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iPhone 15 Pro Predicted to See First Price Increase Since iPhone X
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Not significantly more unless you are counting VAT and if so, you can't blame Apple for what countries may charge in those types of taxes.
For example, the pre-VAT price of a 128GB iPhone 14 Pro in Germany is around 1,086 € which at the exchange rate in late September was around $1,043 USD. That's not "significantly more" than the $999 pre-sales tax price of a 128GB iPhone 14 Pro in the U.S. Also, don't iPhones sold in EU countries get a two year warranty instead of just the one year warranty on iPhones in the U.S.? That's an added value too.
If people is willing to pay for it, go for it apple, you may be right and everyone is going to go crazy buying the new phone, or they could realise that paying, let's say 500 euros, can get you a really nice phone. Let's see.
They’ll probably drop the 128GB model and maybe increase the price of the 256GB model by $100 to $1,199 which could end up being the new starting price for the Pro models. That’s what I would do if I was Tim. You have video restrictions with the 128GB 14 Pro model now, so I don’t believe Apple wants to deal with that anymore and make 256GB the base capacity.
How is the Plus a bigger flop than the mini? Despite lower mini prices, Plus sales have been a much greater portion of overall iPhone sales than mini sales had been.
A lot of Americans wouldn’t call the Pro prices in the US a joke. Far from it. I understand misery likes company, but in this case the difference isn’t as big as some people are making it out to be. Europeans also get a two-year warranty while Americans only get one year which means Apple had to bake some of the losses (less AppleCare sold) into those prices.
Absolutely! NOW is the best time to raise them. It has zero effect as hordes will buy them out like the last one. Record sales every time! The Apple train stops for no one or nothing!
If the carriers weren't giving such sweet deals (so customers don't really see the true price) I don't think the pro models would sell as well as they do. It's not like their devices are cheap by any means (especially compared to what you get spec-wise and what you can get for the same price with an android), but yeah, let's keep jacking those prices up, gotta make up for all the hiring freeze and bonus slashing they are doing at apple. Timmy needs another boat..
Just for the record, “solid-state buttons with haptic feedback from extra Taptic Engines” is not an upgrade— I don’t care how much it increases waterproofing.
If the average person cannot afford food or rent, they shouldn't be buying a $1000 phone.
Speaking of inflation, $1000 in 2017 dollars is equal to... $1207. So bumping the entry price by $100 would still be cheaper in real dollars versus when the iPhone X came out.
Honestly, unless you have a need for the latest and greatest or fear of buying used/refurbed, this is really a great way to go. To be fair, all my iPhones were bought new, but that was more a consequence of the mobile providers previous policy of contract pricing that stayed high even after paying off your phone. I'm still rocking an iPhone XR, bought new almost 5 years ago now and it still performs great. The only reason I plan to buy new later this year is for USB-C. Literally the only reason. Otherwise, I'd be buying a used/refurbed iPhone 12 or so and I know it'd be a noticeable improvement in some metrics over the XR that I'm already satisfied with.
I realize I’m going to be in the minority here, but 1) Apple could have done this with the 14 pro as had been rumored then, and didn’t. 2) There has been no mention of the 15 non-pro going up in price. There’s also continued rumors of a new SE.
Do I like the possible increase? No. BUT, no one ever said you HAD to buy the pro phone. Or any phone. If consumers reject the higher price point, Apple will adjust accordingly.
Some of the comments here are ridiculous. Apple is still a business, everyone gets that, right? They aren’t here to give phones away. They are here to charge as much as they reasonably can for their product. If they have become unreasonable, then your responsibility as a consumer is to push back by withholding your purchase, purchasing something at a lower price point, or purchasing something else entirely.
Do I like the possible increase? No. BUT, no one ever said you HAD to buy the pro phone. Or any phone. If consumers reject the higher price point, Apple will adjust accordingly.
Some of the comments here are ridiculous. Apple is still a business, everyone gets that, right? They aren’t here to give phones away. They are here to charge as much as they reasonably can for their product. If they have become unreasonable, then your responsibility as a consumer is to push back by withholding your purchase, purchasing something at a lower price point, or purchasing something else entirely.
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That non-Apple tech includes a smattering of Linux, custom phones and Android. Many android models are given away for near zero and are perfectly adequate for phone calls, emails and checking facebook. Some time ago a news article stating the iphone XR was the most popular phone tells a different story than the above.
Not sure what you are saying. Apple doesn't publish geekbench scores. It's a fact that Apple has a good privacy policy. Third party apps are a different story.
Did apple say our PII is going outside of Apple for advertising. I don't recall that is being said. While I'm not a fan of advertising, doing so in a privacy preserving way lessens the sting.
Of course this is just opining on a possible future scenario that currently is unknown.
Can you blame them with the EU making the app store into a public utility?
I really wanted my iphone to be an ad free phone. But as long as my PII is guarded and the ads are not intrusive I can put up with it.
We will sling the new standbys of "inflation" and "supply chain" with maybe a sprinkle of "covid" at each other to be followed by Apple Inc reporting record profits. Apparently inflation/supply chain/covid only affects us consumers.
Exactly. And those stimulus checks were paid for by printing money, and we're paying for it right now.
There's only one direction for this to go, though. Apple used to prohibit push notifications being used for ads. Now they do it as bad as anyone.
Google guards your PII too. Remember these companies don't sell the data. That's the chump's way, you only get paid for that once. They sell packages of users. Apple now wants to / is doing exactly what Google does.
And now I have to warn my users that when they search for an App on the iPhone I told them to go get, to never ever ever click on the first result because that's an ad and it is never going to be the app you wanted. The App Store used to be a relatively safe place to turn my users loose by themselves. Not anymore, and that's directly Apple's fault.
Google has the same problem. The first (page of) results is an ad. It used to at least usually be the right site, but lately it's always malware. It's not malware on the App Store yet, but once again Apple is following Google down the wrong path.
uh.We will sling the new standbys of "inflation" and "supply chain" with maybe a sprinkle of "covid" at each other to be followed by Apple Inc reporting record profits. Apparently inflation/supply chain/covid only affects us consumers.
if Apple made the same amount as last year, but inflation is high, Apple would have made less profit essentially.
why wouldn't they post record profits in an inflationary environment?
people wanted self repair, unionization, potential app store breakup, etc...
why wouldn't Apple raise prices?
why wouldn't Apple raise prices?
I don't remember ever getting a push notification for an ad? When did that start? I get push notifications for spam messages through imessage, but not ads.
There is a difference, imo, between google and apple. Google is like my wife. During an argument my wife will use my works against me.
Not clicking on the first app is nothing new. I never clicked on the first app since 2010, as there are many look alike apps. Surprised people don't do their due diligence. Point is ad or not, people should do their diligence.
Google I have long learned not to trust the first result.
Keep jacking up prices?? The starting price for the Pro models has been the same $999 (U.S.) since they launched in 2019 with 64GB. Exchange rates (stronger USD) are largely to blame for price increases outside the U.S. and those higher prices didn't benefit Apple.