Apple and Samsung earnings show most people don’t want $1,000 phones

While this comes as no surprise to most people, there's no way most people would even consider buying a $1000+ smartphone, it seems to be a shocking revelation to Apple and Samsung. Same goes for the $1000+ tablets, who in their right mind puts out that much cash for a flimsy easy to crunch device? Those of us that can afford it and want the latest tech have mis-trained the makers to expect growth in this segment, but I can't see supporting it any longer myself.

Apple and Samsung earnings show most people don’t want $1,000 phones
WED, JUL 31 2019 8:15 PM EDT
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/31/app...s-show-most-people-dont-want-1000-phones.html

• Apple’s iPhone revenue was down year over year.
• Samsung said sales of its Galaxy S10 were weak during its second quarter.
• People aren’t buying expensive phones and are upgrading at a slower pace.

Apple and Samsung earnings show most people don't want $1,000 phones (cnbc.com)
submitted 21 hours ago by Jedistro
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Of course people don't want those, especially with gimmick features or ugly notches in display. Plus OnePlus can sell people awesome smartphone with large display without notches and huge amount of RAM for around $700 (8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage) all it misses is a wireless charging but many people do not care about it.

 

There are even cheaper smartphones that do more than enough for $250-$400 - probably even less soon.

I know I don't want to spend more than $250 on a smartphone...even less would be nice.

My Samsung S7 Edge is going to need to last me a long time.

 

And there will come more expencive phones.

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I hope they keep doing the flexible screens, though i would not pay more than £$800 for one.

 

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Maybe due the all too high prices, on top of no innovation?

 

There's innovation but its too much pricey. I'd recommend 11 Pro Max 64GB to be priced at 800$(Yeah 64GB f*** small space which is like 200$ phone from Android World!) Yeah its pricier than my AW BGA!

 

I just want a big phone (big in surface area, not diagonal measurement, which is all but meaningless) with a big, replaceable battery and an armored (Otterbox Defender type) case. I don't care about thin, elegant, what have you. I basically want a reasonably priced brick of a phone that I can keep for another 5 years. My Galaxy Note 2 is just getting a bit long in the tooth, being limited to Android 4.4.

 

OnePlus. The shadiest of shady companies. They have been found to be less than “savoury” with their customers data, information and credit card information. I would not take a 1plus phone if they paid me.

 

The Doogee S90 looks like the right general type of phone, and at a reasonable price. Whether buying a Doogee device at all is a good idea is a separate question. The recent Galaxy Notes are hideously expensive, particularly for an item whose battery can't be replaced (and no, I'm not going to save a few $ by trading in my existing phone -- my rule with storage is that once any unencrypted data has been placed on the device that I will not sell/return it, and "encrypted" means under my control, e. g. formatting it as a LUKS container).

I'd just as soon have a phone without a biometric sensor at all, since I'm going to continue using a password to unlock it. But I guess that's asking too much.