What might help Apple sell more iPhones? Cheaper iPhones

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But those prices are hard to swallow in China and India, markets Apple is depending on to grow its global market share. Even here in the United States, consumers aren't upgrading their phones as much as they used to. Molly Wood talks with Julie Ask, principal analyst at Forrester Research, about how Apple can keep commanding such high prices. Is that overly simplistic as an answer or would cheaper phones help sell more phones? And now for some related links:We talk a lot about the Chinese market, but India is huge for smartphone makers.

Apple says Qualcomm refused to sell it chips for the latest iPhones

Apple says it wanted to use Qualcomm modems in the iPhone XS, XS Max, and XR — but that Qualcomm refused to sell them after Apple sued over its licensing practices. Qualcomm is currently on trial, accused of engaging in monopolistic practices including charging unusually high royalty rates, refusing to license patents to other chipmakers, and promising deals to customers like Apple if they exclusively used Qualcomm chips. According to Williams, Apple originally planned to split its latest modem order between Qualcomm and Intel. It only turned to Intel to supply all the modems after Qualcomm refused to sell. Apple also revealed the price it's been paying for Qualcomm modems: $7.50 per device, says Williams.

Apple Warned iPhones Sales Are In Trouble

as mentioned in Citi reveals forecasts for the iPhone range have been cut dramatically with sales expectations for the iPhone XS Max falling by a massive 48%. As such Apple is driving down production in an attempt simply to ship a build-up of excess unsold iPhone stock. As such Citi believes Apple will sell 45M iPhones during its first quarter, the lowest number since 2012. With the 2018 models representing the first year Apple's full range (iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR) have boasted the 10th-anniversary iPhone X design, many expected a sales supercycle so this was not in the script. iPhone XS Vs iPhone XR: What's The Difference?

Apple gains patent for future iPhones and Apple Watches to act as poisonous gas and CO detectors [U]

As for the "enclosure", an Apple Watch is what's being used in the patent demonstration. Our own Guilherme Rambo keenly pointed out how considering the ease of building your own IoT smoke detector with an Arduino circuit board, it wouldn't be surprising to see the next Apple Watch feature gas-detecting abilities — again, provided water-resistance isn't impaired. Would you like to see a feature like this on your next iPhone or Apple Watch? Update: As numerous readers have pointed out, there's a difference between carbon monoxide (CO) versus carbon dioxide (CO2). As for whether the final release would detect both CO and CO2 remains to be seen, yet for the time being, the patent makes no mention of carbon dioxide, CO2.