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I CANNOT believe this is true. Sad
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Posted: 2013-01-15 08:37:56
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Woundn't call it sad, just the fact that people are now slowely waking up to the fact that the iphone isn't that great anymore and better phones are out there now.
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Posted: 2013-01-15 09:59:08
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Is this true though ? I'd like to hear it from Apple themselves. It may not even relate to people straying away rather those people cannot afford an overpriced iPhone or are locked into a contract with a rival product.
Also this time of year is usually slow for sales anyway following large Christmas spending.
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Posted: 2013-01-15 11:10:26
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It could be that they are sourcing displays from another supplier. However, I would go as far as to say that the latest iPhone hasn't been as well received as previous incarnations and it come with a lot of bad publicity such as the farcical maps episode and scuff-gate etc.
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Posted: 2013-01-15 13:21:09
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The scuffing is a real issue. I saw a work colleague's 5 yesterday and it was battered. It looked like a two year old phone. Mind you I think he keeps it in his pocket with his keys so what can you expect.
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Posted: 2013-01-15 14:37:06
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On 2013-01-15 14:37:06, etaab wrote:
The scuffing is a real issue. I saw a work colleague's 5 yesterday and it was battered. It looked like a two year old phone. Mind you I think he keeps it in his pocket with his keys so what can you expect.
I can never understand people that do this. A £500 gadget sharing your pocket with keys, money etc.
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Posted: 2013-01-15 15:12:03
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Me neither but most people who just see their phone as just a phone and appreciate all of its functionality are what makes up the majority of the worlds consumers.
I personally take great care of all my phones and protect them as much as possible.
Sadly it sounds like the iPhone 5 scuffs whether looked after or not.
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Posted: 2013-01-15 15:22:11
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On 2013-01-15 08:37:56, tohapply wrote:
I CANNOT believe this is true. Sad
It would be helpful if you posted a link to the article you got this from when you create topics like this.
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Posted: 2013-01-15 15:24:46
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iPhone 5 Demand Is Doing Just Fine, Don’t Worry About The Supply Cuts (Analyst)
Earlier this week, The Wall Street Journal reported that Apple has cut its iPhone 5 component orders by as much as half following “weaker-than-expected” demand for device. The news sent Apple’s stock price plummeting, but according to some analysts, there’s nothing to worry about. iPhone 5 demand is doing just fine, according to Sterne Agee’s Shaw Wu, and the component cuts are in no way related to poor demand.
Rather than a result of weak demand, Wu insists Apple’s component cuts are simply due to ”much improved yields meaning lower component builds and supplier shifts.”
“As far as we can tell, iPhone 5 demand remains robust,” Wu added.
Baird analyst William Power said much the same thing in a note to investors today, CNET reports. In fact, Power announced he was ”actually raising our calendar fourth quarter iPhone forecast slightly,” adding that “most demand indicators remain favorable.”
So why has there been so much panic about this supposed weak iPhone 5 demand? Well, according to sources for WSJ, Apple has cut its iPhone 5 display orders by as much as half. Other component orders have been reduced as well. Many felt this was a sign that iPhone 5 demand had dropped following its impressive start, and that Apple wasn’t selling as many units as it had initially anticipated.
The report was damaging to Apple’s stock price, sending it sliding from down 3.6% to $501.75. At one point on Monday, it briefly fell below $500 for the first time since last February.
Now analysts are quickly trying to clear up the confusion and dismiss these reports as false. WSJ’s report had suggested that the component cuts could have been related to better yield rates, and it appears that’s more likely to be the case. Whether or not Apple’s share price will rise again following this news remains to be seen.
http://www.cultofmac.com/2103[....]about-the-supply-cuts-analyst/
What I am getting from all this is that people are in such a rush for Apple to begin falling that even the tinniest indication of possibly lower sales has them going wild with reports of poor demand etc... Apples share price really has suffered due to all this, kind of makes one nervous about going public with their company, it's a slave to the media.
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Posted: 2013-01-15 21:56:13
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Well i disagree their is definitely a decline in iphone sales even phone shops will tell you that.Just last week one of my friends went to buy a new contract phone and had no interest in the iphone and wanted a GSIII but the phone shop insisted he buy a iphone but my friend clearlly told them he wanted a GSIII but the phone shop kept insisting and why it was better and in the end he gave in to them and they sold him the cheapest tariff with free insurance and free iphone 5 nothing upfront and this was from phones4u.
[ This Message was edited by: julias on 2013-01-15 22:55 ]
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Posted: 2013-01-15 23:33:01
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