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I’m sure that’s Apple’s doing.

Probably why the iPhone X is $999 dollars in the US and £999 in the UK. Even though $1 doesn’t equal £1.

Apple are the only tech company applying this conversion.

A little bit knowledge is dangerous. The difference is 20% VAT and much stronger consumer protection in the UK.

And I can assure you that lots of companies use that kind of exchange rate, it's just that either nobody is bothered about them, or they intentionally create different models for each market so you can't compare prices.
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Apple could reduce the price of their phones (and will eventually), to stop the greedy insane profits.
Read that line back to yourself. If Apple's profits are "greedy and insane", why would they change that?
 
No surprise when you look at apples ridiculous iPhone prices.
Come on Apple, wake up and lower your prices.

It is an illusion be be viewed as a luxury brand. What ever happened to the iPhone C the casing that was over engineered. I guarantee if iOS was permitted on third-party hardware, Apple sales will tank. This is a slippery slow as the illusion that iOS is more secure than AndroidOS may or may not be warranted, and allowing other parties to install it leave less control for Apple.
 
It is an illusion be be viewed as a luxury brand. What ever happened to the iPhone C the casing that was over engineered. I guarantee if iOS was permitted on third-party hardware, Apple sales will tank. This is a slippery slow as the illusion that iOS is more secure than AndroidOS may or may not be warranted, and allowing other parties to install it leave less control for Apple.
Well that will never happen, so that is not at all a worry for Apple.
 
Like I said in that Samsung commercial post the other day, Samsung should not be worried about Apple. Samsung should be worried about all the Chinese clones that are going to eat their lunch. When everyone is running the same OS it's a lot easier for people to jump ship to something cheaper. Apple is not Samsung's primary competition.
 
  1. Buyers like Chaina spying
  2. Not for me as I do not like communists.

This is fake news and only comes out at this time. The media really do print rubbish.

One has to remember that if you are born and raised into a certain type of government/society system, one is unaware or fearful of change. It is human rights that is a concerning matter in China. If you believe it is censorship or spying, this happens in developed countries as well, you are not made full aware of its existence.
 
I’ll bite. If it happened to Facebook, it could happen to Microsoft, Samsung or Apple, amazon etc. doesn’t only need to “happen” to Apple.

Of course. Its only natural and a matter of time What goes up must come down. There is already saturation in the market and a correction is near.
 
Well that will never happen, so that is not at all a worry for Apple.

One has to step outside ones mindset. If you have been born and raise as a privileged individual even with ones level of wealth, how do you expect to understand other cultures and societies/countries that struggle day-to-day to place food on their table, shelter themselves and their family, keep them safe, etc when these low income workers are producing products for privileged customers.

Remember one can argue if a foreign company such as Apple brings employment and other wealth creating opportunities, however if Apple relocates then this opportunity is lost. With Local grown and operated companies this is not a fear. In this example China will be fine as their produce, manufacture and sell their own products. For companies such as Apple who designs to a limited degree in America and produces, manufacturers and sells in China is more at risk. At the end of the day China is making money, it does not matter if it is more or less compared to Apple. China is in it for the long haul, if Apple is kicked out of China tomorrow it will affect Apple more than China, however this will not happen due to negative trade practices and countries are open to foreign investment.
 
Of course. Its only natural and a matter of time What goes up must come down. There is already saturation in the market and a correction is near.
Yes. It’s possible All high flying tech companies will go down at the same time and Apple will still be in the same relative position. Or maybe not.

Similar to Predicting San Francisco will be hit with another earthquake.
 
I have a Huawei MediaPad 3 tablet, and it is every bit as good and as well built as iPad.

The Huawei Matepro X is better than the MBP 13 by pretty much every tech reviewer and publication.

The Huawei P20 is getting stellar reviews too.

Huawei is an amazing brand that deserves their success.
 
Malaysia is a very small market where smartphone penetration is not particularly high.

How are MacBooks doing?

Apple is doing well in the price segments they compete in.
Quite Wrong, market for handphone we call here not smartphone is big. Rarely anymore i see people using "dumb phone" . SEA market are pretty quicker because we're all smaller and various of new tech easily implemented. .
 
One has to step outside ones mindset. If you have been born and raise as a privileged individual even with ones level of wealth, how do you expect to understand other cultures and societies/countries that struggle day-to-day to place food on their table, shelter themselves and their family, keep them safe, etc when these low income workers are producing products for privileged customers.

Remember one can argue if a foreign company such as Apple brings employment and other wealth creating opportunities, however if Apple relocates then this opportunity is lost. With Local grown and operated companies this is not a fear. In this example China will be fine as their produce, manufacture and sell their own products. For companies such as Apple who designs to a limited degree in America and produces, manufacturers and sells in China is more at risk. At the end of the day China is making money, it does not matter if it is more or less compared to Apple. China is in it for the long haul, if Apple is kicked out of China tomorrow it will affect Apple more than China, however this will not happen due to negative trade practices and countries are open to foreign investment.
Nothing that you just said has anything to do with iOS being permitted on 3rd party hardware and causing Apple sales to tank.
 
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Eventually Apple will be forced to drop their prices or make cheaper products in general. After all apple products are just Frankensteined by other consumer products ala samsung, LG etc..

Hopefully the new 6.1” will start under $700. It’s good that Services are growing so robustly. These services require devices as well, the majority at least. I just become concerned when people drink the “ high margin vs hardware sold will last forever” Kool Aid don’t seem to understand the market share long term component. Not that I’m complaining about dividends.:apple:
 
Huawei phones are trash. Cheap trash phones sell well in certain international markets. Not unexpected.
On the contrary, Huawei phones are quite pricey when there’s Xiaomi selling phones at similar or better spec for less. Huawei is quite up there close to Samsung when you see their pricing.

Having said that, their phones look quite nice. The only detractor is the iOS-rip-off EMUI.
 
Phone market has matured where all Chinese made phones like Huawei, Apple, Moto, etc. are largely the same.

Samsung is still the leader in technology and hardware integration since they manufacture all their core components from display, SoC, NAND, DRAM, camera sensor, radio, etc.

If you want the best you get a Samsung especially the unique Galaxy Note with pen. Otherwise, any Chinese made phone will suit the general population fine but Huawei and Moto have the advantage of not having the high Apple middle-man markup.
 
It does not matter where the high price is coming from (in this context). The story here is that Huawei phones cover wide price range. To call them "cheap trash" is just ignorant.

Also, Porsche name is expensive but not that expensive. One can get LaCie 1TB Porsche Design USB-C + USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive from Apple store for just $65. This phone has under-the-screen fingerprint reader, 6GB of RAM, 512GB of storage, Triple Leica Lens Back Cameras and the latest Huawei processor with neural processing unit.
 
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It does not matter where the high price is coming from (in this context). The story here is that Huawei phones cover wide price range. To call them "cheap trash" is just ignorant.

Also, Porsche name is expensive but not that expensive. One can get LaCie 1TB Porsche Design USB-C + USB 3.0 Portable Hard Drive from Apple store for just $65. This phone has under-the-screen fingerprint reader, 6GB of RAM, 512GB of storage, Triple Leica Lens Back Cameras and the latest Huawei processor with neural processing unit.
Actually it does matter if the price of a phone is due to engineering, components or use of trade marked logos.

Some of the phones that huawei sells are cheap and the link above substantiates it.
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Phone market has matured where all Chinese made phones like Huawei, Apple, Moto, etc. are largely the same.

Samsung is still the leader in technology and hardware integration since they manufacture all their core components from display, SoC, NAND, DRAM, camera sensor, radio, etc.

If you want the best you get a Samsung especially the unique Galaxy Note with pen. Otherwise, any Chinese made phone will suit the general population fine but Huawei and Moto have the advantage of not having the high Apple middle-man markup.
Please stop with the FUD already. An iPhone is assembled in different parts of thenworld and made and engineer in the USA with component suppliers from all over the world. Different than engineered, manufacturered and assembled in China.
 
Actually it does matter if the price of a phone is due to engineering, components or use of trade marked logos.

Some of the phones that huawei sells are cheap and the link above substantiates it.
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Please stop with the FUD already. An iPhone is assembled in different parts of thenworld and made and engineer in the USA with component suppliers from all over the world. Different than engineered, manufacturered and assembled in China.

All iPhones are assembled in China (maybe different parts of China).
 
All iPhones are assembled in China (maybe different parts of China).
Actually Foxconn has facilities in Thailand, Malaysia, Czech republic, South Korea, Singapore, Philippines and I believe India. In addition to pegatron.

But iPhones are not made in China and/or other locations, they are assembled in the Foxconn and pegatron facilities worldwide.
 
Actually Foxconn has facilities in Thailand, Malaysia, Czech republic, South Korea, Singapore, Philippines and I believe India. In addition to pegatron.

But iPhones are not made in China and/or other locations, they are assembled in the Foxconn and pegatron facilities worldwide.

Those other facilities (outside China) are used for anything but iPhone. Wistron did dod a "limited run" assembling iPhone SE in India a month ago but that's about it. So yes, iPhones are made in China. That's literally what "made" means.
 
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It does matter to Apple which is why they opened a factory in India for the Indian market and a factory in Brazil for the Brazilian market etc - They always want to sell more.
They don't care about their market share vs others market share. At the end of the day, they probably pull 90+% of the profit. Money is all that matters.
 
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