If someone is being severely affect by inflation and other cost of living price increases, the last thing that person should be thinking about and doing is getting a new iPhone 14.
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iPhone 14 Pro: Analyst Believes Storage Will Continue to Start at 128GB Despite Rumored Price Increase
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I would be happy to see a 2TB option. If there is an iPhone that will become my daily driver for several years then 8K video will happily eat through that available storage over time.
This is the same with EVERY company. They will try to get the most profit. Lays will put less potato chips in a bag and more air, as much as they can get away with. Nothing at all to do with a 'hardcore' following.
I'm a big Apple fan - but I don't buy all the iterations of their products, and I don't know anyone else who does either. I have had an iPhone since the first one. Then I got an iPhone 4S, then 8. And now I have a 12. I'm not upgrading to the iPhone 14. Too few features, and my 12 is just fine. I'll probably get a new one around 16/17.
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True. But that implies people behave rationally. 🤣
Reading comments on MacRumours it seems that everyone here is a multi millionaire. I suspect many are living way beyond their means…
Can imagine the frustrating arguments the Macrumors Editorial team has about Apple? ‘After 40 years we still can’t figure this d*** company!’
Apple has adjusted pricing soon after launch before. The original iPhone was "price corrected" so to speak from $599 to $399, for example. Their pricing is also comparable to Samsung's lineup which includes much more expensive phones.
Eat normal healthy food and live with an old iPhone for another year or two, or eat Maruchan ramen noodle for another X years and get a new iPhone 14??? Hmmm.... Tough decision. 🤣
Even with that much storage on your iPhone does it really matter? In my opinion...to me iCloud space matters more than what's on my phone. I have a 256gb 13PM with 141GB available. I share with 4 family members 250GB. To me what's on the iCloud is more important than what's on my phone. iCloud can never be lost while imagine you lose your phone and lose everything on it.
Apple loves an upsell. Going with 256 base storage means a lot of people will be getting the base model. On the other hand, if they're raising the price to the cost of the previous 256 model, doesn't that count as forcing everyone to buy the extra storage? From that perspective I'd say raising the base cost and the storage makes the most sense for the company.
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I agree. 100%. Just checked and I have officially hit 1TB of storage. 🙈
To infinity and beyond...
Indeed. The operative word there being "thinking..."
That's how Cook made Apple a money printing machine. There's no turning back... Even if the next CEO is more product oriented, the insane expectations of the shareholders will tie him up. The Apple we used to know is long gone.
A lot of people will be fine with 128, a lot of people will need more. I can see the non-pro models offered with 128 starting, but I’m guessing that the majority of Pro buyers do so because of camera/video and if indeed we get 8k, 128 doesn’t cut it…
It’s not going to take much longer to the event where we will find out
It’s not going to take much longer to the event where we will find out
I'm not suggesting they drop prices. Just not increasing them might be a good strategy, on a lot of levels right now.
We’re talking about a company that still thinks 256 is acceptable in a high end Mac configuration in 2022…