The new iPhone SE will appeal to many iPhone 6 owners, predict analysts – except in China, where a huge survey on the social network Weibo showed limited interest.
For most iPhone 6 owners, suggested Gartner, the timing is perfect …
Reuters reports.
But others doubt that the new model will appeal in China, where 5G is a big selling-point and is found in some mid-range phones now.
“These are people who keep their phones for four or five years, until they either break or the battery dies,” said Annette Zimmermann at consultancy Gartner.
Views in the Weibo survey were mixed.
Some appear to have been influenced by the discounting of lower-end iPhones that has been seen in the country, suggesting they would wait to see whether the same happens with the SE.
But roughly a fifth said they would buy it, while the rest said they would consider a purchase.
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Though respondents were not asked for reasons for their choices in the poll, many commented that they would be interested [in the iPhone SE] if the price drops further.
“If you don’t buy it and I don’t buy it, tomorrow the price will drop another 200 yuan ($28),” said one Weibo user whose comment got more than 10,000 likes.
