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Kuo: iPhone 14 Pro Sales Are in Big Trouble Due to Foxconn Factory Protests
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my wife who is in shanghai, tried to buy the max pro but it was completely sold out, so she bought the regular max and is happy with it (couldn't tell the difference). Thanks apple and foxconn for saving me 200+ bucks.
Please start manufacturing more Apple devices in India,Bangladesh,Indonesia and Pakistan.
This is always what happens when you rely heavily on one vendor. There were signs that suggested Apple should diversify production. To their credit, they did somewhat, but not enough.
Will this get Tim Cook into trouble? No, but he should think twice about going (almost) solo with Foxconn for Apple Cars and other prime projects.
Will this get Tim Cook into trouble? No, but he should think twice about going (almost) solo with Foxconn for Apple Cars and other prime projects.
Moving factories to india would be the same exact mistake.
No. Apple should have various factories producing its products all over the world.
That's how they would minimize the risks.
And wouldn't that be the exact same mistake? Having the great majority of production in one place?
Considering iPhone 14 and 14 pro are extremely underwhelming and boring upgrades it’s no surprise apple risk missing the boat this year: the only hope to keep sales afloat was the Christmas madness. Come January very few people will care about iPhone 14 and whoever can will just waits for 15 hoping it’s at least a little bit better, and not just a reskin of the same product as the 14 was.
Yeah, but this is pretty cut and dry. If Tim Cook wasn’t so busy cozying up the CCP for the Chinese market, he could have thought about it clearly enough to get ahead of it.
There’s another big country that is due to have its democracy downgraded due to ballot harvesting…but we won’t get into that. 😉🤣 India and their "electoral autocracy?"
'Electoral autocracy': The downgrading of India's democracy
Three different reports have downgraded India's democracy recently - and the government is not happy.www.bbc.com
More important is supporting our brothers and sisters in China as they fight Totalitarian oppression by an evil government. I’d gladly give up all my Apple stock and products if it meant they could live in freedom….
Kind of a blasé response, no? When a company such as Apple, in which I own stock, has that many resources as their disposal, I expect them to have better intelligence coming in than I have— and act appropriately— and they clearly did not or didn’t make the hard decisions. At least they have some manufacturing in India, which is a good start. One wonders if the CCP told them to keep a certain % of their manufacturing in China or lose the market…
As I believe, Monday morning quarterbacking is real easy. Monday morning quarterbackers leading a $3T company with all of the myriad of moving parts is not easy in real life. Criticizing though is a piece of cake.
That's good to know about your intelligence.
Please send a letter to Tim Cook and Apple's board members sharing your intelligence and information. I suspect they'd greatly appreciate your insight as they likely have no idea about potential Chinese dynamics/politics going forward. You might have a hand in saving the company.
This couldn’t come at a worse time for Apple. Working with China is a liability.
Hopefully the Chinese people can get relief from the tyranny of the CCP. The world needs to stand behind the protesters right now. Though if China plunged into civil war I can only image what would happen to supply chains then.
Hopefully the Chinese people can get relief from the tyranny of the CCP. The world needs to stand behind the protesters right now. Though if China plunged into civil war I can only image what would happen to supply chains then.
It all depends what iPhone you are coming from. If you come from a 13 it might not be a big deal, if you come from 11 or earlier it will be a substantial change.
Thats not even touching the redesigned front screen which to you might not mean anything but for the next 4+ years will be the standard on all newer iPhones so everything under the 14 pros will look dated, which will be a silly but substantial motivator to upgrade from this point outward.
Apple should quickly improve the production numbers in India, especially for the Pro models.
This! Where is the Macrumors coverage of the stories about Apple shutting down AirDrop for Chinese iPhones at the request of the CCP?? Apparently, the protesters rely on it, so the data does not go through the cell networks.
15 with USB-C is what I am waiting for. Until then my 12Pro is working fine. My iPad and Macbooks are USB-C, time for me to get rid of Lightning.
This leaves unanswered where those sales are going--does it mean they'll hang on to their phones and wait for the iPhone 15, or that they'll buy another brand now?
Apple should have started getting out 10 years ago when Foxconn had to erect suicide nets for its buildings.
Maybe if I was paid 98 million like Tim Cook I would have a more detailed plan of action! Missing 20 million iPhones in production for a quarter is a huge failure, you can sugarcoat this however you want though. Also I'm an Apple shareholder so I have a vested interest that they succeed.
They do have a detailed plan of action.
They've been working on moving 25% of iPhone production and supply chain to India. That doesn't mean they'll stop at 25%.
Surely a very important shareholder would know this.