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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.
People keep talking about these problems but I have yet to be affected by any of them.
Laws are rules for the court, but merely a bottom bar to hit for life. Think beyond laws in your actions always.
You're somehow acting like I suggested this was a negative thing. Regardless of your opinion, the increased numbers (yes, it will increase numbers) will make more people talk about its effects. I don't know where you got that opinion as I was clear that it would just bring more light to it, even saying that some people think it is good, some think it is bad. I never expressed my own opinion for you to get so butt-hurt.
Hell, I played that game back in the early 00's. The Rio 600 didn't have a dedicated headphone jack. What it did have was a customized serial port for a playback remote, and that had the jack in it. The second anything happened to that remote - frayed cable, forgotten, whatever - you were toast. Never again with that noise, Apple lost a pretty faithful customer here.
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.
Hearing about it and having people who forget to charge their headphones in real life are slightly different matters.
Apple outsells Samsung in the high end market. iPhone's out sell the Samsung Galaxy 5/6/7 series. But the cheap Androids outsell iPhone's by a large number. Just compare the correct market segments. If it was iPhone versus Windows Phone with the same numbers, Microsoft would have started a marketing campaign to convince developers to drop iPhone support, just like they did in the Windows era. Please let such a thing not happen again. Samsung+Google could become the new Wintel if they started to use the same business tactics as Microsoft did in the 90's and early 00's. I don't like Apple either, but I'm happy they are gaining a healthy market share which forced software makers to write their software for multiple platforms, which makes it more likely to support other systems like Linux and BSD.