Comment on Apple isn't happy about India's demand to upgrade older iPhones with USB-C
echodot@feddit.uk 11 months agoWe all know that the way Apple will do this is to just not sell any version of the iPhone other than the USB-C version. They’re not going to add USB-C to old models.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
They might. They either need to make newer models cheaper (not going to happen) so they are at a reasonable price point for the Indian market. Or take a cost hit in manufacturing and still sell the old models.
They are not going to devalue their new shit, that’s the dumbest thing ever. It would be like a luxury brand slashing their prices on purses, rather than make a small change to their off brand purses to capture the cheaper market. By lowering the price you essentially stop being a luxury.
echodot@feddit.uk 11 months ago
What?
Who said anything about them stopping selling the new iPhones? The new iPhone already uses USB-C so they’ll just sell that one I’m not sure what your point is
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 11 months ago
Who did say that? I didn’t.
My point is the old IPhones sell in that market, while the new ones don’t, because of price. So if they want to stay in the market they have two choices, reduce the price of the newer models or pay to retool the manufacturing of older models.
Obviously the logical choice is to pay the retooling costs so you can offer all models.