Apple cuts iPhone 5 display orders in half, possibly on weak demand

2. mas11 posted on 13 Jan 2013, 22:28 23 1

Exactly, the iPhone 5 lacks some key modern features such as NFC and an HD display. Apple needs a radical redesign and larger displays 4" is too small when most other high end displays are approaching and surpassing 5"

4. JoooIvvvo posted on 13 Jan 2013, 22:30 16 0

and SIZE.
SIZE DOES MATTER.
for those who say SIZE DOES NOT MATTER is a liar

31. xtplnet posted on 14 Jan 2013, 02:33 0 4

true man ..It will be great to have 5 inch Retina display iPhone with ios 7 and 13 Mega pixal camera !!

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9. SamsungFan posted on 13 Jan 2013, 22:54 9 3

Now it's time for Samsung. ....

17. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 13 Jan 2013, 23:37 10 0

And Sony, LG, Motorola...

Sony has good chance with Xperia Z and only Sony can make Android 2 horse race

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32. thelegend6657 posted on 14 Jan 2013, 02:36 6 5

Samsung phones are getting boring , they are almost the same . Give me a Sony / HTC / Lumia instead .
PS : I owns several Apple and Samsung products

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24. Hunt3rj2 posted on 14 Jan 2013, 00:46 2 9

NFC, sure. But HD display is a pointless word. Apple has consistently had the best displays for color calibration and they have consistently hit the same PPI range as other flagship devices. Larger phones might make more sense, but a lot of people want a smaller one too. Maybe an iPhone 5XLS and an iPhone 5S is in order...

5. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 13 Jan 2013, 22:32 11 0

Weak demand for sure, the widespread iPhone 5 discounts showed that. The strength for iOS now is iTunes and AppStore, not the iPhone itself. But Google PlayStore can now rival them and JB is way better OS.

In hardware beside advantage in screen size. Android took initiative from Apple by releasing much better than Retina phones and tablets. And HTC and Sony phones are better built than iPhone.

Expect iOS marketshare to shrink substantially this year

33. Nathan_ingx posted on 14 Jan 2013, 02:42 2 1

Darn! Where are all the hardcore ifans when we need them most!! :D

34. Robottoe posted on 14 Jan 2013, 02:54 4 0

most have already migrated from iOS to android...

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36. Nathan_ingx posted on 14 Jan 2013, 03:06 4 0

Yup...i can see that somehow. :)

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21. Bernoulli posted on 14 Jan 2013, 00:03 9 0

Don't forget those lawsuits, everyone is sick of supporting a greedy company that steals inventions and then claims is theirs

43. SuperMaoriBro posted on 14 Jan 2013, 11:53 3 0

they claim certain shapes as theirs as well

7. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 13 Jan 2013, 22:44 16 0

Apple takes customers for granted, and they have to pay for that.

35. PhenomFaz posted on 14 Jan 2013, 03:05 3 0

Its about time Apple got put in its place. I mean the company has been taking its customers for a ride for the past couple of years with almost no product enhancements whatsoever to speak of...and people I mean REAL product enhancements not some claim at an Apple conference stating that the latest updates contain 200 new features and when people are asked they hardly know two!

Time for Apple to step up or get the heck out of the way!

8. RaKithAPeiRiZ posted on 13 Jan 2013, 22:47 3 16

its kind of like how Porsche has never changed its design for 40 years ,

10. caustictoast posted on 13 Jan 2013, 22:55 14 1

Yes but Porsche's design is timeless. Technology changes rapidly.

14. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 13 Jan 2013, 23:13 11 1

Porsche has many designs for customers to choose, they even have SUV as well.

It's take it or leave it with Apple.

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19. pholocity posted on 13 Jan 2013, 23:46 3 0

Remember Henry Ford? You can have any color you want as long as it's black. Same with Apple's philosophy, black or white that's it. 4s and 4 didnt look any different to the untrained eye. If the 5S comes out there probably wont be any physical differences so it all looks the same. People like variety

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12. phljcnth posted on 13 Jan 2013, 22:59 12 2

Your iPhone is not a car. Get over it!

22. Bernoulli posted on 14 Jan 2013, 00:06 5 0

Lol my mum picks on people that use siri, she says, "oh you tell it you're hungry, is it going to spit out a burger now? "

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45. Droiddoes posted on 14 Jan 2013, 14:35 0 0

Exactly, it's barely even a phone!

BADOOM - TSSH

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46. roscuthiii posted on 14 Jan 2013, 20:32 1 0

Porsche also doesn't tell people that they can only drive at a max speed of 100km/hour, and only in 3rd gear.

Porsche also doesn't sue other companies for having round tires.

23. Bernoulli posted on 14 Jan 2013, 00:07 6 0

And watch them portray that as innovation and people fall for it lol

26. rusticguy posted on 14 Jan 2013, 01:28 4 0

4.95 or 5.45 as they will not pick the already done sizes going by their history ... they have to do it different to call it innovation and playing on odd sizez is the only innovation left for them as of now besides running to USPTO. But i am wondering how much of a cost bump comes with that 25% size bump because the manufacturing cost is bound to go up by 15% and since apple want 200-300% margin the end user price may go up by 40% which press will go all out to defend left right and center. So how much would the 5.45inch "iPhad" cost?

28. JoooIvvvo posted on 14 Jan 2013, 02:03 2 0

Maybe it's time for apple to introduce the ROUND handphone or iFreesBee.
a phone you can throw to play with your dog.

27. rusticguy posted on 14 Jan 2013, 01:29 0 0

it's like Beetle or H Davidson :)

30. thelegend6657 posted on 14 Jan 2013, 02:33 0 1

I don't want it to be wider , I love the 16:9 aspect ratio of the iPhone 5 and most android handsets that packs HD screen

40. pholocity posted on 14 Jan 2013, 11:28 0 0

according to the WSJ article other materials have been reduced as well. Other stock prices (vendors along the supply chain were down this morning as well)

42. rusticguy posted on 14 Jan 2013, 11:52 0 0

All changes that can come is Xeroxing Android world with an apple stamp.