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Man, those prices are insane. You can buy a 6s or even a 7 for the price of an X repair.
The X is a great phone, no doubt, but I hope the prices for this technology will come down in the future.
The price for the tech has come down, it's the Apple tax that keeps rising. Apple seems to think that every tech advancement made by their suppliers over the past 5 years is worth an increased price from the pervious version. It's as if we were paying $2 million for a 65" 4k OLED TV because 70 years ago, an 8" black and white was $500 (or $4000 in today's dollars) and every step of the past 70 years has brought advances that made the new version worth more than the old. Tech just doesn't work that way.
Timmy's version of the Apple tax is much like Canada's version of the gas tax. When gas prices fall, the government doesn't like the loss of revenue, so they raise the tax rate. Then prices rise again, the goverment gorges on the extra money. Then gas prices fall again and the cycle repeats.
When Apple's costs fall, they raise margins to maintain the retail price. Then when their costs rise, they raise the retail price to maintain the newly raised margins.
Buying any product from Timmy's Apple is like buying gas in Ontario. 20% product, 80% tax. When it used to be 80% product, 20% tax.
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This is insurance 101... whether it be for phone, computer, home, car, health... Better to have and not need than need and not have.
Well technically, that's from insurance sales techniques 101.
For people who actually understand what they're insuring, you insure against losses that will ruin your life (losing $200k in a home fire, car damage and liability, etc). People who insure against minor inconvenience are fools who will be easily parted from their money. For all the consumer devices, phones, computers, etc you buy, the total insurance will cost a lot more than the claims you will make. Why pay $150 for every phone you buy when you can pay $400 for the 1 in 4 that break?