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Apple iPhone sales decline 10% in first three months of 2024 (www.gsmarena.com)

submitted 6 months ago by boem@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (24 children)

I was rocking an iPhone 6. Yes, a 6. My wife had an xs max - two weeks ago she dropped it and it smashed. We went and bought a pair of iPhone 15 pro max phones, fully loaded.

they are ridiculously expensive - over 2k a piece. Most people can’t afford that. What happened to sub $1000 phones?
yes there’s a lot of improvements over the 6. But the 6 still functioned perfectly - albeit a bit slowly
the only improvement I can tell as a user over the xs max is the cameras. They are arguably better. Otherwise it’s the same phone.
the software is nearly identical on all three versions. There’s not many “ooo this one does xyz like this, and that’s an improvement”

Bottom line: there just isn’t a reason to upgrade a phone anymore, unless they break. Sales HAS to go down if the price point stays the same or goes up.

[–] simple@lemm.ee 55 points 6 months ago (2 children)

What happened to sub $1000 phones?

Brother you are the one who bought the most expensive phone on the market. You realize that you're reinforcing the market you don't like, right? Your purchase sends a message to Apple that "Yes, we want crazy expensive phones because people keep buying them"

[–] Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I get that, I do. I wanted the phone I wanted, bent over, and let Apple give it to me with no lube.

But in my defense-I did go an entire decade not buying a phone. ;)

[–] potustheplant@feddit.nl 8 points 6 months ago

There's no need for a defense, buy what you want. However, there are lots of sub-1000 phones that are very good.

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