An Apple executive has finally discussed the firm’s recent iPhone sales publicly, noting that the iPhone XR has actually outsold the iPhone XS and XS Max “each and every day” since it became available.
“The iPhone XR has been our most popular iPhone each and every day since the day it became available,” Apple vice president of product marketing Greg Joswiak told CNET.
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Before anyone gets too excited by that comment, I’ll just point out that the iPhone XS and XS Max went on sale over a month before the iPhone XR, so that makes sense. You couldn’t even pre-order an iPhone XR when those two other phones became available. But the fact that iPhone XR outsold older iPhones, assuming that’s true, is kind of interesting.
Also, Mr. Joswiak refused to address reports in The Wall Street Journal that the new iPhones have not sold well.
“The iPhone XR has been the most popular and best-selling” iPhone since it hit the market,” he said again when asked about the sales shortfall.
Yes, that was literally all he said about this topic. Though he did add that “the iPhone XR is literally our most mainstream product,” when asked about the Product(RED) variant.
dontbe evil
<blockquote><em><a href="#374360">In reply to lvthunder:</a></em></blockquote><p>oh suddenyl they don't matter anymore LOL</p>
provision l-3
<p>Good lord that CNET article is a bit of a rodeo. It's like they randomly cut and pasted paragraphs from two different articles into one. Seriously, is it about supporting World AIDS Day or iPhone XR sales? </p><p><br></p><p>Anyway, I'm pretty sure the "most popular and best selling" line was the official company stance last year when rumors of iPhone X not selling well were circulating. So, it doesn't surprise me to see it brought out with no additional detail. Unit sales numbers aren't coming back no matter how much some people object. </p>
provision l-3
<blockquote><em><a href="#374874">In reply to jimchamplin:</a></em></blockquote><p>Yeah, I'm surprised Apple bothered responding. How long ago was it that Tim Cook warned against trying to read the supply chain tea leaves? 5 years? And yet people fall for it every year. </p>
Stooks
<blockquote><em><a href="#374439">In reply to Chris_Kez:</a></em></blockquote><p>I could not agree more. It stinks of linkbait pure and simple. Add to that Paul's long, odd, history of Apple loathing and it is even worse.</p><p><br></p><p>Hedge fund mangers push out rumors each year to manipulate the market so they can make money. There is NO shortage of Tech bloggers needing content to grab the rumors and run. Corrections after Apple earnings reports are a very rare thing as well.</p>
Stooks
<blockquote><em><a href="#374455">In reply to MikeGalos:</a></em></blockquote><p>Reports = rumors. Nuff said.</p>
wocowboy
Premium Member<blockquote><a href="#374519"><em>In reply to jimchamplin:</em></a></blockquote><blockquote><em>You are absolutely right, every year in the runup to the launch of a new iPhone we get the same cut/paste articles about how there are delays, problems in manufacture, and that the new models don't work or have some fatal flaw that will ruin Apple's carefully planned launch. Then, in reality, the launch occurs on time and with not one problem. Next, a month or so following a launch we get articles from all the tech pundits cut/pasted from the previous year on how the new Apple phones aren't selling, manufacturers have had to cut orders, woe is Apple, Apple is doomed, and on & on. And lo & behold, at the next Quarterly Report function it turns out they have sold an average, or usually higher number of devices and produced higher revenues for stockholders and these nattering ninnies were proved wrong once again. And the cycle repeats. </em></blockquote><blockquote><br></blockquote><blockquote><em><span class="ql-cursor"></span>Tech pundits must have something to write about, whether it be creating doom & gloom narratives or griping that new devices, no matter what company produces them, are no longer exciting or that the company has lots its way, etc. It's why I do not place any stock in most of what pundits write, I only read it for entertainment value. </em></blockquote><p><br></p>
dontbe evil
<p>oh they really said a lot… like sales numbers compared to previous iphones /s</p>
Stooks
<blockquote><em><a href="#374601">In reply to dontbe_evil:</a></em></blockquote><p>Maybe he will just let the quarterly earnings reports speak for him. It has worked pretty well for the last 6-8 years of these rumors that never pan out.</p>