Mac OS Ken: 02.08.2016

Mac OS Ken

Ken Ray

Technology

4.7 • 996 Ratings

🗓️ 8 February 2016

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

- Mixpanel Sees 32-Percent Ripe for 4-Inch iPhone Upgrade - Apple Accepting Damaged iPhones for Trade-In Credit - iPhone Screen Protector Application Begins in Japanese Apple Stores - Apple Addresses Error 53 - Canalys Thinks Apple Sold 12-Million Apple Watches Last Year - UK Retailers Offer Apple Watches at Decent Discount - Apple Quietly Launches Extended Repair Program for Select Mac Pros - Have you subscribed to EYE Chart Radio Yet? You should! ! - Send me an email: or call (716)780-4080!

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0:00.0	This is Mac OSKIN.
0:07.0	This is Mac OS Ken.
0:12.0	Figures on the 4- inch iPhone addressing error 53 and numbers on
0:17.2	smart watches and other wearables. It's Monday the 8th of February 2016. I'm Kanray and this is news from Maco
0:26.8	S. Can brought to you by yours truly soon to have something else to say here
0:31.6	on days that I don't have a sponsor.
0:34.0	Support today for the 4 inch iPhone, though the actual support might be a bit stronger than
0:39.6	indicated. The next web has new numbers from research firm Mix Panel that say 32.22% of iOS users are using an iPhone 5S or earlier.
0:50.0	The way the next web sees it, while resistance to upgrades is likely a small part of the reason folks are using old 4 inch devices,
0:57.0	it could also be that they really like smaller smartphones.
1:01.0	The piece goes on to say if users aren't willing to give up the small screen to get access to awesome new features,
1:07.0	Apple may just be meeting them halfway.
1:09.0	The majority of that 32.22% are using an iPhone 5, 5c, or 5s, so they're probably interested in upgrading
1:17.8	soon anyway.
1:20.4	Roughly 30% ripe for a 4 inch upgrade. Seems possible, maybe even likely that the harvest could be bigger.
1:28.0	Apple CEO Tim Cook actually said on Apple's earnings call a couple of weeks ago that only 40% of iPhone
1:34.8	owners had upgraded to something in the 6 or 6-S size range indicating that
1:39.9	60% are using a 4- or smaller screen, not 32.
1:45.0	Whether that's because they want to save money or because they just like the smaller screen size can't be stated categorically,
1:50.0	but there are people who prefer the smaller form factor.
1:54.0	Fortune's Philip Elmer DeWitt has gone on record as saying that that's the form factor he prefers.
1:59.0	And I got an email from an I-Chart radio listener after Saturday show saying that that is his
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