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0 pointsdangus5y ago0 comments

This phone is a certified big fucking deal in terms of market impact.

It takes the “iPhone most people should buy” from $750 to $399.

It completely demolishes the Pixel 3A and makes that phone just about impossible to recommend. A load of Android OEMs selling at this price point should be terrified.

And much more than the original iPhone SE, expect this phone or a $399 phone to finally stick around for Apple. The iPhone SE seemed like an experiment or a way to squeeze out more use out of some remaining machinery. But, I don’t know, this feels different. Apple is selling a price point and they’re going to keep that permanently. Look how much fanfare is on the home page of their site. This thing might even be updated every year.

And honestly, the iPhone SE is too small for most people and had more downsides than this.

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thdrdt5y ago

It heavily depends on the country. There are only a hand full of countries where iOS and Android almost have the same market share (US, UK, SE for example). In most countries this is not the case. Android share is still very dominant world wide (~80% vs ~20%).

Switching to another OS / ecosystem is not something done easily. When you are an Android user and everyone around you is why switch to iOS? There are plenty of good Android devices available for $400-$750. Also: in a lot of countries people just prefer a very big screen size.

So I think your comment is a little over the top. Yes it might attract some customers but I don't believe it will mean an exodus of Android users.

skinnymuch5y ago

Doesn’t almost every country except a few possibly exceptions prefer larger phones?

goatherders5y ago

I'm sure the price point will induce some people to buy it. and I'm sure android users will be in that group. But I use Android and am looking for a new phone. I wont be considering anything Apple, even at a much lower price point. Agree that it will be interesting to see what happens to the sales of their higher priced phones.

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