I just hope the iphone 6 comes with improvements to iOS. Because let's face it, if we really are in a "post-PC" age then Android comes closer to replicating a computer OS than iOS. They have a file system, most of their premium phones come with expandable (and transferrable) memory, and so on and so forth. Apple's file system with iOS is still very rudimentary and sometimes anti-intuitive. It's as if they want you to do stuff on iOS, but ... not too much. Because they still want you to do more stuff on OSX.
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Apple Reportedly Negotiating with Carriers for $100 Price Increase on iPhone 6
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But no one really knows what (if anything) will be created from Sapphire nor how much more Apple's costs would be if they did. So it's really hard to quantify justification based on that alone.
So why didn't you just make this your first reply instead of engaging in conversation with me about it's cost?
There's got to be more to that rumor; if true, I strongly suspect a baseline storage upgrade to 32GB, but with or without that storage bump, Apple will get away with such a rumored price increase. People will be lined up for iPhone6, in North America anyway, and no carrier will risk losing substantial sales to competitors, by not going along.
What difference does it make? It's called a conversation - and we arrived here all the same with better clarification of what we each meant.
About 6 months ago, the iPad mini with Retina Display. So I wouldn't be surprised at all if the price was increased for the iPhone 6. I'll pay 300 for it but if it's not 32 gb for the base model, I'm buying a Note 4.
Maybe it comes with the iWatch? them predicting millions of sales falls in with it if they bundle it with the iPhone 
Did we not leave the "depression" years ago?
I don't know where you are but there isn't any depression going on in central Texas that I see..
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Exactly. The last thing I would be worried about is a luxury like an iPhone if $$$ was an issue..
Well if they think I am paying another $100 - there's no WAY I'm going to pay for any more apps at .99!!!!!!
/sarcasm
Ah, when I say deals, I mean when you can get say the 32GB iPhone 5S for free or very cheap on a 12 month contract, or even get it free on a 24 month contract. You would be able to get others like that, but not an iPhone. For instance it's a few months old now, yet you don't find any special offers on it.
OMG, Even I forgot about this.
Within months, they had a major price cut, Then offered partial refunds to everyone who had already bought the iPhone, and offered a formal apology for the change.
Balmer wasn't entirely wrong.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_iPhone#Price_drop_outcry
Yup. People have very selective memories. They confuse the iPhone changing the way we look at smartphones with being an instant success. And by success I mean to the level it start gaining massive sales in 2008. Not surprising given the delay in getting the App Store and 3G technology.
you didnt read the entire Wiki did you. See the link i posted above
Apple saw a HUGE drop off post the initial adopters. Their exclusivity to AT&T. Only being available in US, and an extremely high price that did NOT qualify for any subsidies didn't really make the iphone take off post the initial sales blitz.
its probably arguable to say, that without the sudden price drop, and the refunds to customers, the iPhone might have been a commercial bomb.
Thankfully, They fixed those problems overtime
However, the iPhone, especially internationally didnt see the resounding success until the iPhone 3G, which finally brought in mroe what we expected out of the iPhone, than what was originally launched.
If Verizon and AT&T both say no, Apple has a big problem in the US.
I doubt it. Apple could easily just sell these in their store as an unlocked device and it would still sell tens of millions from that alone. Also, I doubt either AT&T or Verizon would opt out, it would hurt customer retention. How else are they going to lock the majority of their smartphone users in a contract?
Their current store infrastructure couldn't handle that demand. The carriers even have trouble around launch time handling demands on their ordering platform...
Probably in the US, but the rest of world is already making Android the king of the hill. This will just be another nail in the coffin for iPhone's share of the market outside the US and maybe eventually in the US itself if Apple doesn't make some price adjustments.
And going from a 4" to 5.5" isn't going to more expensive hardware? It's not like Apple is suggesting releasing a 4" iPhone 6 at $100 more. We are talking about 1.5" bigger screen and likely bigger battery to go with it.
The mini w/ Retina had a $100 premium over the original. Another less extreme example that shows, that, yes, when Apple has significantly revised or improved a product it has pushed at least some of the extra cost onto the buyer rather than absorbing it and accepting lower margins.
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Did you click the link I supplied or maybe I'm not understanding the "can't get any special deals on an iPhone" message in your post. The link I supplied pointed to an iPhone 5s for free* on contract. Maybe you're referring to an unlocked (no contract) price? I recall very soon after the 5s was out, there were already some deals on contract. I don't know when free* arrived but I recall it wasn't that long after the launch (while supplies were still apparently tight).