“We’ve read a number of analyses that paint a troubling picture for Apple’s rivals following the launch of its next-generation iPhone 6 smartphone and ‘iPhone Air’ phablet,” Zach Epstein reports for BGR.
“In a nutshell, industry watchers see a rocky road ahead for Android phone vendors as pent-up demand for larger iPhone models sends millions upon millions of smartphone buyers headed in Apple’s direction,” Epstein reports. “According to a new report, however, the iPhone 6 is already causing some serious headaches for rival smartphone makers despite the fact that it won’t even exist for another couple of months.”
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“Smartphone vendors that are looking to release new high-end models in the second half of 2014 are worried about getting access to enough component supplies as many component makers are preparing orders for Apple’s new iPhone, according to sources from the upstream supply chain,” Max Wang and Joseph Tsai report for DigiTimes.
“In addition, non-Apple vendors have delayed the launches of their new smartphones to a later time in 2014 to avoid direct competition against the new iPhones, the sources noted,” Wang and Tsai report. “Consumers delaying their purchases of a new smartphone to include upcoming iPhones as one of their options may impact non-Apple vendors’ smartphone sales by 10-20%, the sources said.”
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MacDailyNews Take: Gee, that’s too bad. 🙂
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Readers “Dan K” and “Brawndo Drinker” for the heads up.]
The media, not the iPhone 6, is responsible for any “hurting” of Apple’s rivals. That baseless nonsense spewing machine creates FUD indiscriminately and ends up having a conversation with itself fabricating evidence, reasoning and conclusion out to thin air.
Apple has communicated NOTHING about the iPhone 6, so where does the hurt come from ? It comes from the fertile imagination of pundits who extrapolate whole universes out of a grain of sand.
If there is one company on Earth that knows how to get the media to work for them, it is Apple
The problem is that the media works both for and against Apple. The free publicity regarding new products is great. The crazy rumors about unannounced products that cause mass confusion and unreasonable expectations are not so nice. Perhaps the new Apple hire will do a better job of leaking guidance…
So… are you saying that iPhone 6 won’t have a personal medical emergency hologram?
Zach Epstein … BGR … look no further. Just their usual game of sensationalist clickbaiting.
I think that this my be the real on for the “delay” in the iPhone6 that was reported.
If Apple staggers the rollout of the 2 different size phones, one in September and one in Nov/Dec, they will have blocked the market for competitors’ rollouts into early 2015.
It seems a little premature to have that much of an effect on the entire smartphone industry considering the finished product is a long way off.
I know many people who can upgrade today but are in a wait and see mode until the next iPhone is released.
I think iPhone sales will be much larger than anybody anticipates. The general public will soon realize they can never sell or giveaway their Android smartphones do to the fact that all files on these devices can never be completely wiped/deleted. This includes items like text messages, photos, Facebook activity, Google searches, GPS/location information, etc.
I believe the fact that Android phones can never be wiped is the biggest news story of the year, not just in the tech world. This is the biggest threat to peace in years. How many compromising photos will be posted on the Internet? How many people will be stalked? How many employees will be fired when their bosses start mining old Android phones? How many inside traders or other losers will get caught? How many of these criminals will try to track down the person who purchased their Android phone and cause phyisical harm? What about the father that likes porn videos of midgets f*cking chickens and gave his Android smartphone to his young kid? Will governments start confiscating and banning the sale of all Android phones to keep the peace? Will there be class action lawsuits against Google and the Android manufacturers like HTC, Samsung, LG, etc.?
Is Max Wang his real name or just a fallacy?