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iPhone 8 Predicted to Cost $999 For 128GB And $1,099 For 256GB, With No 32GB Model

TurboPGT! said:
The reason why Apple can do this today is because no one, except the handful of suckers who buy unlocked at full retail and think they are beating the system, will see it as $1000. It is $49/mon for 12 months, then trade up and continue.
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news flash for you, your paying full price for the phone no matter how you end up with it. Monthly or upfront
 
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TurboPGT! said:
The reason why Apple can do this today is because no one, except the handful of suckers who buy unlocked at full retail and think they are beating the system, will see it as $1000. It is $49/mon for 12 months, then trade up and continue.
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You are beating the system if you buy up-front. you just have to know how to do it.
 
Mr. Dee said:
I said it the other day, but some elitist replied, claiming, "because I am poor" I shouldn't tell others what to do with their money. Sure, you might have the money to buy 100 iPhone 8 devices or just one. The question is, are you throwing money at it to compensate for something missing in your life; keeping up with the Jones (status symbol); complete your 10 year anniversary collection of iPhones; or a tribute to Steve Jobs?

My brother has an iPhone 5 and uses it to access all the major social media platforms, take great pictures and record awesome videos. He has the income to buy the latest gadgets, but he made it perfectly clear, he doesn't need it. I could buy the iPhone 8 when it comes out, but I said to myself, I am going to save the money for something more important, my pension plan. My iPhone 6s will run the same Facebook, Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram, Outlook, Wikipedia that runs on the iPhone 8 next year.

The market is saturated, so Apple is obviously using every gimmick in the book they can find to sucker many into getting this. Previous examples include 3D Touch, Dual Camera on the Plus, 4K video. The reality is, the iPhone has become a check list, yet, its not necessarily changing lives for the better. Sure, its gonna have some new AR tech, but you are gonna use it for 15 mins, a day, a week, maybe a month, then toggle it off in settings and use it just like you did that iPhone 4s you bought in 2011.
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Fair play, respect.
I have an iPhone 6 Sept '14
Been holding out for the 10th anniversary, loyal to iPhone since 2007 but I've decided at these prices I'm going to wait for 2 months after launch and read the reviews on MR.
Prices on contract do drop after a few months also.
Almost certainly will look at iPhone 7 if touchID is not on the front, as I unlock iPhone on a flat surface a lot.
 
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Weaselboy said:
There have been quite a few rumors on this site and others about the 7S. Here is a pretty decent summary of the 7S rumors. No idea if those stories are accurate, but the rumors are certainly out there.
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So many rumours on 'this' site that you have to post a link to another? http://www.techradar.com/news/iphone-7s-release-date-news-and-rumors

And at the VERY top of the article on your site you've linked to is this:

Update: The iPhone 7S could have 3D cameras and a True Tone display, while the Touch ID fingerprint scanner might be moved to the back.

Which MacRumors claims only the iPhone 8 will have the sensor in the back and NOT the 7S. You didn't read the article you posted did you? Because the majority of them talk about the 7S having the same features as according to MacRumors will be exclusive to the iPhone 8. :rolleyes:
 
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This will be a fascinating experiment...can Apple defy the laws of Consumer Electronics gravity, by milking their own super-loyal user base to the breaking point???? Is there a breaking point?. I know a lot of people who will NEVER be caught DEAD with an Android phone, now way Jose. It's about Fashion, FOMO, iMessage, The "good" SnapChat...."oh hell no, can't live like without those, girrllll".
 
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Nilhum said:
So I can get a Galaxy S8 with facial scanning, OLED, wireless charging, and minimum bezels for $300 dollars less and the s8 is selling in record numbers. And most of these features Samsung has last year...

What exactly is the next iPhone bringing to make it worth that much more?
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IOS and IOS and not android :) And not Samsung :) and not as explosive :)
 
ElQben said:
It's always better upfront, maybe not much, but it's NEVER worse.
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Agreed, depends on which country and the deal ie how long with airtime provider though.
In the UK with sim only at £10 for unlimited and say 10GB data - upfront is often best.
 
facemeat said:
You're absolutely right, I should have given the subject some more thought. im still not convinced that 1k is worth it for a rumored iPhone, best thing I guess is to wait and see.
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Of course it is not worth it. iPhones generally cost around $200-250 to build, that's precisely how Apple amassed a quarter TRILLION. Even this new "fancy" one will NOT cost over $400 to make. The other $600 will be pure profit that would make Trump blush.
 
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emulajavi said:
Because you are assuming the 128GB versions are the base versions and will be priced the same. As I say at the end of my reply, normally Apple doubles the storage while keeping the price intact when they release a new generation iPhone. So the comparison would have to start by assuming the base 32GB 7 Plus at $769 will be the equivalent to the base iPhone 8's (64GB or 128GB) price of $999 and there you have the 30% premium.

Even if there were a $899 64GB iPhone 8 and a $999 128GB iPhone 8 the increase over the $769 and $869 iPhone 7 Plus, would be $130 which is a LOT. A 15% increase is a LOT. NEW FEATURES CAN'T BE AN EXCUSE TO INCREASE THE PRICE, since new features like a Retina Screen or Touch ID didn't make the price increase. The only price increase we've seen is the release of a bigger version of the phone for $100 more, but there were two versions released. iPhone 8 is one version.
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I'm not assuming any information, other than what the article puts forth about the pricing of the iPhone 8. You're the one bringing in all the conjecture about reduced pricing, adjusted capacity, etc.

I'm going based on what the pricing and capacity of the iPhone 7 Plus models are now. Which is really the only valid comparison that can be made, i.e. year over year models and pricing. Not one-year-later pricing for an old model and old tech vs a brand new product and new tech. That's not how you do comparisons.
 
Weaselboy said:
Sure I did. That article links to several 7S rumors. Like I said, I don't think any of us know what is accurate or not at this point.
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That article mentions all the same things MacRumors does, only this site calls it the iPhone 8, that article calls it the iPhone 7S, so no as I said, going by the rumours on MacRumors their are hardly any 7S rumours because they've all been related to the iPhone 8.

I said it before, their will be one phone this year from Apple, because that's what all the rumours so far indicate.
 
I recommend no one buy this model. Why? Because within a couple years all the iPhones are going to be sporting this full-glass screen, so the pricing will be where it is starting now for market-competitive reasons. Also, since Apple will have had a couple years to refine the tech, they will have fewer bugs than this version.

The only people who are going to be suckers enough to get this are folks who want bragging rights to owning the "10th Anniversary iPhone".
 
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Doomed. Doomed, I say.

Haha.

Actually, It will likely be the best selling phone in history.
 
cardfan said:
Apple isn't Samsung. Apple is a premium brand. If OLED cost them more, they'll charge more. IMO, they could go even higher if they wanted to.
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no they can't go higher, they would if they could but they just can't.
and as for "premium" brand..Samsung also makes premium models..OLED won't cost them more.they buy them from Samsung and as I said Samsung uses OLED even in their budget Mini range.
so the whole OLED model is more premium and so $1000 idea can only be accepted by complete morons.
 
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I wish they would stop calling it the iPhone 8, already. Do you guys really think Apple is stupid enough to announce a 7S on stage, then proceed to show you the 8 right after?????? No, they will announce their "working-man's iPhone...the 7S (which might even be called the 8, for all we know)...and at the end they will say...one more thing, our buyers said they wanted an EVEN more advanced iPhone, so we made iPhone Edition...that's the one that's going to be the "pricey" one that Jay-Z and Selena Gomez will flaunt, and everyone else will save up their pennies for. Remember, they hired Angela Ahrendts from Burberry, and are paying her Millions, for a reason.
 
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So the S8 has every thing this phone is rumored to have, and it's already out. Why is this one $250-$400 more expensive? Just the apple tax?
 
Syk said:
Why would you have to put 200-300 down? Is that an Apple thing? I think I only paid the tax when I bought my iPhone 6+

I bought my son a S8+ yesterday and all I paid was the tax on the phone when I upgraded his line. Granted walmart had $150 off the S8 or S8+ so the plus was $699.
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Since buying from Walmart saves you $150, why did you still buy it in full price (when add up all of payments)? Because you happen to not have the $600 extra in your bank at present? Why is it so urgent to upgrade?
 
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