Iphone is a topic tracked in our intelligence system with 5 linked articles.
Chip-cost pressure is squeezing smartphone margins, signaling pricier iPhones and fewer affordable models.
Premium smartphones are increasingly sold via leases/subscriptions and upgrade programs as replacement cycles lengthen and prices rise.
Apple partners with Klarna to offer the Apple Upgrade hardware leasing program in the US, with 12/24-month options for iPhone/Watch and 24/36-month options for Mac/iPad, plus a trade-in to lower payments and end-of-lease choices.
Nokia ruled mobile phones for a decade with hundreds of millions in sales across key models, was overtaken by iPhone/Android, then shifted from handset to telecom infrastructure via a Microsoft acquisition and later sale to HMD Global, now ranking among top 3 5G equipment vendors.
Fred Wilson argues that the 2023 tech downturn reached its bottom due to the confluence of peaking interest rates and the SVB collapse, while the mainstream adoption of AI established a new megatrend for capital deployment.
Google adds a native iPhone-to-Android migration flow in Android 17, enabling wireless transfer of photos, contacts, messages, passwords, Wi‑Fi credentials, Google Account data, and even eSIM, with rollout beginning on Pixel devices and certain Samsung models.
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