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iPhone 15 Pro Predicted to See First Price Increase Since iPhone X
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Not looking to get into a pedantic argument with you here. But just for clarity, you replied to a post from Jimmy_banks, which stated
Some would argue, that the first part, could be interpreted as being vaguely related to the cost of living crisis. Your reply to Jimmy's comment was as follows
My reply to you, is simply pointing out the following: His post didn't feel terribly anecdotal to me. And that your statement that apple bases its decisions to raise price on sales, feels more anecdotal than anything Jimmy had in his post.
Nowhere did I say, the cost of living crisis had anything to do with the cost of premium smartphone.
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I wouldn't spend too much energy on this chap, I don't think he reads with any intent to understand, he reads simply to reply. Luckily, there is an ignore functionality on here.
People who think $999 is an OK deal won’t think $1099 is a terrible deal and Apple knows it. No one will switch to Android because of a $100 difference.
I completely understand everything that you've pointed out. Performance is always going to be improved year after year. Subtle or not. The improvements have to be substantial for me to be convinced to upgrade. I'm waiting on the 15 Pro and I know the changes are definitely going to be substantial. Just going to wait and see what comes out of this WWDC and in the Fall.
A price hike is not unreasonable in the context that pro iPhones are not the only products that Apple sells. I think that's why Apple has the base model of so many of their products (iPhone, Apple Watch SE, AirPods, iPad, M1 MBA). It gives them room to hike prices as they deem fit (eg: inflation, higher costs) knowing that consumers still have an affordable option available to them no matter what their income bracket.
what are you talking about? my comment was obviously about apple. i’m clearly talking about the news story i’m commenting on which has nothing to do with android or samsung.
I was wondering when you discuss greedy corporations is it only Apple that is "greedy" because their phones are expensive?
They are all greedy as far as I am concerned. I’d be less inclined to call Apple greedy if they actually put some effort into the standard iPhones and not release such tiny incremental updates. How about a triple camera system on an £800 and £900 device and and a higher refresh screen this year and match the competition? I stick with iOS because I think it’s a better OS, but I’m not going to continue if I feel the focus on delivering value for the cost is being ignored. I bought a 13 Pro Max this time around because the standard iPhones were as expensive and offered less. I doubt i’ll be doing that again as prices continue to soar. I like a nice capable phone but I’m not going to be a mug at the expense of it. They need to do better or they’ll continue to see less upgrades whether it slighter better than the competition or not.
Anyone remember the concept of prices staying the same but features get better because things normalize? The people that defend all these price hikes saying but it has new features so it should cost more is astounding. That's not how it works. You're supposed to put out something better that makes you want to replace what you have for the same price. If Apple can't keep the price the same then they did too much too fast. Simple as that.
not sure what you’re fishing for. they’re famously greedy but they’re not the only one.
The question was very straightforward. Is Samsung greedy because the Z fold 4 costs $1,800?