If they feature the same internals, then they should at least be sold at a lower price.
Why?
Who says that has to happen?
Has someone told you that the iPhone 14 and Series 8 are significantly cheaper to produce than the iPhone 13 and series 7? Because I guarantee you that they’re wrong.
Also, they don’t feature the same internals. That’s just false.
The series 7 does not have a temperature sensor, the series 8 does. That’s an additional cost.
The series 7 does not feature the crash detection sensors, the series 8 does. That’s an additional cost.
If you spent $799 on the iPhone 13, you got a phone with 4GB of RAM and a 4 core GPU.
If you spent $799 on the iPhone 14, you get 6GB of RAM and a 5 core GPU.
Those are different internals, just because they’re from the same generation does not make them different internals. There’s more ram, there’s more GPU, and it’s the same cost. You’re getting more, for the same cost.
And actually, if you want the same internals for a lower cost, you can get that, Apple sells the iPhone 13 and 13 mini at a $100 discount now. No one is stopping you.
But if you want more ram, a better GPU, a better wideangle camera, a better main sensor, satellite connectivity, crash detection, and a dramatically improved front camera with auto focus, it’s $799, the same price as the old one.
That’s a lot of improvements for the same price in my opinion.
The price could have gone up. But it didn’t, it stayed the same.
Obviously, talking US only, I know prices have been going up all around the world outside of the US.
