And then they’ll fix that camera with a software update. ?
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'High-End' iPhone 14 Front-Facing Camera to Cost Apple Three Times More
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I think giving consumers more choice is a good thing. Not everyone wants or needs all of the bells and whistles. A $429 iPhone SE can be just fine for many people. Also, for those wanting/needing more, today's upper end iPhone prices are not necessarily that bad when you consider what some phones were going for in the past. For example, a 64GB iPhone 5 was $849 (unlocked/no contract) in 2012 which is about $1,065 in today's dollars. You can get a 128GB iPhone 13 Pro today for "less" (inflation adjusted) at $999.
I think they tend to stick to price tiers on the phones. That said, given inflation, there could be a bump in the tiers. But that would be based on inflation, not profit margins. They do have target profit margin guidelines they give to their product teams; but for critical product lines such as iPhone, where they have market share targets, they adjust the pricing based on market analysis and component lifecycle forecasts. At least, that's how we did it at all the tech companies I worked at, and Apple has much more data and more sophisticated modeling available.
South Korea is pretty close, as they are entirely dependent on our military commitments and our markets. But the Trans-Pacific Partnership was designed to bring Malaysia, Singapore and Vietnam into the fold. Oh, well.
They hate and fear China more than anybody, though. So they really want to align with powers that provide a counterweight to China.
Ridiculous? Apple's GPM (gross profit margin) is around 40%. What is the proper percentage Apple should be using? And why?
I'm not concerned with specifics because democracy doesn't work everywhere. What I'm more concerned about is all of our money going to single a country that is our greatest adversary and an imbalance of power in Asia.
That applies too pretty much every company who sells their goods whether it's electronic gadgets or automobiles. That's a lot of money if you multiply that into the millions. Apple is running a business not a charity. It's the person who decides if the price is too much.
“The best camera on an IPhone, ever!”.
A cost increase of 6 usd translates into 100usd for the the end user (the budget to justify that increase might be bigger than the actual cost of that hardware). Is that “fair”?, well, nobody said the capitalism was it, au contraire…
A cost increase of 6 usd translates into 100usd for the the end user (the budget to justify that increase might be bigger than the actual cost of that hardware). Is that “fair”?, well, nobody said the capitalism was it, au contraire…
Well that depends how you look at this. If you plan on paying for this phone that has an ‘inflated cost’, then yes, it is your responsibility to pay the inflation passed on to you as a consumer. But you don’t have to pay/purchase the iPhone 14 either. You have choices.
Agreed, people act all entitled and aw-strucken that inflation will hit electronics. In the end, people will still purchase said device.
Could be - in which case it would have helped to put a smiley or “/s” at the end…
I’m waiting for the iPhone 15 hopefully by then the front camera is upgraded even more. I’m willing to pay $1500 for a Pro Max 128GB. They should add another tier above the Pro Max
