Anyone who pays $1k for a phone has more money than sense frankly.
If people want to spend their money on such a device it's their choice and I think your statement here is very judgemental, I for one will be buying the iPhone 8!
Anyone who pays $1k for a phone has more money than sense frankly.
It's your money, do what you want. I've not said otherwise.
But I still hold that the market is not going to accept $1k smartphones as well as Apple is hoping. Even the current generation's rising prices have reduced sales significantly.
Sometimes I think it's beyond prices rising for phones today. I think phones have so much potential capability wise and there so powerful, that it doesn't require everybody to upgrade every single year. They do everything we need them to and more. Every year, iPhones are updated incrementally versus dramatically. Therefore, some consumers see their previous iPhones just as good as what they need it for the time being.
I agree! They perform magic up there. Huge difference.I just watched the short 8min version on TheVerge of the keynote. Jesus, it's different. The Apple Keynotes are like 'dreamy', they speak slower and emphasize words when they speak. It's so different, not sure how to explain.
And financing has made it easier for folks to buy expensive phones. Folks on the tmobile forums are complaining about having to put $200 deposit down, despite spending 1000 on a phone.A smartphone, especially the newest flagship smartphone, is a luxury, not a necessity. The market destermines the price. Buy it or voice your disapproval by abstaining, but whining does no use.
I think most won't spend over 1k on a phone they will just get it on contract. That monthly payment will be very high but it's better than parting with over 1k at one go.
Money management lost its seat at the table to immediate gratification long ago, unfortunately.And financing has made it easier for folks to buy expensive phones. Folks on the tmobile forums are complaining about having to put $200 deposit down, despite spending 1000 on a phone.
Side note - that line about it being the "best iPhone yet" really grinds my gears every year. What an utterly vacuous thing to say, and it's always announced in such a self congratulatory tone, as if it was a close run thing but they just got there in the end.. just managed to better the phone they put out a year before..The Apple ones use the word truly a lot and do look better and they invent a lot of stuff, like wireless charging this year probably.
Oh yeah and I bet they will say it is the best iPhone yet several times but then I suppose it would be odd if they said it was nearly as good as last year's iPhone.
Agreed. It definitely is for them because it’s tgeir strength.Apple doesn't have to worry about pricing at $999 as it sells to a different type of consumer. People who look for an overall experience, the sum of its parts, not necessarily just a spec sheet. It's a much easier sell this way.
Agreed. It definitely is for them because it’s tgeir strength.
The monthly payment for my 7 plus is $40. I will have had the phone for 12 months when I turn it in. I paid $480 over 12 months for a year of usage. I will likely pay $540 for a year of usage for the iPhone Pro. I don't find this investment to be too much as it's a device that I use heavily every single day. The iPhone Pro will cost me about $1.47 per day.
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Some may see it as blind faith, which is somewhat true, but I feel a whole lot more comfortable investing in the Apple ecosystem over Android for a number of different reasons. Mainly quality hardware, performance, software, ecosystem, security, and support.
The monthly payment for my 7 plus is $40. I will have had the phone for 12 months when I turn it in. I paid $480 over 12 months for a year of usage. I will likely pay $540 for a year of usage for the iPhone Pro. I don't find this investment to be too much as it's a device that I use heavily every single day. The iPhone Pro will cost me about $1.47 per day.
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Some may see it as blind faith, which is somewhat true, but I feel a whole lot more comfortable investing in the Apple ecosystem over Android for a number of different reasons. Mainly quality hardware, performance, software, ecosystem, security, and support.
Why was your 40 a month? Mine was 30 a month...
I have a 256 as well and my monthly payments are 30 a month. You have verizon? I did look into it but I backed away because the monthly payments were 40 for a 256.Probably cause it’s 256GB? I am not sure. I’ll likely drop down to 64 though because I moved to unlimited.
I have a 256 as well and my monthly payments are 30 a month. You have verizon? I did look into it but I backed away because the monthly payments were 40 for a 256.
I would suggest that the price samsung put on their devices is more to do with relating it to the iPhone than anything else. If they sold it for far less than the comparable iPhone it would damage the premium impression they are trying to give. The fact that it pretty much loses a few hundred within a week of launch isn't relevant to that.
Funny you should say that I have had a Galaxy S3/4/6/6edge, Note/2/3/4 and never had to return any of them.
I've had an iPhone 5/6/6s and I still have a 7 and 7+ and I have returned 20 or more phones, all well documented on here. I won't count my S8+ because I only have it 6 weeks but it has been flawless so far.
Then you are insanely unlucky. I have had iPhones since the 4s and had to get one of them replaced. That wasn't really my point however. My point is that Samsung price a device at $1500 and it will sell for $1000. Apple price a device at $1500 and it stays there.
Not really, you can see loads of problems people with faulty iPhones in the first few months hence why I didn't include my S8+ because I just got it 6 weeks ago so not on release like the others.