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Analyst Believes iPhone 12 Pricing Will Start $50 Higher Even Without EarPods or Charger in Box
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I prefer to use either multi USB-port charger (like Anker's) or Qi wireless charger. I never take 5W USB charger out of the iPhone box. If I had to buy a USB charger, it certainly won't be Apple's $19 5W USB charger.
As for the EarPods, I suppose it's valuable for some. But $29 for EarPods isn't exactly a ton of money when you are spending $749 and up for iPhone. If the rumor is true and Apple is bumping the internal storage from 64GB to 128GB, I think that's a good trade off especially since we are also getting OLED, 5G, and other goodness.
As stated in another post IMHO its bad optics to raise the price while at the same time providing less. A common occurrance in my line of work is to shrink the container size a little and raise the price at the same time, this is ALWAYS met with scorn by both retailers and consumers. If you shrink the container size then take your price increase 6 months later it mostly goes unnoticed. YMMV
Fashion has nothing to do with anything. Apples prices are high because their costs are high 🤷♂️
Feel free to attempt a counter argument, naysayers 🤣🤣🤣
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I hear you but then Tim Cook has to face the investors and say "Hey, because we are so great, we absorbed a $50 hit on 60 million phones!" and then they freak out. A dollar here and ten dollars there add up real quick at that scale.
OLED is nice but honestly most consumers wouldn't see a difference so why not just keep going with the LCD panel they've been using all this time? That part I don't get. Maybe what they do instead is bump the trade-in value on the 8, XR and 11 so that the price is offset a little. It would probably only be for the first few months but it would be something.
Man what in the world is Apple thinking?? It’s too expensive! Why would anyone buy it if it has no charger.....
so anyways guys what color iPhone 12 should I get?
so anyways guys what color iPhone 12 should I get?
Simple solution. Don't buy them.
Maybe Apple will reign in their pricing.
No ear buds, no charger and a price rise? Wouldn't be surprised.
Azrael.
Maybe Apple will reign in their pricing.
No ear buds, no charger and a price rise? Wouldn't be surprised.
Azrael.
I was planning on buying my mom the new iPhone when it came out as she’s never had one before, but if it doesn’t come with a charger how is she suppose to charge it? Does that mean I have to buy her a charger separate too? If so this doesn’t make any sense to me.
Maybe Apple expect you to pay extra for one or give her your old charger.
This kind of product nonsense is typical of Cook's Apple.
Still. Maybe no charger will not come to pass and I'm being premature about that specification...
Azrael.
honestly you would fare better buying her an iPhone 11 or even the new SE
I bought my mom the new SE and she loves it
I get it. People think removing the headphones and power brick are HUGE savings per unit. They arent as people have tried to explain. The price Apple sells them for separately is not near their cost to make.
See the XS Max BOM https://technology.informa.com/api/binary/606699 part costs.
The brick, cable, earphones, the 3.5mm adapter that as in the box, and packaging totalled $7.50 all together for all of that. What is the brick and headphones? $3-4 tops? (shows you how much retail markup is too for each in the store)
Yes a lot times tens of millions of units. But not a lot per unit and that $3-4 may not make up the more expensive hardware like 5G modems. For now you have to pay Qualcomm to play until Apple does their own at their own cost. ESPECIALLY if its the spanking new x60 version as rumored.
And yes I get that there are $500 5g phones, but that is a CPU/modem package buying it all from Qualcomm as a "bundle deal," not 1 part, and not the same quality/capability of chips that go into flagship models. And also not leaning on a name like Apple either.
So yes, it sucks, but I would get it. I dont buy 1 random report, but still. Its the same issue when iPhone went OLED and Samsung jacked up panel cost. The supplier holds the leverage the first year if you want their part.
See the XS Max BOM https://technology.informa.com/api/binary/606699 part costs.
The brick, cable, earphones, the 3.5mm adapter that as in the box, and packaging totalled $7.50 all together for all of that. What is the brick and headphones? $3-4 tops? (shows you how much retail markup is too for each in the store)
Yes a lot times tens of millions of units. But not a lot per unit and that $3-4 may not make up the more expensive hardware like 5G modems. For now you have to pay Qualcomm to play until Apple does their own at their own cost. ESPECIALLY if its the spanking new x60 version as rumored.
And yes I get that there are $500 5g phones, but that is a CPU/modem package buying it all from Qualcomm as a "bundle deal," not 1 part, and not the same quality/capability of chips that go into flagship models. And also not leaning on a name like Apple either.
So yes, it sucks, but I would get it. I dont buy 1 random report, but still. Its the same issue when iPhone went OLED and Samsung jacked up panel cost. The supplier holds the leverage the first year if you want their part.
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It is a ton of money because its on top of the mountain of money I already have to give them for a phone. This may be another year where I do not buy a phone.
I stopped buying new products from Apple around 2014. I haven't recommended an Apple product to a friend in years. I'm waiting for Apple to stop being so anti-consumer... maybe whoever Cook gets replaced with will restore some sanity to Apple's pricing/value proposition.
What is Apple thinking?
£££. They expect customers to foot the bill for their profits and the momentum to £2 trillion.
And they will squeeze the product and customer to do that.
Azrael.
And, monitor your reaction by heart rate (excitement), ECG (cardiac arrest), hand movement (smacking forehead or reaching for the wallet), etc.
How about if I keep my $50 and Apple can keep their 5G? First generation radios generally always suck, anyway.
Suck... that's a technical term BTW
Suck... that's a technical term BTW
Then what difference does it make? You can’t afford $699 then either 🤷♂️
I bought a iPhone 4, 5 and then a 6 'big'. I thought, 'I've given them almost £3 grand for phones. What the hell am I doing?'
My iPhone 6 big will be used until it dies a death.
Then I will use the iPhone 5 which is still working just fine.
Azrael.
that leaves a big gap between the SE at $400 and the 12 at $750. You can slide the 11 down to $600 I guess.
I’ll buy anyway because my phone is 3.5 years old, but that sucks.
I’ll buy anyway because my phone is 3.5 years old, but that sucks.
Maybe that’s why Apple skipped Qualcomm’s first gen and decided to wait for the second gen.How about if I keep my $50 and Apple can keep their 5G? First generation radios generally always suck, anyway.
Suck... that's a technical term BTW
Yeah, but if they introduce new box colors, I'm in.
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Why do people respond to *rumors* as if they are facts? The fact is: No one knows what the price will be; the product hasn't been released, yet.
They’re not providing less. You can be sure that OLED and 5G costs more than the few bucks Apple will save on the adapter and earphones.
I don’t have an old charger lol. I only have 1 charger that I use. I sure hope it doesn’t come to pass as this make no sense.