Re: Kuo: iPhone 14 Plus Pre-Orders Worse Than iPhone 13 Mini, Product Strategy 'Fails'

[Julian]

I'm not at all surprised. Personally, I think Apple should consider releasing a new iPhone every two years as opposed to every year, especially if the yearly updates are going to be so incremental to the point that they are not that significant. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 12, 2022, at 1:18 PM, Corey Cook <corey.coo...@gmail.com> wrote:  I work for Verizon and I believe it was the worst iPhone pre-order weekend I have ever seen as in nobody was ordering the phones On Sep 12, 2022, at 2:45 PM, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote:  Small wonder if they release a new phone with the same chip as the old one and apart from a few minor camera enhancements and emergency GPS via satellite which only works in the US/Canada and hence is of no interest to the rest of the world let alone probably a majority of people in the US and Canada. Most people who have an iPhone 12 or 13 whether Pro or not probably think twice before upgrading to a regular 14 or 14 Plus. I think Apple would have done better to just offer the iPhone 14 in the regular screen size and drop the Mini and Plus option.   From: viphone@googlegroups.com <viphone@googlegroups.com> On Behalf Of Dennis Long Sent: Monday, September 12, 2022 5:16 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: Kuo: iPhone 14 Plus Pre-Orders Worse Than iPhone 13 Mini, Product Strategy 'Fails'   Link at end of article. Kuo: iPhone 14 Plus Pre-Orders Worse Than iPhone 13 Mini, Product Strategy 'Fails' Sep. 12th, 2022 The  iPhone 14  and ‌iPhone 14‌ Plus have seen "bad" pre-order results, indicating that Apple's positioning of the two new standard models may have failed, according to Apple analyst  Ming-Chi Kuo. iphone 14 iphone 14 plus in hand In his  latest post  on Medium, Kuo explained that the  iPhone 14 Pro  and ‌iPhone 14 Pro‌ Max have seen "neutral" and "good" pre-order results compared to the  iPhone 13 Pro  and ‌iPhone 13 Pro‌ Max. Delivery wait times of more than four weeks may indicate good demand for the new high-end devices. It is apparently "unclear" whether Apple will increase shipment forecasts of its Pro models, but there is a "growing" chance that it will cut orders of the ‌iPhone 14‌ and ‌iPhone 14‌ Plus, which currently account for around 45 percent of the entire lineup's shipments. The ‌iPhone 14‌ and ‌iPhone 14‌ Plus are expected to be in stock in retail stores on their launch dates, "reflecting lackluster demand." As it stands, Kuo says that the pre-order results for the ‌iPhone 14‌ and ‌iPhone 14‌ Plus are worse than those of the third-generation  iPhone SE  and the  iPhone 13  mini. He noted that Apple cut orders of both the third-generation ‌iPhone SE‌ and the ‌iPhone 13‌ mini in the first half of 2022 due to low demand. If demand for the two standard models do not improve, Apple may cut ‌iPhone 14‌ and ‌iPhone 14‌ Plus orders as soon as November. Suppliers who are not major beneficiaries of Apple's ‌iPhone 14 Pro‌ models will likely see the start of declining revenue in September and October as a result. For ‌iPhone 14‌ Plus, in particular, the "pre-order result is significantly lower than expected." As a model that effectively  replaces the "mini" form factor  in the latest  iPhone  lineup, with 6.1-inch and 6.7-inch display sizes now being the only options, Kuo said that "Apple's product segmentation strategy for standard models fails this year." All four of the ‌iPhone 14‌ models were announced by Apple last week and have been available to pre-order since September 9. 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