Let us clear some things off first, I am not an iPhone hater, actually I love iPhone that's why I am writing to this article for apple to fix their mistakes as soon as possible and nor this a biased article! This article is just my views on iPhones and why are they getting less popular! Yes, the market share of iPhone is dipping and I think my prediction is going to be right! My prediction actually was that if iPhone continuous releasing this kind of iPhones and IOS updates, they are going to be in a big problem and that's what is happening!
The market share of iPhone has been continuously dipping since 2012, and places like Europe and china, it is losing share at a high rate! That is actually because of windows phone rise in this areas, but I think there are a couple of more reasons why iPhone is losing altitude!
TOO OVERPRICED!
The share of low budget smartphones is really high right now, the biggest holder is actually the Nokia lumia 520 and in some areas, Moto g!
The announcement of iphone 5c created a large hike in the technology world, that iphone is finally going to listen to the customers and release a cheaper iphone that a normal customer can buy! We were really hoping for a cheaper iphone, but what apple did surprisingly was took the iPhone 5, ripped off the back and installed a plastic shell! I think that was the first time I thought apple is not good and trying to fool the customers! I actually thought that too when iphone 5 was released but not that much!
In this fast world of technology, people want better phones in low prices , if not entry level, then at least apple should release it in mid budget range! If anyone thinks of buying an iphone, they don't really have a choice except iphone 5c that is extremely old and iphone 5s that is good at some extent but is little overpriced! Even if we rule out iphone 5s, customers have no choice at all except giving up their whole month's salary! I think apple should think about it and do something! Because according to leaks, there is no new phone in low budget by apple is coming, just the iphone 6 which is going to cost your kidney and a 5.5 inch phablet which is going to I don't know but cost a much higher than iphone 6!
BRING A CHANGE!
Second reason for which I think iPhone is fainting is lack of CHANGE basically! With the release of ios 7, a lot of customers were unhappy because they need a little change! Sure they revamped the look and brought action centre but what I am talking about here is the home screen! Same home screen for 8 years? Are you kidding me with that? They should bring a change at least in IOS 8 but i think we have to wait for the IOS 9 for that because the image of IOS8 is leaked and it is not different! Otherwise share of iPhone will get down and we will lose a great operating system like blackberry! It's not just about ios either, the latest windows phone 8.1 update brought almost all the changes people are demanding and that's going to make a difference in windows phone share and customers will eventually move to windows phone because they can't go for android because they are used to of a lag free environment!
SIZE INCREASE!
Next reason i think would be the size of iphone! Actually I love using phones with sizes around 4inch but we are talking about the whole world, so this was necessary to point out!
IPhone have been continuing their tradition of small and compact phones! The highest you can get is 4inch right now and that is going to be a big problem! That is not really to be the case in future actually because iphone is bringing phablet and the iPhone 6 is going to be of 4.7inch! But as of now, the market share of iPhone is getting low and this reason plays an important role right now! People are getting habitual of big screens nowadays ( I am not really fan of that) and most of them includes 5inch full HD displays! 5inch is actually the 3.5inch of today! A few years back, 3.5 inch was too big for people but right now it is 5inch! If I recommend someone a z1 compact or a Moto x on twitter, they reject it sometimes with the reason of it being too small and I think it is going to keep going higher in the future! So in this case, iPhone having phones with sizes of 4inches is not going to help!
FLEXIBILITY OF IOS!
no SD card, no Bluetooth transfer, iTunes for transferring media and a lot more are the reasons people avoid IOS! It is not that bad but some people just hate that!
Windows phone had some similar problems in the beginning but it is not the case right now!
So IOS should find out a way to deal with this and release some flexible features!
FORM FACTOR!
The first Iphone was released in 2007 which got really popular due to its different design and functions!
But when Iphone 5s was launched, people weren't really happy about the form factor because it was the same as always! Camera on the top corner, apple logo and everything else was just identical!
So I think Apple should really change the form factor and design of the next iphone, but we can actually rule out the next iphone because it is the same again except screen is bigger!
TO SUM UP...
To sum up, IOS is not bad, the stability and the quality of the applications is great but what i am basically bored of to be precise is the operating system and the looks of the iphone, what i am asking for is just a change!
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The market share of iPhone has been continuously dipping since 2012, and places like Europe and china, it is losing share at a high rate! That is actually because of windows phone rise in this areas, but I think there are a couple of more reasons why iPhone is losing altitude!
TOO OVERPRICED!
The share of low budget smartphones is really high right now, the biggest holder is actually the Nokia lumia 520 and in some areas, Moto g!
The announcement of iphone 5c created a large hike in the technology world, that iphone is finally going to listen to the customers and release a cheaper iphone that a normal customer can buy! We were really hoping for a cheaper iphone, but what apple did surprisingly was took the iPhone 5, ripped off the back and installed a plastic shell! I think that was the first time I thought apple is not good and trying to fool the customers! I actually thought that too when iphone 5 was released but not that much!
In this fast world of technology, people want better phones in low prices , if not entry level, then at least apple should release it in mid budget range! If anyone thinks of buying an iphone, they don't really have a choice except iphone 5c that is extremely old and iphone 5s that is good at some extent but is little overpriced! Even if we rule out iphone 5s, customers have no choice at all except giving up their whole month's salary! I think apple should think about it and do something! Because according to leaks, there is no new phone in low budget by apple is coming, just the iphone 6 which is going to cost your kidney and a 5.5 inch phablet which is going to I don't know but cost a much higher than iphone 6!
BRING A CHANGE!
Second reason for which I think iPhone is fainting is lack of CHANGE basically! With the release of ios 7, a lot of customers were unhappy because they need a little change! Sure they revamped the look and brought action centre but what I am talking about here is the home screen! Same home screen for 8 years? Are you kidding me with that? They should bring a change at least in IOS 8 but i think we have to wait for the IOS 9 for that because the image of IOS8 is leaked and it is not different! Otherwise share of iPhone will get down and we will lose a great operating system like blackberry! It's not just about ios either, the latest windows phone 8.1 update brought almost all the changes people are demanding and that's going to make a difference in windows phone share and customers will eventually move to windows phone because they can't go for android because they are used to of a lag free environment!  |
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SIZE INCREASE!
Next reason i think would be the size of iphone! Actually I love using phones with sizes around 4inch but we are talking about the whole world, so this was necessary to point out! IPhone have been continuing their tradition of small and compact phones! The highest you can get is 4inch right now and that is going to be a big problem! That is not really to be the case in future actually because iphone is bringing phablet and the iPhone 6 is going to be of 4.7inch! But as of now, the market share of iPhone is getting low and this reason plays an important role right now! People are getting habitual of big screens nowadays ( I am not really fan of that) and most of them includes 5inch full HD displays! 5inch is actually the 3.5inch of today! A few years back, 3.5 inch was too big for people but right now it is 5inch! If I recommend someone a z1 compact or a Moto x on twitter, they reject it sometimes with the reason of it being too small and I think it is going to keep going higher in the future! So in this case, iPhone having phones with sizes of 4inches is not going to help!
FLEXIBILITY OF IOS!
no SD card, no Bluetooth transfer, iTunes for transferring media and a lot more are the reasons people avoid IOS! It is not that bad but some people just hate that!
Windows phone had some similar problems in the beginning but it is not the case right now!
So IOS should find out a way to deal with this and release some flexible features!
FORM FACTOR!
The first Iphone was released in 2007 which got really popular due to its different design and functions!But when Iphone 5s was launched, people weren't really happy about the form factor because it was the same as always! Camera on the top corner, apple logo and everything else was just identical!
So I think Apple should really change the form factor and design of the next iphone, but we can actually rule out the next iphone because it is the same again except screen is bigger!
TO SUM UP...
To sum up, IOS is not bad, the stability and the quality of the applications is great but what i am basically bored of to be precise is the operating system and the looks of the iphone, what i am asking for is just a change!
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