I can't believe Apple is $100 cheaper with update program. Also the 6+ will fetch more than $400, probably more like $600.
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Apple Increases AppleCare+ Prices and Service Fees for iPhone 6s and 6s Plus
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I can't believe Apple is $100 cheaper with update program. Also the 6+ will fetch more than $400, probably more like $600.
Statutory warranty and support is the 12 months Apple quote, and is on the packaging. However, this does not include Consumer Law, which is in addition to this and not a replacement for it. Apple's own site says "Our goods come with guarantees that cannot be excluded under Australian consumer law. You are entitled to a replacement or refund for a major failure and compensation for any other reasonably foreseeable loss or damage. You are also entitled to have the goods repaired or replaced if the goods fail to be of acceptable quality and the failure does not amount to a major failure."
However Apple also try to be dodgy by only offering 90 days complimentary support, however under Consumer Law this restriction is waived an people get free technical support via phone for at least 26 months.
Here in Australia, things are done differently. You have your statutory 12 months hardware and 90 days phone support, however Consumer Law (in addition to your statutory rights, not a replacement for them) overrides this 90 day limitation. In fact you get telephone and hardware coverage after 90 days at no additional cost up to and over 26 months. So, in Australia it makes no difference if you have AppleCare plus or not for phone and hardware support. Of course if accidental damage its a different story.
Yeah but my numbers were for the regular size and yeah, you'd be surprised. I'm trading my iPhone in to Gazelle and with some light scratches it's only worth like $430. When I do the 5% Amazon gift card bonus it's like $455 or so. Amazon's trade-in was kinda flakey for me last year, so I went elsewhere. But I think they were only offering $470. Gazelle gives a price lock window which is nice. I have until October 4th to send it in and get paid. That's especially good this year since the iPhone 6S is coming out a week later!
You don't realize that they already make a higher profit on S years because they already have the physical manufacturing largely figured out.
The cost to go from 16GB to 32GB is LITERALLY a matter of pennies. For a phone that they make hundreds of dollars of profit on, there's simply no excuse to completely gimp the "premium" phone with such a measly amount of storage.
What is the point of even having a 4K camera if you can barely shoot any video with it?
Apple has always been cheap with storage but this year is especially bad. This decision is the greediest decision I've ever seen them make.
Server hard drive capacity had also greatly increased the past few years, so the cost of offering storage has gone down on a per-user basis. But do they increase the amount of free iCloud storage? Nope. Yet again for a fifth year running they skimp out. I'm done with Apple, and I was an original iPhone user so this pisses me off that their greed has ruined such an otherwise amazing phone. I'm simply not paying $100 extra for something that most other manufacturers are offering at even lower price points, especially now that Apple's advantage in hardware/software has almost completely eroded.
Let's just say I work for a company, let's call it a"Mapple", and I literally deal with international customers every single day. Heck, many from Australia even. And 90 day support applies all across all channels. Support is a benefit, not legally required by any law. So if you try to chat in outside your 90 days, there is a great chance you'll be told that you need to pay for support.
LOL - Consumer Law enables free support outside the 90 days and no cost as they system / device will be displayed with "CL" and be green internally. I know this better than anyone else - that's all I'm saying.
Agree with the AppleCare and the Pencil. It's pretty clear to me based on Apple's actions after Steve's death that iOS devices that aren't the iPhone have low margins (by Apple standards, anyway). It took them forever to update the iPod Touch, the iPad Mini 3 didn't get a processor boost, and now the iPad Air 2 isn't going to get an upgrade for over a year... I think the iPad Pro is a way of increasing the profit margins on the products, both by starting it at $800 and possibly using it to distract people from a price hike in the other iPads (I can see it now: iPad Air 3, top of the line processor, best performance ever, better battery life, 64 GB... $700).
Don't think the Apple TV is overpriced, however. Given that the original was $300 and did 1/10 of the stuff the new one does.
We already know the smaller battery has the same life as the previous battery. Yes such a "fail", (people still use that term?) that Apple will sell millions of these. I mean who cares about force touch, much faster overall, much better camera, housing etc, etc. Heh.
The iPad Pro is certainly in line with the Surface and I would much rather have the iPad Pro.
Price styli that do the same thing as Apple Pencil not that any of them will do it as well. $99 is normal or actually good.
Oh my $149 for a device that does everything Apple TV does?
Apple care + has come in very handy for me multiple times with iPhones but yeah this is the third price raise. I'll still get it though. I don't trust any of the third party warranties and I can't use them to talk into an apple store and walk out with a replacement phone or replace a phone with accidental damage.
16 is silly. if they atarted with 32 a whole lot of people would not go beyond that which they know. Going from 16 to 64 for $100 is hard to pass up.
Some level of greed on Apple's part, for sure, but it's also because of all those people constantly breaking their phones. I just don't understand how this happens. I'm not particularly careful with my devices, but with the standard Apple cases I've never had a cracked screen or bent case. We still have every model of iPhone and they all work great. 4 are in use right now: a 6 Plus, 6, 5s and 5. The two 5's are used by our young kids, who have had hand-me-down devices since they were 2 years old. Never one break of any kind.
Yet around me in the office nearly 1/3 of my co-workers have broken phones (and it bothers me when they just casually say "AppleCare will buy me a new one!").
That is a great point, Apple has gone from buying off the shelf processors, case metal and screen glass to designing their own or giving the manufacturer Apple-specific specs and that doesn't come cheap. Arguably the metal and glass could be cheaper if thinker but that would interfere with Apple's allure. (I for one would even pay more for a thicker "Pro" phone that my wife couldn't break or drown but that is not in the cards.)
If they started at 32 and the price started at $699 and the 64 still at $749 a lot of people would easily go to 64.
What I find annoying about AppleCare is that I just realized I used it TWICE to replace my wife's broken screen so now it's not valid anymore (only two uses allowed). $100+$80+80=$260 cost. Or I could NOT have gotten AppleCare and paid $110+$110=$220.
I think AppleCare is getting to be too pricey at this point, but then again, I take care of my phones and don't get warranties at all. Regardless, it's a much better deal than anything the carriers offer, and I work at T-Mobile. If you end up using the warranty, it's pretty much guaranteed you've saved yourself money, and you aren't getting a refurbished piece of junk.
Please, don't kid yourself...Apple has the largest margin on their products in the whole industry (by far) and especialy on the iphone...
So lets put this into perspective...price of the product is the same but the extended warranty for the same product gets a price hike of 30% (50% in Europe!!!). So the value of said warranty just massively decreased!