A wrong move for Apple?
In spite of the buzz at the iPhone X being the most revolutionary iPhone to date, it turns out that it is not doing that well, according to a report by CNBC. The reports were rooted in Apple’s shares dropping over three percent yesterday, along with Apple reducing its sales forecast for the iPhone X from 50 million units to 30 million units.
It does not stop there either: Interest with the iPhone X is far from that with the iPhone 6 in 2014. According to a social media analysis by Reuters, there were only 4.97 million Weibo posts about the iPhone X, which pales in comparison to the iPhone 6’s 11 million posts during the same time period in 2014.
Even if there are reports saying that the analysis of the iPhone X production cuts is wrong, one cannot deny the fact that the iPhone X is facing a lot of challenges. Aside from its exaggerated pricing and unreliability of its FaceID tech, the iPhone X is not as innovative as previous iPhones–iPhone 8 and 8 Plus included.
And that’s on top of the Cupertino-based company’s admission of intentionally slowing down old iPhones to preserve battery life. With all these bad news hitting Apple this holiday season, we ask ourselves: Will they be able to recover come 2018? That remains to be seen for now, as Apple is usually tight-lipped when it comes to the sales of the iPhone X.
Perhaps, a price cut and a software fix should be enough to make the iPhone X saleable, don’t you think?
Source: CNBC
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