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iPhone 8 Predicted to Cost $999 For 128GB And $1,099 For 256GB, With No 32GB Model
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We're on the same page. If it comes out and is $1k+ then by all means people can freak out. Until then, I'm not sure that I buy these price points.
IMO onboard storage is on its way to being a thing of the past.
In my own use 64gb is more then enough because of cloud and streaming services.
I could see a day when phones could go back to the minimum of 16gb.
In my own use 64gb is more then enough because of cloud and streaming services.
I could see a day when phones could go back to the minimum of 16gb.
Are we there yet? This drip, drip to the next iPhone is surprisingly interactive.
Bloat? Install fewer apps!!
Besides that, just charge $1500 for the top end and be done with it.
Bloat? Install fewer apps!!
Besides that, just charge $1500 for the top end and be done with it.
I don't remember what phones were pre 2007, but did a Motorola or Nokia ever cost upwards of $1000? I mean, maybe the 'old' smartphones did, but they weren't targeted at the masses like today's smartphones are.
$1099 for an iPhone, it's almost as much as a MacBook and pricier than the MBA! I enjoy iOS just as much as any other user here, but I don't know if it's worth that much.
$1099 for an iPhone, it's almost as much as a MacBook and pricier than the MBA! I enjoy iOS just as much as any other user here, but I don't know if it's worth that much.
Don't think it will be that high, I just think Apple leaks this out to check the waters on pricing.
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if they are really going with no home button and screen can recognize fingerprint and IRIS scanner with 128 gb storage I think $ 969 is a price. which the price of high capacity + model. any penny more than that is a hard sell for apple.
This is stupid now. Well the 7 was stupid but the 8 sounds even more dumb. Didn't want to leave the Apple ecosystem but it's like Apple's holding the door open with a giant boot giving people a send off.
Not built on annual refresh? It is refreshed every year. iOS is supported on the past 4 hardware revisions.
Regarding upgrades, I find the opposite; people in tech like me (developers and such) hold onto a 16gb 6 for dear life while my non-tech friends here in SoCal are constantly upgrading. Guess it depends where you are, but the enthusiasts on these forums isn't enough to kill Apple's supply. The average consumers are throwing the cash Apple's way.
You must think everyone uses phones the same limited way as you.
4k video on the iPhone's takes 375 meg per minute. If someone shoots just 30 mins of video on a day out that's 11 gig (more than will fit at all on a 16 gig iPhone after the OS is installed). Even on a 64 gig phone it's hard to store very many video files before your phone is full. And using the cloud to store all these videos is not an option...I have a decent data plan at 5 gig/month. Storing 15 minutes of video in the cloud will blow my entire data plan for a month. And with limited storage you can't even take many videos at all before finding some wifi.
Streaming...another joke for the same reason. Watching movies is about 300 meg/hour in low quality. No problem on wifi, huge problem away from wifi. Though with decent storage, I can pile on some movies and music for off-line enjoyment.
And all of that is without asking why I should pay $4-10/month for cloud storage in the first place instead of having everything in my phone until I get home and back stuff up to my computer.
LOL - timeless....
Yeah, considering I bought the iPhone 5C 16Gig at the time was $550. Plus Taxes came to around $600. Then insurance for 20 months (since it was financed) at $10/month is $200.
That was $800 total, for a measly 5C...
Never gonna do that again... keeping it for a total of 4 years after seeing how much I actually paid for the thing...
I'm not sure where you're getting a 30% premium from. I've already covered the math on page 3, but I'll quote myself (see below). If the article is right, and who knows, the 128GB iPhone 8 model would only be 15% more than the same iPhone 7 Plus capacity. And 13% more for the 256GB model.
Good luck with 1GB ram. If I had a 2GB device though, I would indeed be holding onto it for at least 4 years.
The problem with that logic is you can't compare what things used to cost and say how great stuff is now. The 1984 mac was $2500 (which is about $5200 in today's dollars). Does that figure have any meaning in helping value a modern computer. You can buy 3 13" touchbar MBP's for about the same price in real dollars as an original base-model mac.
My first VCR was $1500 some time around 1982. Putting it over $4000 in today's dollars. Should we compare that to the value of the AppleTV?
Technology makes things way cheaper over time. The first transatlantic passenger airplane tickets cost more than the average price of a house in London at the time. Airfare is an amazing bargain now too.
TL;DR: You have to look at the value of an iPhone in the modern world where cell phones are under $20 and smartphones under $100. Not compared to phone prices more than 10 years ago.
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.
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.
An OS that was not built with the primary objective of tracking personal data and turn users into a product.
It's not expensive but not everyone could make that commitment
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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