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Ming-Chi Kuo survey: Apple’s iPhone 16 series, particularly the Pro models, seems to be facing significant challenges in capturing consumer interest, with potential shifts in consumer loyalty towards Android and older iPhone models. (Link & AI analysis)
The Pro Max may have gotten too big and the Plus just never got popular. The iPhone 16 Pro and the vanilla 16 have some positives, though.
Before September, analysts reported that Apple would be building more iPhone 16 phones, mostly upping the number of Pro models produced. Many plan on getting a Pro instead or grabbing an older model – with no size increase, the only tangible upgrade this generation is the new side buttons – some are moving to Android and many just don’t care about the Plus. Kuo speculated that the delay of Apple Intelligence kept pre-orders for the two iPhone Pro models down and sales will improve once that arrives (and the upcoming holiday season will help too).
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