Apple Admits There Is a Smartphone Slowdown Ahead of iPhone 15 Debut [Mark GURMAN]
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2023-08-06/apple-iphone-15-comes-amid-us-sales-slowdown-tim-cook-q3-earnings-comments-lkzfs14u
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TenderfootGungi@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 3y
Smartphone sales in general are down. It has hit apple somewhat and devastated Android sales. Likely a result of the K shaped recovery (middle class and wealthy better off, poor worse off).
But there is also a huge pent up demand for the USB-C iPhone. I put off upgrading my 11 for it.
Dark_Blade@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 3y
The 15 is probably gonna do huge numbers this year, thanks to the design changes and USB-C. Kinda wish I’d gotten that but I really couldn’t put off an upgrade anymore and got the 14 Pro.
NENathaniel@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 3y
Yea USB C is the only thing id consider upgrading for
mjhagen@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
The 15 sales number should be huge just because the 14 wasn’t much of an upgrade.
itsJoelle@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
Yeah, I avoided the 14 as to avoid paying a premium on the camera cut out. USB-C is a bonus!
notme@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 3y
Brkdncr@artemis.camp · 5 pts · 3y
I’m on the other side. I have a 10 and it’s just dropped below 90% on the battery which makes sense because I’m no having to look for charging before the end of the evening. I also have a Synology nas which handles a lot of my “cloud” needs like backup, and your concerns about walled garden don’t really seem to apply to me.
The biggest issue I have is even a decade later my typing speed and accuracy is well below my blackberry days. I’m looking at getting a larger model to hopefully improve things.
latinoheat@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Consider enabling swipe, you can get away with allot of inaccuracies swiping away the words and to me it’s allot faster.
notme@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
prashanthvsdvn@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 3y
I’m not sure about accessing files directly from PC but transferring files via and SMB share folders seems reasonable without relying on cloud storage. I setup a dedicated folder that I share via SMB and access it using the files app.
turbodrooler@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 3y
That is probably the worst website I’ve ever visited on mobile.