You a 3 figure phone guy, I am a 4 figure phone guy. Yeaaaaahhh Yeahhhhhhhh!! Our phone is iPhone, our phone is iphone ... well point to the android then
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'iPhone 8' Could Start at $999 for 64GB Capacity
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Top spec with AppleCare will be around £1200-1300
Just buy a laptop
If you really need a phone, iPhone SE is looking better and better given these constant price rises
Just buy a laptop
If you really need a phone, iPhone SE is looking better and better given these constant price rises
Well yes I don't deny that Apple can do whatever they like with their pricing strategy. I guess we will know in less than two weeks
Various sources all reporting different prices. Apple's trial ballooning is becoming too obvious.
I don't understand what 'pro' even means. Professional? As in something used by someone to earn a living? As in my 'Pro' toothbrush which I guess is aimed at people who get paid to clean their teeth?
it's just a meaningless and overused marketing gimmick which I thought Apple would have risen above. Although their completely nonsensical use of 'Edition' is no better.
I don't think the words "poorer" and "Apple" belong in the same sentence. Maybe "less rich"
Most Phones in this "modern era" have always been at least $800, it's just that the cost was hidden by 2 yr contracts. At the end of the day while the cost is RIDICULOUSLY expensive at $1,000. Most people won't pay that because carriers will offer decent deals and with your trade in, you'll probably get at least $300 off whatever the final price of this thing is.
Going by past iPhone releases it probably won't be widely available until next April or May anyway, at which time there will be even bigger deals. Look at carrier deals for the 7 now - $300 off + plus $250 trade in means you can get a 7 now for almost $500. I also got the Virgin Mobile $1 deal so I'm saving $900 on my Cell bill which covers the cost.
While I don't talk on the phone much, I use it for everything else - Camera, iPad (I don't need another one now that iPhone screens are bigger), MP3 player, and Voice Recorder. So for me the price is sort of worth it.
Going by past iPhone releases it probably won't be widely available until next April or May anyway, at which time there will be even bigger deals. Look at carrier deals for the 7 now - $300 off + plus $250 trade in means you can get a 7 now for almost $500. I also got the Virgin Mobile $1 deal so I'm saving $900 on my Cell bill which covers the cost.
While I don't talk on the phone much, I use it for everything else - Camera, iPad (I don't need another one now that iPhone screens are bigger), MP3 player, and Voice Recorder. So for me the price is sort of worth it.
Yet plenty of people (millions) will still pay this price. If even Samsung can get away with it, anyone can.
Ignorance and greed? And here I thought they were a successful for-profit company.
I’m still using my iPhone 6, so this year it’s time for the big upgrade. I’ll bite the bullet and go for a 64GB iPhone 8 - trading in the 6 might take some of the sting out of the cost.
If the leaks are accurate and there is this screen cutout at the top, it’s not Apple designers driving the decision, but rather Apple trying to give consumers what they want (or think they want). I don’t think there is a good, functional reason to go bezel free, other than it can look “cool”, but because other manufacturers are moving this direction, it’s almost impossible for Apple not to do similarly.
Hopefully at some point in the future, they will figure out how to make sensors and cameras work through the active screen, which at that point you could have a bezel free device as sensors and camera modules could be almost anywhere behind the screen.
It's inevitable they will start with a headline price from $999. The only question is will it be 64Gb or 128Gb.
Haha analysts have one warped idea of what the term 'premium' actually means!
It does NOT mean a premium price for a device with low non expandable storage and a potential wireless charging pad you pay extra for...
And considering all the tech rumoured to be used in the 8 already exists.. that's not an excuse either.
You wait till those storage tests are made, I bet if their is a 64GB model it's storage speeds will be slower then the higher models...
Yeah, not premium.. just more excessive price gouging from the fruit company...
It does NOT mean a premium price for a device with low non expandable storage and a potential wireless charging pad you pay extra for...
And considering all the tech rumoured to be used in the 8 already exists.. that's not an excuse either.
You wait till those storage tests are made, I bet if their is a 64GB model it's storage speeds will be slower then the higher models...
Yeah, not premium.. just more excessive price gouging from the fruit company...
Because they can.
Same reason you commented and why Apple tests the absolute maximum price they can get away with barely before sales tank.
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If the new features and design warrant it I'd consider it. I'll determine that after release and what all you day-one suckers have to say about it. Thank you for your service.
That was true in the past yes but what allowed Apple to take off over the past 10 years has been ensuring they have affordable models for those on a more modest budget e.g Mac mini, iPod shuffle, iPhone SE. This has allowed people to get in on the ground floor when they were, say, a student, once hooked there would be a decent chance they'd buy more expensive gear later on in their lives.
That approach thus far, has allowed Apple to become what it is today, an almost perfect balance (for them) of market share and share of profit. It's market share (in part) that allows them to keep iTunes going and the App Store going, enabling them to offer content to their customers and it's the content, in part, that keeps customers coming back. The design, software, content, market share and profit all rely on each other. IF Apple were to shy away from this, I think they would come unstuck quite quickly. I don't believe they are going down that path though, there is still an entry level iPad, the Mac mini still exists, the iPhone SE still exists. However, the cheapest Apple product (that's not an accessory) is definitely more expensive today then it was a year ago, with the demise of the iPods shuffle and nano.
Apple need to tread a careful path, appeal to too small of a market and that perfect balance will be lost. For now I think they're getting it right, hopefully they won't succumb to hubris or complacency.
Glad I switched to Android. Plenty of affordable choice there.
If the rumours are true and the 7S(+) don't offer much above the current 7 series for features and design I think it will leave enough of a bad taste in some people's mouths that more will do the same.
I'm not convinced there will be a 512Gb version. I think they might save that for the iPad Pro.