llien

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• Feb 21, 2018

• #1

Samsung's panel-making division, Samsung Display, is reportedly reducing OLED panel production at its South Chungcheong plant due to lower than expected iPhone X sales. According to Nikkei Asian Review, Samsung now plans to cover 20 million or fewer iPhone X devices for the quarter ending in March, a large decrease from the expected 45 to 50 million units. CNET reports: Apple sold 77.3 million iPhones in the quarter ending in January, down by 1 percent on the previous year. The $1,000 price tag on the iPhone X was blamed for the volume shortfall -- but also contributed to the company making record-breaking profits.Samsung did not respond to CNET's request for comment.

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WaterAstro

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• Feb 21, 2018

• #2

It's funny that they don't do well if their competitors doesn't do well. Maybe this is an Apple scheme lol.

 

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Very Berry Sunday

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• Feb 21, 2018

• #3

I am surprised. I bought one myself and sold it for $100 more than what I paid.

 

DonJimbo

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• Feb 21, 2018

• #4

The great thinv about the X is that it makes other iphones cost lesser than the X and makes them more affordable

 

llien

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• Feb 21, 2018

• #5

WaterAstro said:

It's funny that they don't do well if their competitors doesn't do well. Maybe this is an Apple scheme lol.

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They sell quite a number of phones themselves, so not sure you are right here.

 

WaterAstro

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• Feb 21, 2018

• #6

llien said:

They sell quite a number of phones themselves, so not sure you are right here.

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A loss of sales is a loss of sales.

 

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Breakage

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• Feb 21, 2018

• #7

The iPhone X has been selling poorly? I don't follow the phone industry, but I presumed it was a hit with consumers.

 

Badlucktroll

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• Feb 21, 2018

• #8

I was gonna get an iPhone X but i think i am gonna wait to see their offerings for 2018. Wasn't there rumored to be an iPhone SE2, and a smaller phone that uses the X design, but utilizes a standard LED and not an Oled?

 

Sapiens

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• Feb 21, 2018

• #9

Breakage said:

The iPhone X has been selling poorly? I don't follow the phone industry, but I presumed it was a hit with consumers.

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I think Apple expected to sell more, I guess? I’m still on a 6S, so I don’t plan to upgrade for a whole, but I think Apple just expected everyone to shit their pants and upgrade to the X. I recall when the 6 came out, people were lined up at stores during opening for weeks.

Everyone also expected it to be unavailable for months, but at a 1000 bucks, it was readily available.

I think the price finally bit Apple in the ass with their phones, but hey, they still sold a tonne and people love it.

It is a very nice phone, just not for me, right now.

I’ll wait a few more years.

 

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Sosokrates

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• Feb 21, 2018

• #10

Smartphones are going to see small evolutions in the short term future. In terms of screen and performance they cant get much better. So, not great iphone x sales dont surprise me.
The next big things in the smartphone world is going to be better A.I. Things like siri and Google assist are still quite primitive a lot of queries and tasks you present them with still result in just a web search a majority of the time. These digital assistants can be so much better.

 

Trogdor1123

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• Feb 21, 2018

• #11

People realized that a phone is just a phone finally. They couldn't justify the cost. That damn facial recognition isn't so hot either from what I have seen.

 

Swass

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• Feb 21, 2018

• #12

As someone who has owned almost every iteration of the iphone sans the 4 and 7, the iPhone X is the least appealing phone they have ever put out. I don't like the notch, I don't like the removal of the fingerprint sensor.. and if Apple insists on pushing this design on all future iterations of the phone then I'm moving to android.

 

Uhtred

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• Feb 21, 2018

• #13

Trogdor1123 said:

People realized that a phone is just a phone finally. They couldn't justify the cost. That damn facial recognition isn't so hot either from what I have seen.

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Yeah I went with the 8, and im cool with that, Everyone has a line they wont cross, and the X price tag while I could afford it, didn't sit right with me.

 

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gatti-man

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• Feb 21, 2018

• #14

I’m waiting for the X plus. iPhone X is still too small especially for the price.

 

dem

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• Feb 21, 2018

• #15

A story out of Japan on Friday stated that "Other smartphone makers, who Samsung had hoped would incorporate OLED panels, have been slow to make the transition due to their expense and are sticking to liquid crystal displays.""Apparently that reality doesn't sell stories, so the Nikkei Asian Review decided to just throw in Apple as being Samsung's problem to make the story a mover.

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http://www.patentlyapple.com/patent...in-oled-orders-from-chinese-vendors.html#more

 

llien

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• Feb 21, 2018

• #16

dem said:

http://www.patentlyapple.com/patent...in-oled-orders-from-chinese-vendors.html#more

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patentlyapple = grain of salt to apply
There is only a handful of smartphone makers selling OLED phones, and pretty much no one else, besides Apple, bar Samsung itself, selling them en mass.