Smartphone Sales Are Tumbling

4 comments

• 1vuio0pswjnm7 10 hours ago ago

  Text-only, no Javascript

  http://assets.msn.com/content/view/v2/Detail/en-in/AA24cVZL

     (
       printf 'GET /content/view/v2/Detail/en-in/AA24cVZL HTTP/1.0\r\n'
       printf 'Host: assets.msn.com\r\n\r\n'
     )|busybox ssl_client assets.msn.com \
      |grep -o "<p>.*</p>" \
      |tr -d '\134' \
      |sed '1s|^|<meta charset=utf8/>|' > 1.htm
     firefox ./1.htm

• CarbonBasedUnit 11 hours ago ago

  Worldwide smartphone shipments are expected to decline 14% ... the steepest annual contraction in smartphone history. Manufacturers focusing on selling fewer higher-end products, driven by elevated prices for RAM and transportation/fuel.

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  • fiedzia 11 hours ago ago

    I am not sure RAM/fuel prices have much impact here. I have a phone that's about to get 3 generations behind latest one and comparing them side by side, I have 0 reasons to upgrade. Some specs are better, but not enough to notice in daily use.

• Finnucane 11 hours ago ago

  Price goes up, people are facing other inflationary pressures, worries about job security, etc. New phone is totally optional, easily punted. When was the last time phones had a really good new feature? (says guy with 2020 iphone SE that still works just fine)