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

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[-] Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 18 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

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 54 points 7 months ago

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 7 months ago

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 7 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.

[-] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 30 points 7 months ago

What happened to sub $1000 phones?

They still exist, just don't buy the "Pro Max" model. The iPhone 15 is $800 and the 15 Plus is $900

[-] capital@lemmy.world 21 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

What happened to sub $1000 phones?

They exist. Even iPhones. You just didn't buy one... wtf?

[-] Plopp@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago

But where did the $2k phones for sub $1000 go? They're all like twice as expensive.

[-] Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 7 months ago

Why didn't you buy an iPhone SE? I have the 2022 model and it started at $429. I upgraded from an iPhone 6S.

[-] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip -2 points 7 months ago

The iPhone she sucks though, my mom has one and every part of it (especially the battery) is worse than my cheaper android phone (that's about the same size)

[-] Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Mine permanently lives in a battery case, and I've never had any performance issues. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[-] Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 4 points 7 months ago

Yeah it has a good SOC, but "I use a battery bank" is a pretty weak argument. My point wasn't that you should feel bad for having it, just that other ppl should know it isn't good value right now.

[-] porksoda@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

$1000? I have a hard cap at $600 on principle. Just get a phone one generation old and it's easy.

[-] tsonfeir@lemm.ee 1 points 7 months ago

My iphone still has Touch ID 🥰

[-] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Was the 6 the one with 3D Touch? If so, you actually lost a feature.

[-] Mbourgon@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

I believe the hardware for the touch was on the X and Xs

[-] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Seems we're both right.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force_Touch

The 6 and 6s had 3d touch, while 10 has Force Touch

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