Once again, the component cost is irrelevant.
I don't feel it is regardless of what any company may say.
Sorry, but the free market -- not Apple acting alone -- warrants such margins.
I know, just not a fan of this concept depending on the item.
People are free to buy a different phone. When people stop iPhones buying because they believe that they're too expensive for what they are, then Apple (or any for-profit company) will adjust accordingly.
I agree that there are options, used, (off contact) another brand etc.. even super cheap phones if that is all one can afford. (Super cheap as in tracfone)
I mean, how many people go to the grocery store and check how much each product costs to produce, or complain that the margin (for that product) is too high? No one!
No one? There are tons of products that are too costly, not always overpriced though. Cannot afford and overpriced are quite different.
If whatever product they want to buy is reasonably priced (to them) then it goes in the shopping basket. If not, the shopper moves on!
If there is anything to move on to.
Or... How much, in terms of water, coffee beans, and paper do you think is in a cup of Starbucks cafe latte? (I'm talking raw materials here) $0.03? Yet how many go online and post how outrageous it is for Starbucks to charge $3.95 for that beverage???
I have always thought Starbucks is too expensive, make my coffee at home.
Which is can be good yet troublesome long term, everyone being obsessed with growth which cannot be maintained forever.
a potato only costs a nickel.
But cut that potato up, deep fry it and roll it in some salt and you can sell "french fries" for $2.
And that's why I never buy fries and have water. I can get a bag of potatoes or a bag of frozen fries for much less.
You aren't paying $200 for 48gb of space. You are paying for 48gb of additional space in your phone. I would add that I have never had a phone with an SD card reader that was 100%. Not even 75%. So I do not think that a phone with a microSD slot is better. If anythign it allows you to lose GBs of data by misplacing a fingernail clipping sized piece of plastic.
I have heard that SD cards in phones may not be as stable nor as fast. Never worried about losing stuff, just never happens.
An iPhone is not shelter, food or water.
You pay for it because you want to, not because you need to.
You can always refuse to pay what Apple demands. If not, and you choose to pay, you're not being ripped off. Rather, you're a compulsive consumer with no self control that engages in purchases you openly believe are not in your interest.
The memory is overpriced yet not sure how ripped off someone is if they purchase it knowing that. Knowing ripped off? Yet if someone pays it it tells Apple it was worth the price.
Is someone holding a gun to your head leaving iPhones as your only choice of cell phones?
I think someone can be saying they want an iPhone yet with better options. Kind of how someone can say they want a Macbook with blu-ray. The point being they want to buy a Mac and would if they released a version with an option they wanted.
