic issue in China factory and logistic chain.
hotpotamus 4y ago
Saying that the launch failed because it had such a long wait time (assuming due to popular demand) has a sort of Yogi Berra quality that I appreciate. He was the one who said, "No one goes there anymore; it's too crowded". If the launch was delayed because of technical issues then that would be another matter. I'm really not too up on the differences between phones and the specifics of one launch or another these days. When my current iPhone (which I'm reasonably sure is an 11) encounters some issue, I'll go and get whatever number is current at that time.
- napolux 4y ago
  > Saying that the launch failed because it had such a long wait time (assuming due to popular demand) has a sort of Yogi Berra quality that I appreciate. He was the one who said, "No one goes there anymore; it's too crowded". Do we really know what happened? Lack of silicon? high demand? logistic fails?
  - matwood 4y ago
    Has everyone already forgotten all the covid lockdowns in China?
post_break 4y ago
We're you around for the 6+ and 6s+? Those phones were unobtanium for months and months. The 14 Pro being unavailable for 45 days is nothing. And the 14 not selling because people saw right through apple.
- napolux 4y ago
  > We're you around for the 6+ and 6s+? yep, but I bought it late in its lifecycle
- wkat4242 4y ago
  I think that was still the trailing edge of the whole "lining up outside the shop at 2am". I also did this once for the first iPad release :) Which really did turn out to be a groundbreaking product release though the actual hardware itself was still quite flawed. It needed a few iterations to become mature.
newaccount74 4y ago
> which is just an iPhone 13, basically It's a repairable iPhone 13. I went with an iPhone 14 over the 14 Pro because of that -- I don't care as much about the "Pro". What I care about is that I don't want the repair costs for a cracked glass to be so high that it's cheaper to buy a 2 year old used phone.

Considering how failed was the launch of the iPhone 14 Pro (I had to wait for 45 dayss before getting mine) and sales of the "iPhone 14" (which is just an iPhone 13, basically) this is just expected

dmitriid 4y ago

I'd put heavy quotes around "failed". There was a general slump in the smartphone market, and Appel was the only one increasing their sales in some months.

mobilio 4y ago
Plus there was pandemic issue in China factory and logistic chain.

hotpotamus 4y ago

Saying that the launch failed because it had such a long wait time (assuming due to popular demand) has a sort of Yogi Berra quality that I appreciate. He was the one who said, "No one goes there anymore; it's too crowded". If the launch was delayed because of technical issues then that would be another matter. I'm really not too up on the differences between phones and the specifics of one launch or another these days. When my current iPhone (which I'm reasonably sure is an 11) encounters some issue, I'll go and get whatever number is current at that time.

napolux 4y ago
> Saying that the launch failed because it had such a long wait time (assuming due to popular demand) has a sort of Yogi Berra quality that I appreciate. He was the one who said, "No one goes there anymore; it's too crowded". Do we really know what happened? Lack of silicon? high demand? logistic fails?
- matwood 4y ago
  Has everyone already forgotten all the covid lockdowns in China?

post_break 4y ago

We're you around for the 6+ and 6s+? Those phones were unobtanium for months and months. The 14 Pro being unavailable for 45 days is nothing. And the 14 not selling because people saw right through apple.

napolux 4y ago
> We're you around for the 6+ and 6s+? yep, but I bought it late in its lifecycle
wkat4242 4y ago
I think that was still the trailing edge of the whole "lining up outside the shop at 2am". I also did this once for the first iPad release :) Which really did turn out to be a groundbreaking product release though the actual hardware itself was still quite flawed. It needed a few iterations to become mature.

newaccount74 4y ago

> which is just an iPhone 13, basically It's a repairable iPhone 13. I went with an iPhone 14 over the 14 Pro because of that -- I don't care as much about the "Pro". What I care about is that I don't want the repair costs for a cracked glass to be so high that it's cheaper to buy a 2 year old used phone.