Sorry for the late response, I was in time out LOL.
The overpriced argument will always be silly. If people are buying the phone, it's not overpriced. There's no manual that says this is what a smartphone should cost, nor are there other phones out there that are on par with the iPhone that are priced hundreds of dollars less at release. I'm not sure I understand why there are people getting so up in arms about Apple making a profit. They created a product, priced it competitively with every other similar product out there, and make profits because people buy their products far more then any other product in history.
what exactly are you people upset about? do you feel like you're getting ripped off? those who are so upset about this claim that you don't own android devices (although thats not believable), so you're willingly allowing yourselves to get ripped off by a company and then whining about it later? seems bizarre behavior (but no less odd then signing up for an Apple-centric website to bash its users, I guess).
As already mentioned, show me the phone that has the same or better specs then the iPhone that is cheaper when it comes out. Other phones drop to 1 cent in price in 1 month because no one is buying them, not because the OEMs have a board meeting and say "let's reward our customers!" lol...it's funny how some people know so very little about how business works.
and finally the uninformed gas analogy. A gas company which provides an almost essential product to anyone that drives a car is seriously being compared to a company that provides a product that simply does NOT have to be purchased if you disagree with its price? And somehow this silly analogy is being touted as "sound"?? LOL...that's just foolishness on so many levels. Again...if you want a smartphone you have the option not to buy an iPhone, if you want a tablet you have the option not to buy an iPad. If you want to drive a car, you have to buy gas. Apple cannot force you to buy their products. You're buying a product voluntarily, knowing full well what its price is and then getting mad because the company made money off you?? WTH? How? Why? This is just as dumb as people saying they're being ripped off by their carrier, but won't leave because "They force me to pay an ETF!" as they pay $1200/year to the company that's ripping them off...You guys should start your own businesses, and let me know what they're called. It'll be great watching you faceplant. Thankfully it's only a couple of people who are calling this frankly funny analogy "sound", there is hope for the human race yet.
Some people just like whining about things, I guess.
mantan said:
As I wrote earlier in this thread, I accept that Apple has a good enough products to get a premium for it. I buy it, so I can't complain.
But only a fool would celebrate their ability to earn record profits if they weren't an employee or a shareholder.
Bravo, you contradicted yourself in two sentences. You accept that their product justifies the prices, but then you're upset that they're getting a profit. What kind of person would concede that a company makes products that deserve a premium price, voluntarily contribute to that company's record profits and then end up upset about it...
You called those who celebrate the profit "fools"...seems a little pot meets kettle, no?
