Apple shifting marketing staff to boost lower than expected iPhone sales

[Trojita]

I'm just going to keep onto my X for the time being.

How bad were OP's other phone threads to get a 6 month thread posting ban?

 

[ReAxion]

I'm just going to keep onto my X for the time being.

How bad were OP's other phone threads to get a 6 month thread posting ban?

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he just came off a 2 week ban for the same shit.

 

[Deleted member 437]

I was thinking about upgrading from my s7 to an S9.

But then I actually stopped and thought about it.

Increase my phone bill and get locked into another contract for..........what?

What can this new rectangle do so much better than my current rectangle?

Nahh, I'm good. Probably for another 2 or 3 more years honestly.

 

[Enzom21]

Advertising is not the issue, reduce the price and fix the fucking OS.
With that being said, couldn't help yourself huh, TI92?

 

[Uno Venova]

These are going to be the happiest 6 months of my life.

 

[IzzyRX]

I was thinking about upgrading from my s7 to an S9.

But then I actually stopped and thought about it.

Increase my phone bill and get locked into another contract for..........what?

What can this new rectangle do so much better than my current rectangle?

Nahh, I'm good. Probably for another 2 or 3 more years honestly.

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S10 is coming and oh boy, he looks good.

I never had an iPhone, always wondered what's the fuss about. Have my eye on a XR/XS, wait to see if the price drops.

 

[Halbrand]

Maybe they should stop boosting the price

 

[Matrix XII]

My wife and I wanted to upgrade our 7 Plus 256's this year but the cost of the XS and XS Max is prohibitive, especially in Canada. They want $1729 plus tax for a XS Max 256. That's just too much.

And the XR isn't an option to us really. It's not a flagship, plus the aesthetic of the large bezel doesn't appeal at all.

 

[BLEEN]

As said, lower the price. It's not sustainable. I am completely priced-out as well as a bunch of other people I know. Most peeps are staying on their old phone or jumping ship to extremely reasonably priced 'droids.

iOS isn't doing the company any favors either.

 

[asmith906]

If you've got anything 7 and above there's very little incentive to upgrade. Especially when the phones are so expensive

 

[Tater]

Yeah, this seems like a price thing. I'm on an iPhone 8, and the jump to the XS is just ridiculous for the extra money. It looks like a great phone, but I think I'll just keep my current phone a while longer to get more bang for my buck when I do upgrade.

 

[smurfx]

Try lowering the price - I'm not buying one anymore at these prices

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wonder how low the sales have to drop before they consider this.

 

[BlinkBlank]

I have an iPhone, but I keep them for at least 3-4 years each, but the prices are ridiculous and there is nothing compelling, Apple has been riding on cruise control since the iphone 4.

 

[Telpis]

I want a blue XR but in Ireland they are like €869 Apple can do one I'm glad they failing people hopefully have woken up

 

[signal]

Apple keeps supporting old devices so not surprising less people want to upgrade. Prices are also obscene though. Was hoping to buy a used X sometime but prices here are still way too high. I don't care about iOS THAT much.

 

[XMonkey]

Maybe Apple could dip into their insane warchest and give me a one-time subsidy to upgrade. I'd definitely get an XS in that case.

 

[Jroc]

This is what they get for deviating from Steve Job's 3.5" single product vision.

 

[jadjei]

Please lower the price Apple. :P

 

[PoppaBK]

I wonder if we are finally seeing the impact of carriers switching form the contract phone subsidy model to the interest free loan model.

 

[V23]

Still happily using an iPhone 6 and see no real reason to upgrade, especially at these ridiculous prices.

 

[TI92]

Advertising is not the issue, reduce the price and fix the fucking OS.
With that being said, couldn't help yourself huh, TI92?

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Don't actually see what I did wrong here... But I will leave that conversation between myself and the mods. Just reporting on the news as usual

 

[linkboy]

I wonder if we are finally seeing the impact of carriers switching form the contract phone subsidy model to the interest free loan model.

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That's probably a part of it, but that model had to change eventually, especially with the move to 4G and phones having better support for multiple networks.