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Foldable iPhone Could Cost $2,400
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Since Apple associates itself with the Porsche brand in its advertising, I think I’m spot on, actually.
Camera will definitely not be better, not unless they make the camera bump to end all camera bumps.
Cool and all... but, again, NEVER be a first adopter. Mark my words. How do you think those who bought the Apple Vision Pro feel about now?
Being an Apple fanboy ...uhhh, fangramp, I suppose (I WAS boyish then... 😂) ...from 1984, I advise that you be a well-informed and -prepared first adopter with the ability to accept frustration and disappointment. I will never forget my Macintosh 128K that I bought in college which, as a first-adopter, I never regretted paying $1,450.00 in 1984 through Apple's university consortium purchasing program (in today's dollars, arguably equivalent to approximately $4,300.00 today). Back then, though, Apple was far more careful about its first-editions and using its customer base as guinea pigs than they have been over the at least last 25 years. #caveatemptor
Will it come bundled with a Vision Pro at that price? 
But seriously, it would only be slightly worth it to me if it had the same software functionality and multitasking in unfolded or dock mode as an iPad Pro with external monitor, keyboard and mouse support.
But seriously, it would only be slightly worth it to me if it had the same software functionality and multitasking in unfolded or dock mode as an iPad Pro with external monitor, keyboard and mouse support.
Trade in price for 17 Pro Max, maybe $750 next Sept.
Still dropping $1650 + tax for this. And yeah...you WILL need Apple Care for this one.
Nah, I'm good.
Still dropping $1650 + tax for this. And yeah...you WILL need Apple Care for this one.
Nah, I'm good.
And people laughed when I hung onto my flip phone for years and years after smart phones came out
I'm not interested in buying it but it won't be surprising to see it launch with an obscenely high price point considering other manufacturers price theirs at £1800+. Lets face it, it won't be a mainstream device at that price, but then neither are the foldables made by other manufacturers. It'll be interesting to see how many iterations it lasts and what Apple believe will be a successful measure of its success.
I've been an Apple user since the Mac SE. I've only been burned once being a first adopter. I bought a liquid cooled Power Mac G5. It died almost 2 years after I bought it.... No. Wait. Since it was a new design I bought an AppleCare extended warranty. Apple didn't want to have anything to do with the Power Mac G5 at that point and gave me a store credit to replace it with an 8-core Mac Pro. So there was no burn at all.
Seriously, if you are going to spring for the first release of a new architecture and can't afford the cost to replace it, then spring for the Apple Care.
As I mentioned before, it hasn't really burned me. How do I feel about my M2 AVP as I use my M5 AVP? I feel two things: 1) It is a good hand-me-down device; 2) I feel like people who complain about the price shouldn't be concerned with devices they can't afford.
Thats a bit of a narrow way to look at things. People can comment on the price and not buy something even if they can afford to buy it. Its about wanting something first and foremost and being able to justify it to ones self.
That's nonsense being insecure and having a lack of imagination/ambition what pocket computers can be used for while people have more advanced use cases for computing devices in such form factors than you do.
Foldables are far more optimal
to handle/manage edit, type, consume, and view/read a wide variety of files and content than a slab phone. Conveniences of an iPad Pro and slab phone simultaneously allows a new level of convenience, versatility, and seamlessness than having a phone and iPad Pro seperately.
A foldable allows less need to carry or bring along a tablet for example.
Slabs form factor is very limiting for productive on-the-go computer users.
Your either-or fallacy is grossly naive, and you clearly have superficial use of phones compared to the historical target audience of the iPhone Max.
Even taking group photos, reading, typing, and viewing sheets/calendars are massively more efficient with a foldable over a slab.
OLED panel tech and other tech were the bottlenecks for such phones not arriving sooner as a no-brainer.
I would do almost anything to avoid getting on a payments treadmill. Choose a lower cost device. Defer device upgrades. If essential to get the device, borrow money over one year.
The idea that payment plans are spanning multiple device releases seems mad. Obviously it depends on how the carriers structure their systems and offers, but if you upgrade in the last year of the term, you have either already paid for the last year, or you will carry the cost of that last year into your next contract. Even if it is obscured.
Where I live, four years has been enough to see 3G disappear and 5G arrive. For coverage to change dramatically. I'd not wish to be stuck with a carrier for more than a year. And the lower cost piggy-back companies have some very appealing airtime offers - far less expensive than the big three.
"I want a $2,400 iPhone without Face ID," said absolutely no one ever.