“One of the most common narratives in the financial press regarding Apple stock has been the rumored death of the iPhone X. There have been countless stories that Apple’s flagship device, which is its most technologically advanced, is on the chopping block as a result of weak demand,” Danny Vena writes for The Motley Fool. “Some people were citing the $1,000 price tag as the reason keeping consumers from buying the phone, others said consumers perceived the device as having less usable screen space.”
“Recently released smartphone shipments data for the first quarter disputes those theories, showing that the iPhone X was not only the most popular iPhone, but it continues to be the most shipped smartphone in the world” Vena writes. “IHS Markit released its widely followed Smartphone Model Market Tracker for the first quarter, which breaks out total smartphone shipments by device and manufacturer. The report revealed that the iPhone X ranked as the most-shipped smartphone model for first three months of 2018. ”
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MacDailyNews Take: YKBiXID.
SEE ALSO:
Apple’s revolutionary iPhone X was the world’s best selling smartphone in Q118 – June 14, 2018
Nikkei: Apple warns suppliers of 20% drop in new iPhone parts orders – June 8, 2018
First quarter U.S. smartphone sales declined 11% YOY, Apple iPhone sales grew a record 16% YOY – May 22, 2018
Apple’s iPhone X remained the world’s best-selling smartphone in March – May 18, 2018
Apple sells an iPhone X every three seconds in Europe – May 9, 2018
Canalys: Apple’s iPhone X was Europe’s No.1 smartphone in Q1 – May 9, 2018
Strategy Analytics: Apple’s iPhone X the world’s best-selling smartphone model in Q1 2018 – May 4, 2018
How did analysts and pundits got the iPhone X ‘panic’ story so very, very wrong? – May 4, 2018
Why was iPhone X so successful at $999 despite a slew of fake news? – May 2, 2018
Uh, yeah, about those iPhone X ‘concerns’ from analysts: Never mind – May 1, 2018
Apple beats Street with best Q2 ever – May 1, 2018
Apple’s iPhone X isn’t selling well – or is it? – April 21, 2018
Apple’s iPhone X to be discontinued this year, analyst claims – April 20, 2018
Morgan Stanley: Apple stock may fall on ‘materially’ weaker iPhone sales – April 20, 2018
Apple’s iPhone X made 5 times the profit of 600 Android OEMs combined – April 18, 2018
Apple’s iPhone captured 86% of global handset profits in Q417; iPhone X alone took 35% of global handset profits – April 17, 2018
Bernstein: Ams AG is biggest winner in Apple’s TrueDepth Camera system – April 10, 2018
Apple’s iPhone X is the UK’s most popular smartphone – April 9, 2018
Apple’s iPhone X sales continue to disappoint, some analysts say – March 22, 2018
Ignore the iPhone X naysayers – March 10, 2018
Will the naysayers admit they were wrong about Apple’s iPhone X? – February 5, 2018
Do iPhone X sales spell trouble for Apple? – January 30, 2018
Apple supplier says report of iPhone X production cuts was overstated – January 30, 2018
Another January, another misleading iPhone supply cuts story from Nikkei – January 29, 2018
Apple stock drops after Nikkei report of iPhone X production cut – January 29, 2018
Reports of Apple cutting iPhone X orders make no sense – January 2, 2018
Apple stock tumbles on one poorly-sourced report of low iPhone X demand – December 26, 2017
Apple and suppliers shares drop on report of weak iPhone X demand – December 26, 2017
If a writer wants his headline to get hits, he writes a story about how and why Ferraris are slow.
can i get an explanation for the MDN take?
You Know Because iPhone X Is Dead.