Two iPhone makers report poor earnings in February

We could say that it is normal at this time, but it is also true that many analysts and even Apple think that 2016 will be the first year in which iPhone sales have dropped since its introduction in 2007. Now, two iPhone makers have reported their lowest earnings since March 2014 and have quoted «slow sales of iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus»As one of the reasons.

The two manufacturers are smartphone case maker Largan Precision and Catcher Technologies, who provide the metal cases for the iPhone 6s. Largan Precision says that they have seen their earnings go down 36.85% in a month and 22.11% in a year, while Catcher Technologíes has seen their monthly and 33.12% fall 7.50% annually. But are sales of the iPhone 6s really that low or is there something else? I think that, to be sure, we will have to wait for another quarterly report from Apple.

IPhone sales down for the first time since 2007

Keep in mind that slow iPhone sales might not be the only culprit for this decline in profits. There may be other reasons, such as that last month was the 2016 lunar new year holiday. Also, as Tim Cook has already said on different occasions, to be based on the data that comes to us from the supply chain can lead to confusion.

In any case, this year is expected to be the first in which Tim Cook and company see their smartphone sales drop for the first time since its presentation 9 years ago. The problem will not be only Apple, but the high end phones, and other companies like its intimate enemy Samsung will also be affected. The problem is that there are more and more low-mid-range smartphones that offer good performance in almost every aspect. What remains to be seen is whether both Apple and other companies that manufacture high-end terminals can reverse this situation. In any case, for users this can be positive, since companies will have to get our attention again and they will have to do so either by adding more prominent features or by lowering the price of their devices. Of these two points, which would you prefer?