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Barclays Proposes Apple Could Lessen iPhone 8 Pricing Impact by Including Apple Music/iCloud Bundle
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This. Especially with all these installment plans nowadays, there will still be plenty of people buying it.
The year of "8" (iPhone 8 and Note 8) marks the beginning of the era of $1000 smartphones.
I was able to get the 425 off the Note 8 deal if you had a Note 7. So no iphone for this year, I got the Note 8 with the free 128gb sd card and wireless charger for $500. Can't beat that. Oh well, was getting bored with the iphone. Hopefully next year something more exciting from Apple comes along.
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I don't think so, these phones are becoming a commodity. You can get very good phones now for under 500, so I don't think they are gonna get much traction with those prices when you can get a real good phone for less than half that.
By "lessen" they mean "saddle" consumers with costly features they don't want. If Apple includes Music or boosted iCloud accounts it won't be "complimentary." It will be padded into the price. The consumer who doesn't want these two items CAN ignore them but CAN'T avoid paying for them since it's bundled into the price. It's NOT like Apple is offering an OPTIONAL discounted Music and iCloud pricing to buyers as a "bonus". It's like the U2 deal -- here take this crap. We insist.
Obviously this is still a rumor but damn if it doesn't have the money grubbing stench of TC.
Obviously this is still a rumor but damn if it doesn't have the money grubbing stench of TC.
People complain about the phone's potential cost but people will pay $350 for the new Beats headphones. Are a set of headphone really worth 1/3 price of the phone.
I don't want Apple music and I don't want temporary increase in iCloud - just charge what you want for the Phone and I and others will decide if it is worth the price.
I don't want Apple music and I don't want temporary increase in iCloud - just charge what you want for the Phone and I and others will decide if it is worth the price.
Why would Apple make any attempt to incentivise purchase?
Even at the speculated high purchase price, they will still sell EVERY single iPhone 8 they can possibly manufacture.
Even at the speculated high purchase price, they will still sell EVERY single iPhone 8 they can possibly manufacture.
Why would Apple do that? There's going be plenty of demand, huge I suspect, without unnecessary freebies.
Makes no sense...
Makes no sense...
I still don't understand why people are losing their minds about these price points. The fully loaded 7 plus was just under a thousand bucks. Now, they're offering a premium model for a hundred more or so. Doesn't seem like that big a jump. And here's the really good news for all those concerned consumers. If we can't afford the higher priced 8, there's a 7s and 7s+ model. So, we all have options. 
Apple will not be bundling any such service with the new iPhone. However. They may bundle it with AR glasses or something along those lines. Theirs no reason why we won't be able to VR for movies or certain games as well. So I can see the iPhone 8 coming with something like that. Heck. They may come with AirPods too. But not any extra service.
These aren't gifts. They're rolled into the price like anything else.
This is no different than T-Mobile and all their "free" addons. People get all excited believing they're truly free when in fact the price of those items is rolled in to the price they're paying. It's not as if the company is saying "We're cool taking in a lot less profit even though that would be against our legal requirement as a publicly traded company."
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It's pathetic to buy the entry level phone. That's like going to buy a Porsche and looking for the one with zero options. A clear sign someone is spending outside their means and buying something they can't really afford.
Apple is going to "lessen the impact" by calling the phone the Anniversary Edition, thereby ensuring that it's marketed as a status symbol—which will "justify" an exorbitant price. Seriously, how could they come out with a 7s and an 8? That makes no sense whatsoever. They're coming out with the 7s and the Super-duper-kickass-be-the-envy-of-your-friends-while-you-empty-your-checking-account Edition. The phone is going to be positioned to stockholders as gravy on top of the profit the company will make selling the normal upgraded model. There will be no deals on price. They won't need to offer any deals.
Given that a phone is a necessity anymore, and they're so easy to break - They're definitely not Nokias - Apple is just going to have to face the fact that they've hit a price wall. $1100+ (including *just* a 2 year warranty) is just too much for a device that probably wont make it to the 3 year mark.
