He iPhone 16 It’s another Apple’s failure? Well, just One of the models would be sold.
Just over a week after being announced by Apple, the iPhone 16 is not having the expected effect on the market.
Since last Friday, September 13, the pre-sale of the iPhone 16.
With this, industry analysts began to study how the new Apple device is being received.
Which already gave rise to a not so encouraging outlook for the Cupertino company.
iPhone 16 sales are lower than previous models
The prestigious analyst Ming Chi-Kuo has made a rather interesting analysis on the iPhone 16.
He did a report studying shipping times quoted at Apple Stores and surveying members of the iPhone supply chain, and found a telling statistic.
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It found that iPhone 16 sales are 12.7% lower than iPhone 15 sales.
This is because there is a Falling demand for iPhone Pro and Pro Max models.
According to experts, during the first weekend of iPhone 16 sales, there were 36.8 million reservations, of which 17.1 correspond to the Pro Max model.
However, although it seems like a good number, the truth is that there was a 16% drop compared to the iPhone 15. Which indicates that sales are going slower than expected.
The same goes for the iPhone Pro 16, which has a 27% drop compared to last year’s model.
According to Ming Chi-Kuo, Apple’s sales decline is due to the fact that artificial intelligence features have not yet been incorporated.
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Only this iPhone 16 model would be sold
Despite the panorama that faces Apple due to low sales of the iPhone 16since the Plus model is the one that would be increasing its reserves.
Being the most benefited model with 48%. There is also an increase with the standard iPhone 16 which was reserved for 10% more.
On the first weekend 2.6 million iPhone Plus pre-sold.
Experts suggest that Apple will need to conduct a well-thought-out marketing campaign by 2025 to turn this situation around.
They also point out that there could be a change in Apple’s sales with the addition of Apple Intelligence.
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2024-09-18 00:17:29