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Apple Hikes Order Volume For iPhone 7 Parts In Wake of Samsung Recall (macrumors.com)
An anonymous reader writes: In wake of Samsung's recall of the Galaxy Note 7, Apple has reportedly hiked orders for parts and components required for the production of the upcoming iPhone 7 and 7 Plus. Mac Rumors reports: "Apple shipped on average 30 million iPhone 6s units a month in the second half of 2015. The company originally predicted shipments of the iPhone 7 this year would reach only 60 percent of that number over the same period, but supply chain sources are today reporting that Apple has boosted its original prediction by 10 percent. The hike in order volumes suggests Apple is increasingly upbeat about demand for the new devices among existing iPhone owners seeking to upgrade, despite relatively subdued interest in the iPhone 7 models compared to the pre-launch buzz of previous years. Another potential factor in Apple's upward revision is Samsung's global recall of its Galaxy Note 7 smartphone last week, which followed numerous complaints that the device caught fire while charging. The news arguably couldn't have come at a worse time for Apple's biggest rival, which has pitched its Note 7 as a direct competitor to Apple's 5.5-inch iPhones."
I was actually going to order a note 7 to replace my 4 year old smartphone. When the news of the recall came, I just decided to save some money and settle for a Note 5. I think if people like Android, they like Android.. The lack of Note 7s isn't going to swing people to iOS.
Laws are rules for the court, but merely a bottom bar to hit for life. Think beyond laws in your actions always.
Jumping on your opponents' mistakes is sure to pay off, and this will force the headphone jack issue into the forefront quickly. Not sure how much that will work and backfire, possibly simultaneously across markets.
IPhone will outsell them anyway and is likely just ramping up for their usual record-breaking holiday sales.
Odds are that it's a monopolistic move intended to deny Samsung the ability to buy parts.
Samsung, you are doing it wrong.
Remember, Halt Catch Fire may be single instruction but its actions are supposed to be carried out in the order listed.
And still pay more taxes than anyone else.
One hand, posible dongle for wired headphones I almost never use... on the other hand, exploding phone. Hmm.
It's pretty obvious if they ship with no headphone jack it also means they ship with wireless earbuds. So why is it even a problem, much less the gigantic issue you seem to think it is?
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
Apple has traditionally owned the premium end of the phone market, making most of the money with only a minority of the sales because people are willing to pay for that premium experience. Android has traditionally owned the commodity end of the market, inexpensive devices made for the lower end available cheap and everywhere. And they are very good at it you can't compete with them on the low end where they sell most devices.
Trouble is that if the lower end has too many problems, lack of OS updates, malware probs, bloatware, fires etc etc, people start to think maybe the premium is worth it, and they will be eagerer to pay for that premium experience to avoid the headaches. If you want to play with the high end you have to bring a high end experience to the table for people. Otherwise well, from the summary "Apple has boosted its original prediction by 10 percent." that is what happens.
Apple didn't get to be the world's most valuable tech company for no reason. You want to go head to head best bring your A game because you need to deliver an Apple like experience. What you can't do is charge the premium but fail to deliver the experience.
use your declining sales and strong arm tactics to force your suppliers to lower their prices. then when your older devices get Touch Disease and you realise your sales might rise as you deny the issue and people might have to buy a new phone you still have the lower prices from your suppliers. You totally shafted them.!! Amazzing
That logic is almost as tortuous as Apple's profit funneling.
Order Phones with Removable batteries. BLU, and several other manufacteres make phones with good batteries that are removable. If need be, order a battery not made of Lithium Colbalt. The Cobalt part is Cancerous, get a Lithium Iron battery instead.
We get it, Americans should buy Apple, the rest of the world should buy Android.
Apple Hikes Order Volume For iPhone 7 Parts ...
Okay it's way louder, but can't hear it 'cause no compatible headphones...
It must have been something you assimilated. . . .
OMG you should be leading apples crack (on crack?) team of lawyers. you have solved it all, to hell with the EU and their petty laws
iOS is far too locked down. People who like the freedom and low cost of Android phones aren't just going to jump ship for iOS. They'll either just wait for the new Samsungs or buy something else.
Too late.
The "manufactures" cannot retool in an instant! 4-months tops, most likely April 2017.
Too bad Timmy.
> Apple pays taxes for everything sold in the U.S.
How much they pay in relation to the profit margin is what matters. In other news, I pay taxes for everything bought in the US, which has nothing to do with the issue. This is just a troll comment and for some reason, someone gave it a positive mod.
I wonder if it had involved an IOS product, then it would have been the users fault for holding/using it incorrectly, lol
Yeah...good luck finding a flagship with a replaceable battery that isn't riddled with problems. We'll see what LG does with their V20 today, but after my experience with the G4, which left tens of thousands of users stranded thanks to bootloop issues and (in my case) absolutely hideous performance, I'm loathe to trust another LG.
Is it just my observation, or are there way too many stupid people in the world?
A company who stands behind its products and recalls an entire model over a 0.002% failure rate, or one that tells you you're holding it wrong when your hand shorts out the antenna or tells you you've mishandled the phone when your touchscreen controller fails?
Is it just my observation, or are there way too many stupid people in the world?
By and large, if you're looking at buying a Note 7, the iPhone and iOS probably hold little value for you. There are all sorts of phones out there, but if you want a phone with a stylus, that narrows the field enormously. Wanting a regular headphone jack means a wide field, but not if you want an iPhone 7. Ability to browse a network and load or move data directly onto and off of your hone? Again, not on an iPhone. Like the ability to pay using your phone, but still looking for most merchants to move to a contactless POS terminal - you'd better get a Samsung, since nobody else (that I know of) can pay using MST on an old-school swipe machine. Always on display - showing time, appointments, notifications - without being plugged in or using any significant amount of power? That means AMOLED, and that's not an Apple thing. Water resistance...yeah, don't drop that iPhone in the sink or get pushed into a pool, or even get caught out in a drenching rain for that matter. (I'd add iris scanning, but it's a stupid gimmick that Samsung hasn't figured out yet, and has precious few uses - so it's not really a standout feature, imho)
I need to replace my wife's iPhone 4S, but it won't be with a 7. That loss of a headphone jack makes it unusable for use in a car that doesn't have BT.
When you sympathize with stupidity, you start thinking like an idiot.
Partially true. They would also rather spend their money on the tip of the spear - govt lobbyists to carve out tax loopholes.
Did you just give 2 greenhouse gas producing companies more marks for corporate citizenship than Apple? No wonder even as an AC, you've aready been modded down!