Apple Admits There Is a Smartphone Slowdown Ahead of iPhone 15 Debut [Mark GURMAN]
Apple Admits There Is a Smartphone Slowdown Ahead of iPhone 15 Debut [Mark GURMAN]
On the cusp of the iPhone 15 debut, Apple has finally admitted what has long been clear: The industry is facing a smartphone slowdown. Also: Another M3 Mac goes into testing, Apple seeks to downplay its Goldman Sachs rift, and Vision Pro developer labs get off to a sluggish start.
Smartphone sales in general are down. It has hit apple somewhat and devastated Android sales. Likely a result of the K shaped recovery (middle class and wealthy better off, poor worse off).
But there is also a huge pent up demand for the USB-C iPhone. I put off upgrading my 11 for it.
37The 15 is probably gonna do huge numbers this year, thanks to the design changes and USB-C. Kinda wish I’d gotten that but I really couldn’t put off an upgrade anymore and got the 14 Pro.
10Yea USB C is the only thing id consider upgrading for
3The 15 sales number should be huge just because the 14 wasn’t much of an upgrade.
1Yeah, I avoided the 14 as to avoid paying a premium on the camera cut out. USB-C is a bonus!
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17I’m on the other side. I have a 10 and it’s just dropped below 90% on the battery which makes sense because I’m no having to look for charging before the end of the evening. I also have a Synology nas which handles a lot of my “cloud” needs like backup, and your concerns about walled garden don’t really seem to apply to me.
The biggest issue I have is even a decade later my typing speed and accuracy is well below my blackberry days. I’m looking at getting a larger model to hopefully improve things.
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That is probably the worst website I’ve ever visited on mobile.
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