In zwei interessanten Artikeln wird aber darauf hingewiesen, dass diese Erklärung zu kurz greift.
Auf Bloomberg.com: Apple’s iPhone Warning Comes Years Too Late
Das mit China ist eine Ausrede wie "Das Wetter ist schuld". Aufschlussreicher dagegen
Na ja, diese Ueberlegung hätten ja auch Analysten den Investoren predigen können.In an extraordinary letter to Apple investors, CEO Tim Cook also told stockholders what he should have been saying for years: The company’s iPhone business has shifted into a lower gear because of changes in the smartphone market and consumer behavior. This should have been absolutely predictable to anyone who was able to peer outside of Apple’s bubble. Executives have failed in their duty to warn investors ahead of time about all this, and reality is finally and all at once catching up to Apple.
Den "shifting market" illustriert ein Artikel in der heutigen New York Times: Apple’s Biggest Problem? My Mom
Für was brauche ich mein Smartphone, ein billiges Wiko? Telephonieren, sms, WhatsApp mit Familie und Freunden, Lesen von 4 News Sites, Aktienkurse, KenKen und Sudoku. Manchmal GoogleMap. Brauche ich wirklich alle 2 Jahre ein neues 800 $ iPhone?She’s a relatively tech-savvy retiree and a longtime Apple fan who has used many of the company’s products over the years. I learned to type on an Apple IIGS at her office, and she was an early adopter of the original turquoise iMac. These days, she uses her iPhone to check Facebook and Instagram, talk with her friends and relatives, and play solitaire and Words With Friends.
Her phone isn’t the latest model — it’s a three-year-old iPhone 6S — and it’s missing some of the latest features. She can’t take portrait mode photos using a dual-lens camera, a feature introduced in the iPhone 7 Plus, and she can’t unlock her phone using Face ID, which was introduced in the iPhone X in 2017. Her phone’s battery life could be better, and the device sometimes runs out of storage space.
But she’s happy with it, and doesn’t feel the need to upgrade. She also has a first-generation Apple Watch and a several-versions-ago MacBook Air, neither of which she’s planning to replace anytime soon.
Meine Erfahrung mit Apple war eben negativ mit meinem Eipäd 1 welches ich vor gut 8 Jahren kaufte. Seit 2 oder 3 Jahrem keine OS Updates mehr, Youtube geht nicht mehr, ebenso Bloomberg, seit September auch BBC nicht mehr ...