Apple iPhone 8 listed in the global market was cold, a Canadian mobile operator recently confirmed that the iPhone 8 sales is really in the doldrums.
Previously, Taiwan Kaiji Securities analyst Guo Ming 錤 once claimed that he mastered the channel of the operator data show that iPhone 8 sales are acceptable.However, more and more information to prove that the iPhone 8 in the market has been tumbled,
Joe Natale, chief executive of Rogers Communications, a Canadian mobile operator, said at the earnings analyst's meeting Thursday that we see the market's demand for the iPhone 8, which is also global, according to AppleInsider, a US technology news site. Mobile operators rare to prove that Apple's new mobile phone market was cold.
In fact, the iPhone 8 listed on the first day, the global market downturn in the situation, Apple retail stores did not appear long queues, some store staff exceeded the number of customers, Apple retail stores and even forced to embarrass Prepared fence.
The media generally pointed out that the iPhone 8 and the previous mobile phone is too similar, still continued minor repair small upgrade mode, so the lack of elements to stimulate the purchase of users, sales downturn in the expected.
The above-mentioned operator executives also said that consumers may be more interested in the iPhone X market in November.
But Natale also said that iPhone X still has some uncertainties, which are too high pricing, while Apple's supply is still in doubt, these factors will affect the company's fourth quarter results.
He said, iPhone X's pricing than the iPhone 7 higher than three quarters, this is a very expensive product, the other company can get from Apple's number of mobile phones, that is, the volume is a problem.
Although the iPhone 8 mobile phone in the sale after the emergence of a downturn in the report, but Taiwan's KGI analyst Guo Ming 錤 has published a different message, said from the operator channel information display, iPhone 8 sales can still, exaggerated the first weekend retail But more information shows that Guo Ming 錤 this conclusion there is a certain degree of 'moisture'. The analyst has repeatedly appeared in the past to predict the wrong event.
iPhone 8 design appearance and past the same, Apple is only to provide a wireless charge, an increase of the glass shell, and the price of this phone has increased to $ 700. Recently reported that multiple countries appeared last year's iPhone 7 than the iPhone 8 More popular reports, which iPhone 7 after the price increase to enhance the attractiveness of consumers, which also makes Apple very embarrassing.
According to the latest media reports, due to the iPhone 8 two mobile phone sales downturn, Apple has November, December mobile phone production scale, reduced by half.This once again proved that the phone sales are very weak.
iPhone X will be scheduled at the end of this month, it is learned that the bottleneck of the upstream parts suppliers have been resolved, Foxconn Group production and delivery is growing significantly in early November, the phone is able to successfully meet market demand, still worthy of attention.