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Apple Reportedly Negotiating with Carriers for $100 Price Increase on iPhone 6
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People who want an iPhone will still get one, given that Apple's the only company producing it.
What I don't understand is why carriers are opposed to increasing the price by $100? Maybe my reading comprehension is poor - but does this mean the iPhone is going to cost $100 more overall, Apple is actually asking carriers to subsidise it less (good for carriers, right?), or they are demanding $100 more from carriers, who are then forced to absorb the difference?
It appears that carriers would either dislike: paying a $550 subsidy (instead of the usual $450), or having customers having to pay $299 for the base model on contract for obviously reasons - they'll likely sell less iPhones. Though maybe not that many less? It's unprecedented.
I'm sure there will be a mini(current size), maxi(5.5), and the just right(4.7)
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This makes the most sense
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In my case 4S.
Apples saves me money again.
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Originally Posted by regkilla
What can you say about Samsungs?
They also make Great TVs.
I totally agree, I mostly only use my phone for email, phone calls, podcasts and GPS. These are things any phone can do.
My iPad does the fun stuff, my surface does the work stuff.
So a Windows phone may be a good fit. Better price.
The crap is getting deeper and deeper.
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Good idea. Like the Zune it's sure to become a collector's item.
Just got a new iPhone 5s a few months ago, so I'm not moving soon but I can confidently say that a $100 increase on the iPhone means that it'll be my last. I was very close to going with an stock Android One X for $0 when I extended my contract, but chose to pay the premium and go with the iPhone for $229 as I'm heavily in the ecosystem already. I also considered going off-contract and got a Nexus 5. So close on both accounts. If it was a $329 difference then, I would have no doubt have made the jump.
I just don't see how then can justify a price increase when their competitors are holding steady (and importantly, competitors have actual sales with carriers). If they made 32gb the base, it would be more palatable. I think a $50 increase and a jump to 32gb would be reasonable, but obviously will not happen!
I just don't see how then can justify a price increase when their competitors are holding steady (and importantly, competitors have actual sales with carriers). If they made 32gb the base, it would be more palatable. I think a $50 increase and a jump to 32gb would be reasonable, but obviously will not happen!
This would go a long way towards justifying the cost, and seems quite reasonable to do since flash memory is a lot cheaper now than it used to be. Along with a better camera, larger and likely higher-resolution screen, and maybe some wicked new design -- they'd so easily have people eating out of their hands at that price point.
Why should Apple bother
Apple users are not cheap and how can they differentiate themselves if they pay $199 like all the other Android and WP phones. They should pay a premium to differentiate themselves. This is a good move by Apple. Now, If they can cutback on some features so that it is obvious that people are only buying the iPhones to differentiate themselves (and not because the phones themselves are useful) and to prove to everybody that they are not cheapos like the Android and WP phone buyers, it would be even better.
Excellent move Apple..
Apple users are not cheap and how can they differentiate themselves if they pay $199 like all the other Android and WP phones. They should pay a premium to differentiate themselves. This is a good move by Apple. Now, If they can cutback on some features so that it is obvious that people are only buying the iPhones to differentiate themselves (and not because the phones themselves are useful) and to prove to everybody that they are not cheapos like the Android and WP phone buyers, it would be even better.
Excellent move Apple..
With 4 major US carriers pushing customers to pay the full cost of the phone over the duration of 2 years(Sprint Easy Pay, AT&T Next, Verizon Edge, t-mobile) that makes the $100 price difference equate to around $4.17 a month more...
I guess the smaller iPhone will keep the current prices and the larger one will be a hundred dollars more, like we see with the iPad (Air versus rMini) .
In the longer run the demise of "subsidized" smart phones is the best way to keep prices lower.
Having to shell out the entire cost of the phone would, I think, lower the number of iPhones sold and force Apple to rethink their pricing strategy.
In the longer run the demise of "subsidized" smart phones is the best way to keep prices lower.
Having to shell out the entire cost of the phone would, I think, lower the number of iPhones sold and force Apple to rethink their pricing strategy.
Verizon is on board now.
Verizon Will Let Customers Bring Their Own Device to the Network Beginning April 17th. http://google.com/newsstand/s/CBIw06aErRo
So, you think the only reason why Apple didn't offer a larger screen iPhone before was because of cost?
I don't think carriers will subsidize another $100. It's more likely that a price increase would be applied everywhere.
The 5c was just underwhelming. Did you consider that the 4S was fine at the exact same price point? The 4 continued to sell in the secondary tier in spite of constant news of dropped calls. They still obviously wanted it to sell, and there's the concern of whether these potential 5c customers opted for a 5S, a different brand, or to keep their old phone.
I don't care about space, ram, processor speed or any other crap that samsung devices boast about.
I care about the OS. Windows 8 phones and Android devices have horrendous UI.
I care about the OS. Windows 8 phones and Android devices have horrendous UI.
Thanks for the link. I'm going to check it out now. Honestly, I think Apple is just late to the party. They probably didn't think that the larger phones were going to be as popular as they are and it takes them a longer time to bring something to market than some of the other companies. They probably have been working on the larger phone for at least a year or so, maybe longer. If they want to continue iPhone growth, they have no choice but to make it in a larger size. If they are really on top of their game, IMO, they will make 3 sizes of the phone, one of them being the current size for the entry level and then the 4.7 and 5.5. I can see the 5.5 carrying the $100 premium like the Note 3, but I think it's a bit of a stretch to see the main seller to be at the $299 price point. I have no doubt that the 4.7 will be the biggest selling iPhone ever if it stays at the current price point. Thoughts?
Err no, it just showed that the lack of a significant number of features in the 5C was not worth the price difference. It showed that the 5C wasn't cheap enough.
Exactly. And the 5S was the same price as previous iPhones so there was no increase in price for the top model. The 5C was priced too close to the 5S for what it offered. If it was priced like the Nexus 5 or Moto X it would have sold more.
Only those who would stand in lines over night or track shipments would be gullible enough to pay more than before.
They will take another swig of the kool-aid to jusitify the additional cost, by saying it'll have more memory, bigger this bigger that, swig swig.
They will take another swig of the kool-aid to jusitify the additional cost, by saying it'll have more memory, bigger this bigger that, swig swig.
What...
What happened to Apple saying that they were trying to meet customers needs that demanded a lower priced phone
What happened to Apple saying that they were trying to meet customers needs that demanded a lower priced phone
