While the move to USB-C might mean bigger businesses will end up with a host of older Lightning accessories and cables to drop into the landfill over the next year or two (take that, EU), Apple will still sell 150 million of the new iPhones over the next year, according to Francisco Jeronimo, vice president for data and analytics, devices at IDC.
Here’s a rundown of some other considerations enterprises might keep in mind following Apple’s iPhone launch.
Apple’s international price decisions
While iPhone prices remained the same in the US, Apple raised some prices in some key markets, including in China, India, and Japan. In China, while the base model prices stayed the same, the cost of higher-capacity models climbed, while in India, the Pro models saw the steepest price hikes.
It’s hard not to see the price decisions as reflecting the relative economic strength of the nations. While China’s and India’s economies seem to be experiencing signs of growth, the post-Brexit weakness of the UK economy might have led Apple to reduce the cost of some iPhone models there.
Was this an attempt to stimulate sales in a declining economy?
Mother Nature
Apple’s Mother Nature clip was an amusing way to try to bring audiences along with the company’s environmental work. This is an important consideration, and while I think it faces some resistance from those who indulge in self-denial at the realities of climate change, Apple’s determination to become carbon neutral by 2030 must be seen for what it is: a challenge to competitors and the creation of an ecosystem that quite literally will help Apple’s business users reduce their own carbon emissions.
After all, while making devices that are carbon neutral is good, using them is good too — and should help reduce corporate Scope 3 emissions.
The importance of the camera
The key factor that makes everyone want to upgrade their iPhone includes the annually improved photography features. The iPhone Pro range is always the flagship of this, which means that if you do offer employee choice schemes that include that device, you’ll benefit from happier workers who won’t want to leave your company, because they’ll want to hang onto their phone.
The cost of retention and recruitment is usually far higher than the cost of an iPhone, no?
Roadside assistance via satellite
With implications for vehicle fleets, Roadside assistance via satellite is a new feature that builds on the Emergency SOS by satellite system, which will be available in 16 countries by the end of the month. This lets you request help using satellites when a person is outside of network coverage. Introduced with AAA (which already handles 30 million requests each year), roadside assistance consists of pre-populated options to explain the kind of help you need, including locked out, flat tire or a stuck vehicle.
This is good for any user, but it’s hard not to see the potential to provide additional security to…
2023-09-13 11:24:03
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