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Apple Reportedly Negotiating with Carriers for $100 Price Increase on iPhone 6
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So far the increase is just rumors. How reliable has Peter Misek been in the past?
If they keep the 4 inch phone at the current price, I don't even care about other sizes and their prices.
However, I have to admit that a price increase is bad. The iPhone is already very expensive. But I assume that this price increase would be just for the 5.5 inch model.
However, I have to admit that a price increase is bad. The iPhone is already very expensive. But I assume that this price increase would be just for the 5.5 inch model.
To sell an iPhone 6 with the same price like Samsung Galaxy S5 its a shame, they need this increase because IF they will be the first company to sell a sapphire touchscreen phone with bezel free, this is the way to do. Remember retina Macbook Pro release.
So if they want an increase of 100$ its obvious will have a sapphire glass and bezel free
So if they want an increase of 100$ its obvious will have a sapphire glass and bezel free
Sound like stock manipulation by the Piper ANALyst jerks
The note established the $299 price for 5.5 so that would make sense
The S5 is loaded up with features and it still in the $ 199 price range (Costco had it $1 on contract)
If this is true, don't know what makes Apple think that they can increase by $100 and still get everyone to upgrade - we will see
That's similar to what I was going to say: why would carriers object to the USER paying more?
After all, the carriers pay the same to Apple no matter what the user pays. So it would be to the carriers' advantage to let the user pay more of the cost.
About the only reason I can think of why the carriers might not want the upfront price to be $300, is that FEWER people would choose it, and carriers have to agree to minimum purchase amounts from Apple.
True, but why would they want to also increase the subsidized price? I don't think that is going to sit well with your every day Joe Schmo who is looking for an upgrade. Hmm do I get this Galaxy S5 16gb at $199 (probably cheaper on contract by the time the iPhone 6 hits) or do I get this iPhone 6 16gb at $299?
I just don't think it'll draw MORE people to the iPhone.
Your comment would hold water IF the $100+ was for the 5.5" iPhone however if it's not then no dice champ. Fact of the matter is with iPhone as it stands now you're already going to be paying as much and depending on the country maybe a bit more than competitors offerings which offer you more RAM and a larger screen.
Don't forget that in your comment you're comparing $650 for a 4" phone with 1GB of RAM to phones that are around $700 (and less depending on where you go) with 5+" screens and 2GB of RAM. 'Higher quality' is subjective, higher memory and higher screen size is certainly not. So to tell me as a customer that to get an iPhone that's even near the competition in terms of what's offered I have to spend $100 more? That's a tough and almost moronic sale. Let's not even forget here that if the rumors hold true, which I believe they will based soley on Apples clearly demonstrated history that even with the screen size jump the iPhone will still sport a lower non-standards based resolution. This move if they were stupid enough to attempt it would just be plane awful. Pure and simple.
And I respectfully disagree.
Imagine this scenario - you have a headache, and walk into a pharmacy to buy some aspirin. Do you automatically go for the cheapest off-the-shelf brand? Or will you settle for a more expensive option because you believe that it works better?
Your point is not without merit, but I believe your problem is that you are trying to apply logic to a scenario where your sort of logical reasoning may not necessarily apply. It's partly psychological - what kind of message would Apple be sending if they priced their iPhone cheaper than the competition? Are they tacitly admitting that their iPhone is not as good as competing options?
I believe the iPhone remains fairly price inelastic for now. There's still a ton of demand for it, and so long as Apple can reasonably justify why their iPhone deserves to cost more (e.g.: emphasising time saved or a better user experience rather than money saved), people will still buy it despite its higher price, so long as the price increase is not too significant.
And "feature set" means absolutely nothing if said "features" do nothing to improve a user's experience in a substantial way.
Mhmm. I feel the same way. I switched to Android 2 months ago because I wanted a bigger screen and enjoyed the fact that I can have a removable battery and SD card for more storage at less cost than an iPhone 64gb. Android has caught up to iOS especially with apps (in my opinion of course). Granted like you said some games don't make it to Android, but most of your big games do, and I haven't really run into any issues.
I can't keep waiting on Apple to hopefully MAYBE give me what I'm looking for.
I've had the iPhone 5 - now the 5S - and I've never had them freezing on me. I've never heard of this complaint on anyone I know that has an iPhone.
I bet that if they are releasing 2 phones, they want the bigger one to be priced $100 more expensive. It makes sense.
I've been going back and fouth on a (hopefully) $650 iPhone 6 and a $350 Nexus 5. If the iPhone 6 is $750, I'm definitely switching to Android
Of course. Why would anyone pay top dollar for a quality product when you can get a generally functional piece of Samsung for 15% less, even if that Sammy pos is worth 50% less after a year?
Just sayin'.