Early sales of iPhone XS and XS Max below Apple's peak levels, expected to slow down

26 September 2018
Insiders from the supply chain are using the slower early sales to predict lower than expected sales later this year.

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  • 27 Sep 2018

Vegetaholic, 27 Sep 2018No problem, apple will cover it's missing revenue by next y... moreHey, for your information, XS Max 512GB already reached $2000 here!

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    • Anonymous
    • uEx
    • 27 Sep 2018

    Anonymous, 27 Sep 2018I don't know where you live, but I live in Germany and here... moreA developing country in South East Asia here.

    Here, a university fresh grad will have to work for full 3-4 months to buy the cheapest iPX (non s) which costs $1300 (assuming they don't spend money for other needs except for iphone).

    While the highest spec iPXS Max 512GB takes 6-7 months worth of their full salary to buy. It costs $2000!!

    This is just ridiculous pricing from Apple. No wonder Xiaomi and vivo are dominating the market here.

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      • 3Yf
      • 27 Sep 2018

      What did they expect?

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        • Anonymous
        • 043
        • 27 Sep 2018

        Anonymous, 27 Sep 2018Apple won't exist in 5years Yes, the biggest company in the world won't exist in 5 years time, seems logical

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          • Anonymous
          • 043
          • 27 Sep 2018

          ChampionX, 27 Sep 2018My experience with iphone for the past 8 years. Price never... moreIf you had such problems with iPhone 4 already, why should we believe you that you kept buying iPhones after that?

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            • Anonymous
            • 043
            • 27 Sep 2018

            nik.007, 26 Sep 2018Lol you do realise that earning 2k$ per month is a distant ... moreI don't know where you live, but I live in Germany and here, if you work hard at school and get an Abitur (highest of 3 possible graduations), it's not uncommon to get more than € 2500 after a formation. It also isn't really that hard to get an Abitur if you just invest time into school and raise your arm to answer questions in the lessons. But if you just come to school to do nothing and waiting to get back home to use your PS4 again, then it's of course harder to get one. Might be a different situation in different countries, but in Germany, it's as simple as that.

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              • pL2
              • 27 Sep 2018

              Hahahahaha every single year is the same..... Apple is doomed,,, iPhone sails are below expectations etc etc etc etc etc yet every single year Apple blows away everyone with quarterly results. Simple answer to this is that big investors making huge boom with such a news only to invest, when small people are panicking and often selling off their stock.. Standard move. Shame only that service like GSMA believes in such a news....

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                • Q5x
                • 27 Sep 2018

                Anonymous, 27 Sep 2018Apple needs to improve on IOS's restrictive, limited and ju... morehahaha. . . they might do that bro. . .but come to think of the price once they launch an Apple handset with a dark theme and true dual sim functionality/dual sim slots, a dedicated sd card slot, 4000mAh battery, and a proper file manager that's as simple as transferring files in Windows explorer and without forcing their users to download that huge, slow installing, memory hogging, convoluted, infuriating iTunes program that you need to install on every computer you want to have multiple media/file transfers with your iPhone and which almost gives one a seizure!

                it might go double man!!!!

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                  • 27 Sep 2018

                  Vegetaholic, 27 Sep 2018No problem, apple will cover it's missing revenue by next y... morehaha. . . they will stick on high price and low sales volume. . . just to cover the revenue that they have lost with this phone. . . so true man

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                    • Q5x
                    • 27 Sep 2018

                    Brynn, 27 Sep 2018you cannot watch 1080p vids on XR which is a 2018 so called... moreI don't care about the resolution, I care about the money.

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                      • Q5i
                      • 27 Sep 2018

                      Duel83, 26 Sep 2018"people are getting smarter and smarter now a days. they ar... moreeeeengk. . .
                      that's not true now a days. people are checking the specs of flagship handset and a mediocre phone. and compare pricing.
                      if they can get the same specs of flagship handsets in a mediocre handset with a more cheaper price. yah?

                        No problem, apple will cover it's missing revenue by next year increasing starting price to 2000 dollars And will include 3.5mm dongle this time as extra generosity. Yes sales will be little bit lower, but increased price should cover rest of the revenue, that's Apple logic :)

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                          • akp
                          • 27 Sep 2018

                          It seems Apple is making fool.They are giving low configuration and charging to much money. See the configuration of XR , its really rubbish.How much they are charging more than 700$.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • mJw
                            • 27 Sep 2018

                            Locked ecosystem - boring OS - very high price - bad battery life - can't do many things that android can. iPhone XS Max is 2000 dollars in my country. Better to buy an used car. Or buy superb android flagship and save some money. iOS days gone. Now it is time to buy android as it is much faster now.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • U2T
                              • 27 Sep 2018

                              Apple won't exist in 5years

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                                • Kg7
                                • 27 Sep 2018

                                Apple will not be able to sell many iPhones this year.
                                Let's not buy a new iPhone or any other phone by falling into their trap.
                                Take a break from spending money on phones.
                                Take a break !
                                Think and Realize that the phone which you have does all the things you need it to do.

                                  My experience with iphone for the past 8 years. Price never equal to quality.

                                  iphone 4 - LCD problem showing few grid lines about 2 years of usage
                                  iphone 5 - Home button malfunction about 2 years of usage
                                  iphone 6 - LCD screen bleeding after 1 year of usage
                                  iphone 8 - Color coat on the aluminium peel off itself after 6 months and is getting bigger and bigger

                                  Will switch to Pocophone F1 in the near future

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                                    • bxb
                                    • 27 Sep 2018

                                    Duel83, 26 Sep 2018Why you want people buy mediocre products? If you have the ... moreXeetechcare did an app opening speed test. Pocophone F1 was faster than iPhone Xs Max. Blazing fast is not mediocre.

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                                      • mpR
                                      • 27 Sep 2018

                                      According to staff in three well known mobile phone stores here in the UK, the Note 9 is killing it sales wise (blue one with yellow s-pen the most popular), and the iPhone XS is not. The annoying thing is that neither are ever in stock, you have to order and collect next or another day. This has never happened before, I walked in and bought my Note 8 when it was launched. Not sure why, although staff say it is to ensure no store gets favourable treatment.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • sxr
                                        • 27 Sep 2018

                                        Apple needs to improve on IOS's restrictive, limited and jurassic system if it wants to continue being successful at selling at higher and higher luxurious price points.

                                        Hey Apple! Want some ideas to increase sales so that the iphone 6 supercycle is repeated or even exceeded despite an overpriced iPhone? Copy android's features!

                                        Allow third party launchers or at least an app drawer to hide all the horrible iPhone screen clutter! And while you're at it, add a dark theme and true dual sim functionality/dual sim slots, a dedicated sd card slot, 4000mAh battery, and a proper file manager that's as simple as transferring files in Windows explorer! --- not forcing your users to download that huge, slow installing, memory hogging, convoluted, infuriating iTunes program that you need to install on every computer you want to have multiple media/file transfers with your iPhone and almost gives one a seizure!