Weak demand expected for this year's iPhone - Report

In addition, I would also attribute a plateauing in technological advances. Unlike in the past, the increments are now small ones.

Say you purchased a premium iDevice last year, nowadays the next iteration is largely just a camera upgrade.

Same can be said for many premium smartphones.
 
I don’t think I’ve ever had any phone for more than a year. But I’m approaching a year with an XR and will keep this for at least another year. I can’t imagine what any new phone can bring to the table now that I will need.
 
I won't be getting a new iPhone this year. My next upgrade will be in early-2021, so hopefully one more iteration of iPhones to go.

I really hope they do some major work to the camera. It's not cool to have such an expensive phone but have the camera lag behind the Pixel 3A which is less than 1/2 the price.
 
Spizz said:
I don’t think I’ve ever had any phone for more than a year. But I’m approaching a year with an XR and will keep this for at least another year. I can’t imagine what any new phone can bring to the table now that I will need.
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1080p resolution?
 
Bryn said:
1080p resolution?
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Not something I need specifically. XR has got a lovely screen.

But that’s something people who only concern themselves with specs fail to realise, is that I don’t walk around with another 1080p panel and compare screens every time I turn my phone on.

My wife’s X looks great, but my XR is a great phone on its own merits and I’d rather have that than anything else out there just now. I dropped Android a couple of years ago because of this nonsense spec race. It simply means nothing in real life every day use.
 
Spizz said:
Not something I need specifically. XR has got a lovely screen.

But that’s something people who only concern themselves with specs fail to realise, is that I don’t walk around with another 1080p panel and compare screens every time I turn my phone on.

My wife’s X looks great, but my XR is a great phone on its own merits and I’d rather have that than anything else out there just now. I dropped Android a couple of years ago because of this nonsense spec race. It simply means nothing in real life every day use.
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It affects the viewing of 1080p content though. I wouldn't want streaming apps doing weird stuff with the scaling.

The spec race doesn't actually mean anything though. All the flagships have mostly the same hardware, and the hardware doesn't have much to do with the software experience. Hardware that does actually matter is the camera - Huawei and Google have made huge strides there in recent years and it's an area Apple just isn't good enough in anymore.

While I have no issue with anyone preferring iOS of course, it's not fair to frame the decision as iPhone vs. Android. Phones running Android are very different from one another. Owning a Samsung is not the same as a Huawei or OnePlus or Pixel or Xiaomi etc etc. The latter brands share the underlying core platform but have their own version of it.

I love OnePlus's OxygenOS for example, but would not purchase a Samsung with its large assortment of Samsung apps and heavily customised firmware.
 
Bryn said:
It affects the viewing of 1080p content though. I wouldn't want streaming apps doing weird stuff with the scaling.

The spec race doesn't actually mean anything though. All the flagships have mostly the same hardware, and the hardware doesn't have much to do with the software experience. Hardware that does actually matter is the camera - Huawei and Google have made huge strides there in recent years and it's an area Apple just isn't good enough in anymore.

While I have no issue with anyone preferring iOS of course, it's not fair to frame the decision as iPhone vs. Android. Phones running Android are very different from one another. Owning a Samsung is not the same as a Huawei or OnePlus or Pixel or Xiaomi etc etc. The latter brands share the underlying core platform but have their own version of it.

I love OnePlus's OxygenOS for example, but would not purchase a Samsung with its large assortment of Samsung apps and heavily customised firmware.
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I’ve owned my fair share of Androids so I think I know the differences. Samsung, Huawei, Nexus, Sony over the years and just bought my son a Xiaomi note 7. I don’t mind Android, I am using a Samsung S2 tab daily at work, but to me the differences across the different phones are small. iOS is just more polished and you don’t need to mess around with the kernel to stop your battery draining overnight. Maybe I’m just old now :p
 
Spizz said:
I’ve owned my fair share of Androids so I think I know the differences. Samsung, Huawei, Nexus, Sony over the years and just bought my son a Xiaomi note 7. I don’t mind Android, I am using a Samsung S2 tab daily at work, but to me the differences across the different phones are small. iOS is just more polished and you don’t need to mess around with the kernel to stop your battery draining overnight. Maybe I’m just old now :p
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The days of needing apps to save the battery are long, long gone. Android has had excellent battery management built-in for a while now. And you can take a heavy-handed approach and manually block apps from running in the background if you want in the global app settings.

I disagree that iOS is particularly polished, but that's beyond the scope of this discussion. Each to their own, fortunately. I wouldn't write off Android until you've tried OxygenOS and decided it's not for you though.
 
Bryn said:
The days of needing apps to save the battery are long, long gone. Android has had excellent battery management built-in for a while now. And you can take a heavy-handed approach and manually block apps from running in the background if you want in the global app settings.

I disagree that iOS is particularly polished, but that's beyond the scope of this discussion. Each to their own, fortunately. I wouldn't write off Android until you've tried OxygenOS and decided it's not for you though.
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Fair enough. I just got too caught up in needing the next great release, Fanie style. I’m out of the race now and as a Mac user, I’m happy to stay where I am
 
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