Comment on Apple expected to post fourth consecutive quarterly sales decline Thursday

Number1SummerJam@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• railsdev@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Personally I think it’s simply market saturation in the smartphone industry. Vision Pro is an innovative new product in a new product segment—and yeah of course it won’t be perfect right out the gate—but at least they’re opening doors for their future.

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  • danielton@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Yeah, everybody who wants an iPhone has one, and most people aren’t upgrading every year, despite what the stereotypes say.

    And as far as the Mac goes, most people who wanted Apple Silicon upgraded when the M1 was the hot new thing. People held off on buying a new Mac in the latter half of the 2010s because of the keyboard and thermal issues, and once Apple Silicon was announced at WWDC in 2020, we knew the Intel Macs’ days were numbered. Most of us bought an M1-based Mac once the model we wanted came out, since the M1 models essentially fixed what was wrong with the Mac.

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    • Earthwormjim91@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The Mac is the big one. iPhone sales are strong, stronger than pretty much everyone else in the smartphone market which is down as a whole, but Mac sales are down double digits.

      Even then they’re expecting a 1% decline YoY for this quarter, and 5% growth YoY for Q1 which ends in December.

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      • danielton@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        It’ll pick up again, I’m sure. The M1 family fixed almost everything wrong with the Mac, so people were eager to get it, and now we’re set for a while. I’m personally going to hold onto my M1 Pro for at least a couple more years.

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• VampyreOfNazareth@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This, and they’ve positioned themselves as a luxury brand in a cost of living crisis. Look at B&O etc. I remember when ibooks came out that were cheaper than the previous year.

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  • PoliticalAgitator@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    But they’re a conspicuous luxury, which many people clearly feel the pressure to own, even if it means sacrificing more basic needs.

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  • SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Baltimore and Ohio Railroad?

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    • supercheesecake@aussie.zone ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Body and odour. It’s a new deodorant line.

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    • CumBroth@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      B&O

      Maybe they mean Bang & Olufsen?

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      • VampyreOfNazareth@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Yes. 🤣

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• reversebananimals@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  What are you talking about?? They made stupid cartoon emojis that no one uses.

  /s

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