Apple just took 86 percent of profit in the smartphone industry so that means it’s time to talk about units instead.
Writing for ZDNet, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes is not impressed with Apple’s current low-priced phone.
“This is why Apple needs a cheaper iPhone.” (Tip o’ the antlers to @JonyIveParody.)
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More bad news for Apple as Counterpoint research has released its estimates of quarterly smartphone market profit share numbers. Turns out Apple took only… let’s see…
[squints at report]
…86 percent of the profit in the smartphone market.
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In these trying times it’s nice that we can still rely on certain constants, such as gravity, the almost unbearable hotness of Idris Elba and the fact that Android OEMs will find a way to screw up security if it’s the last thing they do.
Yes, The Verge’s Vlad Savov reports that Android’s trust problem isn’t getting better.
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The word on the street is the HomePod isn’t selling well so we must rush ourselves to the type-y machines and spread the bad word.
Writing for TNW, Abhimanyu Ghoshal says “Apple sucks at selling HomePods.”
[gif of whatever the character it is that Benicio del Toro plays in The Last Jedi pausing and then saying “Maybe.”]
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Pretty much the entire world is pissed at Facebook right now but don’t worry, The Wall Street Journal is here to declare a pox on all the houses of technology, whether it makes sense or not,
Writing for The Journal, Christopher Mims says “Apple, Amazon and Google Also Are Bracing for Privacy Regulations.” (Tip o’ the antlers to Matthew.)
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The Macalope isn’t sure why every Apple problem has to be existential in nature, but rest assured that someone somewhere will declare that they each are, from failure to prep a Mac Pro in a reasonable amount of time to discontinuing iPod socks.
Writing for ZDNet, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes says “I don't think Apple can fix the iOS mess it's created.” (Tip o’ the antlers to SamT.)
Yes, it is too late for iOS. It had a good run. Please remove the stick-on lettering from the back window of your Charger that memorialized the years your buddy lived before he died in that tragic blimp accident and replace them with ‘In loving memory, iOS. 2007-2018.”
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Breaking with tradition, the Macalope is here to link to a piece that he likes rather than one that has him banging his antlers against his desk.
Poor desk. It never did anything. It deserves a day off.
Jonathan Kim noticed the same thing the Macalope did about The Verge's Vlad Savov's evolving opinion on Airpods.
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