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$1000 For An iPhone Sucks
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well thats it then, if even Tim Cook calls it a 'value' I am buying 3 X's, 1 for me, 1 for my cat and 1 for my dog!
Apple needs to recover the millions it paid Samsung for the OLED Screens and Apple needs to profit from you and me. This is what we pay for when Apple doesn't know how to be innovative.
Just because Apple doesn't staff an entire display manufacturing business doesn't mean they're not innovative. Samsung is an industrial supplier of lots of things that are separate from their phone business. OLED displays are one of them.
What other phone charges lots of money for a stylus.?
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The S8 has a sensor filled bezel at the top of the screen to go along with the digital sensors right under it on the screen with a 835 chip that’s slower then an A10 chip with an 1 year old operating system on it. Android provides Google the opportunity to market your information as a product.
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If Samesung was making loads of money, they wouldn’t need to manufacture parts for everybody else. Samsung is the only manufacturer of quality AMOled screens.
K.
Takes me about 10 seconds to export 4K video.
I pop the SD card out my S8+ and put it right into my Mac.
Done...
When I was at apple no joke, a couple tried to buy iPhones and have their gov't free flip phones SIM cards placed into the iPhone but of course the size wasn't compatible and there was no way for us to transfer the # as the gov't has some weird provider.Well if you or anyone can't afford it on a payment plan than the govt offers a free phone program lol jk
You have the option to not buy. Everything gets more expensive. Then the companies like Apple stick it to you again... but the reality of it is that you either pay the asking price, or walk away.
256GB iPhone 8 Plus @ $949
256GB all-display OLED iPhone X with Face ID tech +$200 --> $1149
That's a pretty okay pricing scheme if you ask me. I'm sure the custom shaped display isn't cheap, and Apple has never been known to have slim profit margins - plus all the R&D and tech that goes into the TrueDepth camera and Face ID. I don't know why anyone is surprised here.
Just don't buy it, I'm not because I don't think it's worth the money. The iPhone 8 looks a much more sensible device at this stage I'd say. Wait a year until prices reduce.
£1000 is actually ridiculous. And because so many people are (seemingly) willing to fork it out, Apple will most likely price all of its future phones the same way. And I used to think paying £550 in 2015 for my 6S was expensive.
£1000 is even more disgusting than $1000.
Value received for cost outlay doesn't compute or balance for me personally. YMMV of course. Passing
The Consumer should purchase what they can afford, not what they want. The iPhone X will sell extremely well, based on the overall demand and popularity. But the reality is, is that somebody has to factor in what does this iPhone truly have that would justify $1000 price point for them? If they can answer that question and they have the funds To do so, then enjoy it for what it is.
The consumer should get what they need and afford.
I can't understand why someone would get an X 256gb if they are equally served by a 7 32gb, even if they can afford it.
All phones do the same thing, they make and receive calls as their primary roles, so the consumer can purchase based on what they can afford with various iPhone tier options. But somebody mainly wants the iPhone X because of the latest technology and features, that's not a need, that's a want. So the consumer should ask themselves and justify the price point for a $1000 iPhone, is that equivalent to what they can afford or is that just a superficial need. I'm guessing the latter.
I suppose there is someone out there that believes they need to make stupid faces with poop emoji.
Certainly not a need for me.
Neither is the iPhone X ...
A new design, OLED, and Face ID are not value for $300 extra, especially when new designs, bigger screens, and Touch ID didn't carry this kind of premium when introduced.
This is my thought too. A 32GB 7 is perfect for me (maybe 7+, but I haven't decided if I'm switching or not yet). I don't need the latest gadget, I don't need 256GB of storage when I have a 1TB hard drive with everything on. I don't need Face ID or silly animated emojis or a screen that I genuinely wouldn't be able to tell the difference (LCD vs OLED). So why would I pay £1000 for the X when the 7 is perfectly fine!
So many people just want the latest and greatest just to show off, and fine if they can afford it but don't be complaining about the price if that's all you want the phone for!
No one NEEDS any of these features.
end of the day you spend your money how you see fit. Me? I don't go out drinking every weekend or any weekend. I don't spend money on changing cars or buying new cars. I choose to spend on tech as thats what I like to do. Some may choose to spend 50-100 quid every weekend on booze or smokes. I don't do that so to me spending alot of money on tech is fine.
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Even if the iPhone X was 2,000 euro I would still buy the entree model. I am not rich. But its a premium device. I am paying for the brand.
You dont see me cry "oh BMW is too expensive".
If it was cheap then it woudnt feel as good or premium.
People still think they must get the latest model phone.
Do you get a new laptop and tv every year aswel??? or a new Mercedez-Benz every 2-3 years???
You dont see me cry "oh BMW is too expensive".
If it was cheap then it woudnt feel as good or premium.
People still think they must get the latest model phone.
Do you get a new laptop and tv every year aswel??? or a new Mercedez-Benz every 2-3 years???
For my 7 plus 128 GB, after I came out of Apple store with a case and Apple Care, it was over a thousand dollars.