Apple Admits There Is a Smartphone Slowdown Ahead of iPhone 15 Debut
www.bloomberg.com
On the cusp of the iPhone 15 debut, Apple has finally admitted what has long been clear: The industry is facing a smartphone slowdown. Also: Another M3 Mac goes into testing, Apple seeks to downplay its Goldman Sachs rift, and Vision Pro developer labs get off to a sluggish start.
  • TenderfootGungi@lemmy.worldEnglish
    391·
    1 year ago

    Smartphone sales in general are down. It has hit apple somewhat and devastated Android sales. Likely a result of the K shaped recovery (middle class and wealthy better off, poor worse off).

    But there is also a huge pent up demand for the USB-C iPhone. I put off upgrading my 11 for it.

    • Dark_Blade@lemmy.world
      132·
      1 year ago

      The 15 is probably gonna do huge numbers this year, thanks to the design changes and USB-C. Kinda wish I’d gotten that but I really couldn’t put off an upgrade anymore and got the 14 Pro.

      • N-E-N
        4·
        1 year ago

        Yea USB C is the only thing id consider upgrading for

    • Brkdncr@artemis.camp
      61·
      1 year ago

      I’m on the other side. I have a 10 and it’s just dropped below 90% on the battery which makes sense because I’m no having to look for charging before the end of the evening. I also have a Synology nas which handles a lot of my “cloud” needs like backup, and your concerns about walled garden don’t really seem to apply to me.

      The biggest issue I have is even a decade later my typing speed and accuracy is well below my blackberry days. I’m looking at getting a larger model to hopefully improve things.

      • latinoheat@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        1 year ago

        Consider enabling swipe, you can get away with allot of inaccuracies swiping away the words and to me it’s allot faster.

        • prashanthvsdvn@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          1 year ago

          I’m not sure about accessing files directly from PC but transferring files via and SMB share folders seems reasonable without relying on cloud storage. I setup a dedicated folder that I share via SMB and access it using the files app.