I’m not poor, and I’m not a Millenial either. I’m just tired of Apple’s shift of late to try to create a higher priced tier by dumbing down pre-existing good devices.
eg. The 8 Plus has a super high pixel density screen and 2X lens. The XR effectively replaces it in the pricing tiers but is missing both those features, because they made those features exclusive to the much, much higher priced OLED models.
Furthermore, the iPad 2017 removed features that were present in the iPad Air 2 because they made those features exclusive to the iPad Pro line.
The fact that many of the so-called high end features already were present in lower priced Apple products and then subsequently removed indicates Apple is not pricing just due to tech cost but for marketing reasons, because they thought they could get away with it. Fortunately, at least in some markets, consumers hit their breaking point and stopped buying.
Spot on. I have a 8+, too and don't see myself downgrading to a XR anytime soon. Personally I found the 8+ already overpriced compared to my late 6s+, which died during a snorkeling trip. The 8+ is in essence the same phone with some camera and processor improvements which are to be expected.
The XR is a lousy offering with a inferior screen and some other non essential camera gimmicks. The other phones like XS are just stupidly expensive for what they are.
I am constantly shaking my head visiting this website looking at those goons cheering for / justifying a North of 1000 USD phone.