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anyone else frustrated by apples pricing model?
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Everyone complains about Apple's profit margins, yet people buy hundreds of dollars worth of soda (and other drinks) every year that costs pennies on the dollar to make, with virtually no R&D unless they decide to change the recipe every decade or more. Why pay $2 for soda? Shouldn't it cost a quarter?
I have no dog in this fight but...
You don't have a charger for the watch. It doesn't use a lightning cable. It uses a magnetic inductive charger.
Apple products have never been cheap, and the price disparity between models in the same range has never made sense.
- A 0.5m lightning cable retails for £15. So does a 1m cable. However a 2m cable is an additional £10 and comes in at £25. Doesn't make sense.
- If you wanted an iPhone 6+, the 16GB model is £619. It's an additional £80 if you wanted 64GB of storage, then from there another £90 to get to 128GB. Why? It's been proven that the cost for Apple to make a higher capacity model is negligible. The mark-up is insane.
- Looking at an Apple Watch, it was more expensive to purchase a 42mm SS with a sport band with a leather band separately, than to buy the more expensive combination upfront then buy a sport band.
However, this is what we sign up for when we choose an Apple product over the alternative. Things aren't cheap, pricing doesn't always make sense, there will be proprietary ports etc. As long as the company continues to see strong sales, this isn't going to change.
- A 0.5m lightning cable retails for £15. So does a 1m cable. However a 2m cable is an additional £10 and comes in at £25. Doesn't make sense.
- If you wanted an iPhone 6+, the 16GB model is £619. It's an additional £80 if you wanted 64GB of storage, then from there another £90 to get to 128GB. Why? It's been proven that the cost for Apple to make a higher capacity model is negligible. The mark-up is insane.
- Looking at an Apple Watch, it was more expensive to purchase a 42mm SS with a sport band with a leather band separately, than to buy the more expensive combination upfront then buy a sport band.
However, this is what we sign up for when we choose an Apple product over the alternative. Things aren't cheap, pricing doesn't always make sense, there will be proprietary ports etc. As long as the company continues to see strong sales, this isn't going to change.
ITT: people who don't understand the concept of perceived value.
Companies charge what people are willing to pay for it. Just because you don't see value in something doesn't mean others don't. If they never sold extra chargers because the amount they charge for them was too much, they'd lower the price.
Companies charge what people are willing to pay for it. Just because you don't see value in something doesn't mean others don't. If they never sold extra chargers because the amount they charge for them was too much, they'd lower the price.
The watch itself is priced correctly.
Just compare it the other smart watches ( Moto is about $300, Garmin is about 400-450..... ) .
But The build/quality of apple watch is a world apart from anything out there !
And I haven't even touch the functionalities/usability.,,
But i do agree with you that Apple accessories pricing is way over the top ;-(
Just compare it the other smart watches ( Moto is about $300, Garmin is about 400-450..... ) .
But The build/quality of apple watch is a world apart from anything out there !
And I haven't even touch the functionalities/usability.,,
But i do agree with you that Apple accessories pricing is way over the top ;-(
Try buying the Sport band and original cable directly from the supplier. You can't. That's what he meant with the analogy.
Pepsi and Coke still costs a lot because we're still paying for the R&D they each used to make Crystal Pepsi and New Coke.
Although I am not a fan of the pricing of the watch itself, I'm OK with it, BUT the band prices are insane. That has NOTHING to do with R&D.
And I do have 2 Sport watches on order.
And I do have 2 Sport watches on order.