iPhone? What’s an iPhone?

The iPhone isn’t very popular… in China and India. The lack of interest in the iPhone is somewhat disappointing to the tech giant because those are the two hottest growth spots for smartphones. People in developed markets already have smartphones – so those customers are basically tapped out (except for the upgrades). So why don’t iPhones sell like crack in other countries like they do in North America?

 

The Chinese are innovative… and apparently, Huawei, Oppo, Vivo, and Xiaomi own 80% of the market. In fact, Huawei is the world’s second leading smartphone brand (call me crazy, but I’ve never heard of them). If innovation from Chinese brands is killing the iPhone, maybe we should give those same phones a try in America? Just name it something we can pronounce…

 

India can’t afford it… and 800 million people in the country have yet to use the internet. There is no “official” order on how this should go, but I believe it should go: internet then smartphone…in that order. Not to mention increased tariffs make the iPhone X cost $1,700 in India – something most developed markets wouldn’t pay. And Indians prefer Samsung and Xiaomi, anyway. It looks like Apple can’t win ‘em all…

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