Who is To Blame for giant phones?

[Ry]

In my opinion, if they don't try catering to the low/mid range spectrum of phones, they might start hurting
I mean like 85% or something of phones run android and most phones are cheap phones

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You're only looking at half the picture though. Volume isn't the most important thing to Apple. Look at their profit numbers. Look at their margins.

 

[A895]

You're only looking at half the picture though. Volume isn't the most important thing to Apple. Look at their profit numbers. Look at their margins.

I wills at though, Apple can't survive in high end devices forever. They will have to cater to more markets soon, I mean there are still billions of people without smart phones.

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[LeoRex]

I wills at though, Apple can't survive in high end devices forever.

They'll be fine as long as they put out a decent product. Their more pressing problem is that they don't have Jobs to be their creative soul... They are now reacting, rather than leading. THAT won't work forever

 

[Kevin OQuinn]

I wills at though, Apple can't survive in high end devices forever. They will have to cater to more markets soon, I mean there are still billions of people without smart phones.

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Maybe when they stop breaking their own sales records with each new iPhone release. Then maybe they'll expand "down market".

 

[jjamain]

Its all about marketing strategy and increasing revenue.

I think, once apple entered big screen territory, others manufacturer will enter iphone small screen with high end spec. Wait n see....

 

[Ry]

I think, once apple entered big screen territory, others manufacturer will enter iphone small screen with high end spec. Wait n see....

I'd be surprise to see it cycle back to smaller phones soon.

 

[A895]

Maybe when they stop breaking their own sales records with each new iPhone release. Then maybe they'll expand "down market".

I am not talking now, but eventually maybe 5 years they will have to make some changes to their business strategy.

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[codyoehl]

You're only looking at half the picture though. Volume isn't the most important thing to Apple. Look at their profit numbers. Look at their margins.

In a way, it is though
Would you rather sell 1 iPhone for a profit of $200 or 7 android phones for a profit of $50? (Kinda just making up numbers but I think you get the idea)

But you guys are right, they will be fine for a number of years but they will eventually have to change

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[Kevin OQuinn]

In a way, it is though
Would you rather sell 1 iPhone for a profit of $200 or 7 android phones for a profit of $50? (Kinda just making up numbers but I think you get the idea)

But you guys are right, they will be fine for a number of years but they will eventually have to change

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Two ways to look at it. Apple has enjoyed hefty gross margins for a while. Investors like that a lot. They also like total revenue and profit.

Investors don't like when any of those slip even a little bit.

So, if Apple can sell a $200 phone that they built for $50 and have the kind of experience they know their users want they might do it.

 

[someguy01234]

There have been bigger phones in the past like the Dell Streak, but I think the one that was a big success and popularize the phablet concept was original Galaxy Note, which I spent $850 to import when it was out. Today, it's still the most popular phablet.

Everyone who saw me with that Note comment how huge it is and ask "how can you use it"? Now all of them use these huge phones.

 

[codyoehl]

There are been bigger phones in the past like the Dell Streak, but I think the one that was a big success and popularize the phablet concept was original Galaxy Note, which I spent $850 to import when it was out. Today, it's still the most popular phablet.

Everyone who saw me with that Note comment how huge it is and ask "how can you use it"? Now all of them use these huge phones.

Yeah the Galaxy Notes are pretty big, too big for me, but they are very popular

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[A895]

There have been bigger phones in the past like the Dell Streak, but I think the one that was a big success and popularize the phablet concept was original Galaxy Note, which I spent $850 to import when it was out. Today, it's still the most popular phablet.

Everyone who saw me with that Note comment how huge it is and ask "how can you use it"? Now all of them use these huge phones.

One of the only phablets I ever considers was a Note 3. And to be fair, it actually isn't unwieldy to me like the LG G3 is to me either. It is just way expensive.

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[BobLobIaw]

If only Elon Musk could teleport us back in time to 2001....

 

[LeoRex]

Everyone who saw me with that Note comment how huge it is and ask "how can you use it"? Now all of them use these huge phones.

I remember holding an S III, never mind the Note, and thinking how massive it was. But didn't take long before I realized that all that real estate was pretty nice.

Sight is our most important sense. I remember what the mobile internet looked like back when I had my old Razr flip... Now, every category, from productivity apps to games, everything has benefited from the increase. And that move to 5' and above was, pardon the pun, huge.

 

[Slashyou]

That is not true, there are a lot of high specced 13 laptops. But there are not a lot of high specced phones in smaller form factor.

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Well i see your point you want a small phone with high end specs.
dont know why my old answer got deleted??? but yea get a nokia 3310 or something high end. or maybe an iphone 5s i mean it have high end specs not that big and thats what you want right?

 

[Slashyou]

Well i see your point you want a small phone with high end specs.
dont know why my old answer got deleted??? but yea get a nokia 3310 or something high end. or maybe an iphone 5s i mean it have high end specs not that big and thats what you want right?

Edit my old post didn get deleted but i was a n00b and oversaw it

 

[JulyLan]

I think it is not suitable for too small or too big.Just 4.7~5.5 is ok.Too small will be against for our reading but too big will be inconvenient for us carrying.

 

[egorre]

Well first off it's Samsung. it started with their experimental line Samsung Galaxy Note. everybody hated the idea at first then it started selling. pretty much after that every android manufacturer increased screen sizes gradually up to today's standard 5" screens. I myself didn't think I'd get a galaxy note but when I saw the note II from the t-mobile store it was an instabuy for me day 1. it's a powerful device for multimedia consumption. netflix on a bigger screen = everything. I am back on a nexus 5 now since my note has been laggy lately. (touchwiz) there's a rumor that motorola is releasing 5.9in "shamu" phablet. that's probably my next phone.

I've read somewhere that having a bigger phone (most likely a galaxy) is also a status symbol in some countries.

 

[codyoehl]

Well first off it's Samsung. it started with their experimental line Samsung Galaxy Note. everybody hated the idea at first then it started selling. pretty much after that every android manufacturer increased screen sizes gradually up to today's standard 5" screens. I myself didn't think I'd get a galaxy note but when I saw the note II from the t-mobile store it was an instabuy for me day 1. it's a powerful device for multimedia consumption. netflix on a bigger screen = everything. I am back on a nexus 5 now since my note has been laggy lately. (touchwiz) there's a rumor that motorola is releasing 5.9in "shamu" phablet. that's probably my next phone.

I've read somewhere that having a bigger phone (most likely a galaxy) is also a status symbol in some countries.

You think you might get the Note 4? The rumored specs are pretty good

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[codyoehl]

Well i see your point you want a small phone with high end specs.
dont know why my old answer got deleted??? but yea get a nokia 3310 or something high end. or maybe an iphone 5s i mean it have high end specs not that big and thats what you want right?

An indestructible 14 year old block of a phone nokia?

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