“Localytics examined over 70 million iOS devices to determine what percentage of iPhone 8’s are in use and compared this to previous iPhones a month after they were launched,” Chuck Jones writes for Forbes. “8’s usage trails the previous three new iPhone launches (and probably pretty much all of them). However, what needs to be taken into account is that these are percentages and not the number of devices in use.”
Jones writes, “Localytics provided first weekend percentages so when the first month is compared the growth was: iPhone 6 grew from 2.3% in use to 7.0% usage or a growth ratio of 3.0x; iPhone 6s grew from 1.3% to 4.3% usage or a ratio of 3.3x; iPhone 7 grew from 1.2% to 5.1% usage or a ratio of 4.3x; iPhone 8 grew from 0.7% to 2.4% usage or a ratio of 3.4x.”
“So it appears that the iPhone 8’s demand has actually been fairly consistent for the first month and pretty much in-line with previous iPhone launches,” Jones writes. “And this is in the face of the iPhone X’s upcoming launch.”
Read more in the full article here.
MacDailyNews Take: Apple’s iPhone 8 and 8 Plus are the best pair of smartphones on the market right now, so of course demand is healthy.
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oh great. Why not have only 1 day of sales in the 1st incomplete month (->0.1%), so you will easily get a factor of 20 or more. The point is, these factors are 100% meaningless. Neither a good nor a bad sign, but meaningless.
Agreed. Meaningless as a basis for relative comparison between models/years. But, on the positive side, they all show new iPhone uptake!
There real numbers will be revealed over time. They will be higher than the pessimists and negative rumor mongers (stock manipulators) predicted, but lower than the unreasonable optimists would like.
And then the iPhone X will begin shipping…and the same thing will be true!!
I generally find Jones’s analysis to be rather shallow.. This effort is much better than previous writings.
The reader has to keep in mind that the base upon which the percentages are based is larger each subsequent year. Ergo, even with higher real numbers the percentage of usage may be, and probably is, smaller than the previous year.
Reports such as this one by Localytics is incomplete, as it does not reference the size of the base the percentage was calculated against.
Further, in the three years prior to the iPhone 8 consumers had on two choices: the 4.7″ and 5.5″ models. This year a third choice has been added to the mix, so its natural that in terms of percentage of usage something has to give.
Negative articles about iPhone 8 sales are, at best, uninformed, and at worst, fabrications of reality.
And iPhone 8 might still be the best smartphone on the market on October 28th as well.
Some of us think so, which is why we have bought one. I have just got my 8+ and love! The notch and narrower screen has put me off the X
Price to performance the iPhone 8 is better than the iPhone X. Except for the costs attributed to the OLED display and 3D sensing the cost to manufacture is virtually the same. Both cost more than the iPhone 7 to produce.
However, the iPhone 8 got a $50 price increase, while the iPhone X got a $230 price increase.
With the new pricing structure it shouldn’t be surprising that the iPhone 7 is selling better than the iPhone 8. After all, they look very similar on the outside and the iPhone 7 is priced $150 less.
Another equally valid data point: I personally haven’t seen one in the wild yet.
From this one data point, I am now qualified to project future sales. The sky is falling!!!!!!!!!!!!
Your forecasting methodology closely resembles that of Ming Chi Kuo, the worst source of news about anything Apple in the world.