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Gay Phone XS can not sell in Taiwan Prices Drop like shit within hours! FOC gifts also Nobody want to even look at it!

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https://tw.news.yahoo.com/頂級新iphone-殺破5萬元-215008675--finance.html

頂級新iPhone 殺破5萬元

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換機潮只聞樓梯響,蘋果新機iPhone XS昨日在台開賣,買氣持續低迷,不僅電信門市不見人潮,就連首賣會場都花不到2小時,就去化排隊用戶。影響所及,坊間通訊行直接砍價2000至3000元,跟電信業者搶單機生意,頂規iPhone XS Max(512G)殺破5萬元。
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台灣大哥大請來模特兒展示最新型的iPhone XS系列機種。(趙雙傑攝)
台灣名列iPhone XS首波開賣名單,不過跟去年銷售iPhone 8一樣,買氣不佳。電信業者預估,iPhone XS首波到貨量超過10萬台,備貨充足,但首周大概只能賣出7、8萬台,加上中秋連假因素,銷售情況恐不樂觀。
首周買氣 保守看待
蘋果今年發表兩款iPhone新機,被視為高階版本的XS、XS Max,昨早8點就在全台開賣。不過,果粉多認為XS與前一代X差異不大,加上今年訂價又比去年來得高,考量預算壓力,都讓原本預期的換機潮不如預期。
中華電行通總經理陳明仕強調,今年iPhone到貨量十分充足,應會有不錯買氣。不過台灣大商務長谷元宏說,剛好遇到中秋連假,如果天氣好,多數人會出外,不會來買手機,因而對開賣首周實際買氣,持保守態度。
備貨充足 合約拉長
遠傳電信副總經理尹德洋認為,就目前掌握預購量,3天銷量要突破1萬台沒有問題,但也坦言換機頻率確實拉長,過去24、30個月合約恐怕都還嫌短,今年首度推出36個月的業界最長合約,試探用戶接受度。
相較於三大仍樂觀,台灣之星執行副總經理朱曉幸表示,開賣首日買氣看來還可以,但訂價太貴、手機外型沒有大幅改變等「不想換」的問題沒有解決,買氣很難拉抬起來,反倒是前幾代機種有望異軍突起。
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單機市場方面,手機盤商及各大通訊行都不看好XS銷售,早在昨日開賣前就進行「殺」盤推演,各機款普遍降價2000至3000元;至於各大電商通路,則在開賣首日就喊出折價5%,換算起來約有1800至2500元降幅。
盤商認為,XS訂價太高,嚇跑原本要換機的果粉,導致首日銷售比去年更慘,但不代表沒有換機潮,除了iPhone 7、8近日詢問度增高、銷量明顯攀升,下月底還有平價款的iPhone XR要上市,屆時再評斷換機潮比較客觀。
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Top new iPhone kills 50,000 yuan
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The change of the tide only heard the stairs, Apple's new iPhone XS was sold in Taiwan yesterday, and the buying momentum continued to be sluggish. Not only did the telecom store not see the crowd, but even the first sale venue took less than 2 hours to go to the queuing users. As far as the impact is concerned, the inter-bank communication line directly cut the price of 2,000 to 3,000 yuan, and the telecom industry grabbed the single-machine business. The top-of-the-line iPhone XS Max (512G) killed 50,000 yuan.
Top new iPhone kills 50,000 yuan
Taiwan's Big Brother invited models to showcase the latest iPhone XS series models. (photo by Zhao Shuangjie)

Taiwan is listed on the first wave of the iPhone XS, but it is not as good as the iPhone 8 sold last year. Telecom operators estimate that the first shipment of iPhone XS will exceed 100,000 units, and the stocking is sufficient. However, it can only sell 70,000 units in the first week. Coupled with the Mid-Autumn Festival, the sales situation is not optimistic.

Buying gas in the first week, conservatively

Apple released two new iPhone models this year, which are regarded as high-end versions of XS and XS Max. They were sold at 8 o'clock in the morning. However, fruit powder thinks that XS is not much different from the previous generation X, and this year's price is higher than last year. Considering the budget pressure, the original expected change is not as expected.

Chen Mingshi, general manager of China Electronics Co., Ltd. stressed that this year's iPhone arrival volume is very sufficient, there should be a good buying. However, Taiwan’s big business chief, Gu Yuanhong, said that just in time for the Mid-Autumn Festival, if the weather is good, most people will go out and will not buy a mobile phone. Therefore, they are conservative in buying the first week of the first week.

Sufficient stocking

Yin Deyang, deputy general manager of Far EasTone Telecom, believes that there is no problem in selling the pre-order volume in 3 days, but it is also said that the frequency of change is really long. The past 24 or 30 months contract is probably too short. For the first time, the 36-month longest contract in the industry was launched to test user acceptance.

Compared with the three major players, Zhu Xiaoxing, executive deputy general manager of Taiwan Star, said that it seems okay to buy the first day of buying, but the price is too expensive, the appearance of the mobile phone has not changed significantly, and the problem of "do not want to change" has not been resolved. It is very difficult to pull up the gas, but the previous generations are expected to rise.

Next month's parity XR listing

In the stand-alone market, mobile phone dealers and major communication banks are not optimistic about XS sales. They started the "kill" disk depreciation before the sale yesterday. The average price of each machine is 2,000 to 3,000 yuan. As for the major e-commerce channels, On the first day of the sale, the discount was 5%, which was reduced by about 1800 to 2,500 yuan.

The disc dealer believes that the XS price is too high, scaring away the fruit powder that was originally intended to change the machine, resulting in the first day sales being worse than last year, but it does not mean that there is no change of the tide, except for the iPhone 7 and 8, the recent inquiries increased and the sales volume increased significantly. At the end of next month, there will be a cheaper iPhone XR to be listed, and then it will be more objective to judge the change.

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I saw 4-5 guys acrosss the road opposite singtel comcenter. They had a box full of iphone xs. Put on the ground like lelong. Nobody buy. These clowns are going to cry!
 

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Gay Phones must DIE!

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New iPhone XS Reveals Tim Cook's Failure To Innovate





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When you step back and look at the details in last week’s iPhone launch event, it tells you everything you need to know about Apple. It cannot grow iPhone sales, there is very little different between iOS and Android’s feature set, and the strategy is reliant on extracting more money from its current user base.

Tim Cook is building a pressure cooker that delivers more revenue every year, but pressure cookers don’t last forever. What’s his exit plan for Apple to change onto a more secure long-term path?

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CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 12: Tim Cook, chief executive officer of Apple, speaks during an Apple event at the Steve Jobs Theater (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

As Andrew Orlowski points out at The Register, the launch of the iterative iPhone XS, XS Max and XR confirms Cook is not going to change the strategy of trying to squeeze as much money out of every user.





iPhone revenue is up 20 per cent year-on-year with unit growth of just 1 per cent. A quarter earlier, we saw the X effect as ASP rose from $628 to $728.​

Apple commands the lion’s share of profit in the high-end flagship, but iOS is losing ground to Android in the market place every single day. With reports that iPhone XS pre-orders are sluggish and below expectations, the initial joy of the 2018 iPhone family may not be felt in increased sales, but be restricted once more, to an increase in average selling prices of the handsets.

Given the removal of the iPhone SE at the bottom end of the range, you’ll have to spend $100 more to buy the entry-level handset - the iPhone 7. Price wise the iPhone XR sits between the iPhone 8 and the iPhone 8 Plus, arguably adding $50 to the base price of the ‘cheapest newest handset’ compared to 2017. And if you (ahem) max out the iPhone XS Max, you’ll be looking at a $1500 sticker.

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I’m pretty sure Apple’s revenue will rise in the next few quarterly reports, and that the services side of Apple will show another increase.

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The problem with this strategy is that increasing the average revenue per user (from both the handset sales and the ongoing services) is extracting more from a finite resource, and the level is surely approaching the top of the curve. How much more blood can Tim Cook get out of a stone?

This is a vital question for the trillion-dollar company. What happens when you have tapped out your users for as much spare cash they have each month? The business answer would be to grow the user base to have more stones to squeeze. This has been Tim Cook’s challenge for many years, and arguably it’s one that he has failed.

Apple’s annual sales have effectively stayed flat since the launch of the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus in late 2014. For many the 6 Plus, Apple’s first phablet, triggered a ‘super cycle’ of consumers who had been waiting for a new iPhone with a large screen. A close analyse of the supply chain suggests that Apple was looking to the iPhone X to perform the same magic last year.

Instead the 2017 cycle delivered effectively the same sales as the 2016 and 2015 cycles.

Tim Cook’s Apple has increased Apple’s revenue, has pushed it over the trillion-dollar line, and woven the brand into the fabric of American culture. His one ‘new’ success is the Apple Watch but the smartwatch category has not proven to be a primary revenue driver. If it was, the symbiotic relationship between the Apple Watch and the iPhone would be reflected in sales. Instead the Apple Watch seres the goal of maximizing revenue from existing users, not bringing in new users.

Cook has brought in the short-term revenue (by the barrel load), but the lack of annual growth in iPhone sales, no matter what technical wizardry is packed into the new handsets, is a blot on his copybook. Hiding inside the increased revenue is the kernel of failure. The lack of significant growth over the long-term is a warning sign about Apple’s long-term prospects.

Behind the shiny power points and clichéd script, September’s launch focused on raising the baseline price of the iPhone, reinforced Apple’s approach of iteration over innovation, and played to the geekerati already locked into the ecosystem. That works for today. That likely works for tomorrow. But it’s not a strategy that is stable and secure for long-term growth over many years.

Tim Cook’s strategy has a built-in cliff-drop just after the peak of success. As the new iPhones gather plaudits and dollars, they continue the inevitable march towards that cliff.

Now read how Apple redefined the word ‘edge’ to market the new iPhones…


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Actually I'm not aware of any new product that has been rolled out since Steve Job's demise 7 years ago. iPhone, iPad, iMac and iWatch were all either rolled out or in advanced stages of development by the time Steve fell ill.

Since then, all Apple does is upgrade hardware components whenever new and better ones became available in the market and mass market the same product as "next generation". Even the iTunes software and OSX platform had no significant breakthroughs for the last 10 years were simply tweaks and bug fixes with each new version.

Now they are reduced to fleecing their dwindling customers by demanding ever higher per unit margins through outrageous pricing. It might stabilize in the future as some sort of niche luxurious product, but if Tim Cook does not come up with revolutionary new products soon, Apple will simply retreat to just another phone company.
 
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