I mean how many people don’t have a smartphone by now? Do they expect to sell more and more every year?
Apple iPhone sales decline 10% in first three months of 2024
Submitted 6 months ago by boem@lemmy.world to technology@lemmy.world
https://www.gsmarena.com/apple_iphone_sales_decline_q1_2024-news-62709.php
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GreenSofaBed@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
stoy@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
That’s capitalism, baby!
JCreazy@midwest.social 6 months ago
They’ve put all their eggs into the “let’s hope people upgrade their perfectly working phone every year” basket and that basket is getting smaller.
FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Ironically, if they made another smaller phone like the mini, I’d be more inclined to upgrade.
Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 6 months ago
Yes, that’s why they have planned obsolescence
Zorque@kbin.social 6 months ago
Haven't iPhones had service lives far past most other phones? The used market for iPhones is huge compared to Android.
TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 6 months ago
Yeah it's like what happened to toasters, refrigerators, and home computers. Nobody gives AF anymore.
Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 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 CDs 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 6 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 6 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. ;)
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 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 6 months ago
What happened to sub $1000 phones?
They exist. You just didn’t buy one… wtf?
Plopp@lemmy.world 6 months ago
But where did the $2k phones for sub $1000 go? They’re all like twice as expensive.
neo@lemmy.comfysnug.space 6 months ago
If you want a good sub $1000 phone you need to go android.
runjun@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Not even that, the iPhone SE is $430 and is the closest phone they’re claiming to want but then going for the top of the line phone instead.
kayazere@feddit.nl 6 months ago
No one says you have to buy a new phone, used iPhones a usually a lot cheaper.
capital@lemmy.world 6 months ago
No you don’t. But also, define “good”.
nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
My iPhone 14 Plus was sub $1000 last year. Even an iPhone 15 Plus is sub $1000. And the 15 Pro Max with 1TB of storage from Apple directly is $1599 (this was the most expensive I could find on the Apple site.)
Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 6 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 6 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)
helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Was the 6 the one with 3D Touch? If so, you actually lost a feature.
Mbourgon@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I believe the hardware for the touch was on the X and Xs
porksoda@lemmy.world 6 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 6 months ago
My iphone still has Touch ID 🥰
rsuri@lemmy.world 6 months ago
According to the report, the sales decline came from all across Asia. Net sales were down in Greater China (PRC, Taiwan & Hong Kong), Japan, and the Rest of Asia Pacific, while the Americas and Europe saw an insignificant change that can be rounded up to 0%.
This makes sense. Apple has its status as “the one and only smartphone” in the US, but in other countries buying a phone that costs a tiny fraction as much is probably a bigger draw and has less social stigma.
Setnof@feddit.de 6 months ago
I’ve just bought an old iPhone 13 Mini (after owning an 12 Mini for several years), because I hate big phones.
FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’ve had the 13 mini for a couple years for the same reason, I’d like a newer one with upgraded chips/battery but it looks like I’ll just keep this one till it dies. It’s basically the same size as the 4 and aside from the antenna thing that was the best fo factor IMO
micka190@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I got a 13 Pro Max originally (because I liked big phones when I was using Android), and the weight and sharp edges just made it hurt my hand like hell. Got a 13 Pro instead, and I’ve been kind of wishing they kept the “Mini” lineup going the more I use it…
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 6 months ago
If you look at the numbers, a LOT of this is China. Sales the western nation are pretty much flat year over year.
Apple sales are down YoY in China, and Huawei are way way up. A lot of these American devices now have their differentiating features stuck behind the great firewall, are outright banned if you work certain jobs, and are subject to a lot of propogada that is promoting national alternatives.
lepinkainen@lemmy.world 6 months ago
The sales always dip at this stage. Most people buy their phones from release till Christmas, then sales slow down until fall again.
Every year.
QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It fell more than Q1 2022. They’re comparing the same Quarter.
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 6 months ago
The reason this is news is because this is a year over year dip. Sales usually slow now, but they’re down more than normal.
It’s also notable because China has been trying to squeeze American tech products out of certain industries, and we’re now seeing American brands get replaced by massive growth with Chinese technology brands.
Gutless2615@ttrpg.network 6 months ago
Everyone has one already.
Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world 6 months ago
That’s not what the sales numbers show. People are still replacing their phones for new ones, but in China they’re buying Chinese brands, not American brands. Huawei sales are WAY up and is eating into Apple’s market.
The US and China have been battling back and forth over trade, espionage, political influence in Asia, etc. China has been trying to elbow out American brands in the country, and the US has been doing the same.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yep. I had an XR. I kept it until the battery started dying. Now I have a 13, which I got refurbished when the 15 came out so it was not all that expensive. I’ll keep that until the battery starts dying and do it again.
And really, the only reason I’m sticking with it at this point is that I’d probably have to spend several hundred dollars to replace all the paid apps and games I have. If there were some way I could just transfer all of them to an Android, I’d probably get one.
RustyShackleford@programming.dev 6 months ago
Good.
kinkles@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Crazy, I would have expected this when the iPhone 14 came out because that one was such a niche upgrade compared to the 15.
kirklennon@kbin.social 6 months ago
The main reason sales fell this year compared to the year-ago quarter is because the quarter before that Apple wasn't able to keep up with iPhone 14 demand leading to shortages and depleted channel inventory. The following quarter they were able to meet demand and replenish the sales channel leading a boosted year-ago quarter that was $5 billion bigger than it really should have been. Apple didn't have the same production shortages for the 15 launch. It makes this quarter they just reported look like a big decline but that's not really the whole story.
Buffalox@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Services reached its highest result ever, with a 14% increase over the same period last year.
Apple still manages to make people spend more money on their phones even when they aren’t buying new ones.
jaschen@lemm.ee 6 months ago
In Taiwan, I don’t need your stupid iPhone to use my Line app, which is what everyone uses. I can pay my taxes, my parking fees, my coffee, and so much more. Plus, iPhones are all sorta the same. Why spend the extra money for the same thing?
dog_@lemmy.world 6 months ago
W
Boozilla@lemmy.world 6 months ago
People can’t afford that shit when groceries and fuel prices are inflated this high. And new phones have tiny incremental changes that nobody gives AF about.
pineapplelover@lemm.ee 6 months ago
My friend, who has a lot of debt just bought the $1200 15 pro and I was like wtf man you’re broke. I guess it proves that even if apple makes a nonsense item, people will still buy it.