Smartphone Sales Are Tumbling(msn.com)

8 pointsby CarbonBasedUnithace 2 meses4 comments

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/ar-AA24cVZL

4 comments

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)

1vuio0pswjnm7hace 2 meses

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

CarbonBasedUnithace 2 meses

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.

fiedziahace 2 meses

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.