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'Major Price Hike' Again Rumored for iPhone 15 Pro Models

Syk said:
I’m on an X. I got my moneys worth. I’m getting the ProMax and will keep it just as long as I did the X unless Apple does something like get us an all screen phone. Then yeah I’ll upgrade early.
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Same here, my reason for upgrading is mostly type C, and the bigger screen. I plan on keeping it for 10+ years, hoping rumors are true that it’ll be fairly easy to replace the battery.

annoyingly I accidentally dropped my series 4 Apple Watch last week and it now has a crack, but I’ll wait for next year since it’s getting a redesign before upgrading. Zero reason to upgrade it right now outside the new crack in the screen.

Personally, I just don’t get why so many people buy these devices every single year, there’s so little reason to upgrade most of the time, it’s always small, iterative updates every time and when the prices seem to creep up all the time….why?
 
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'Major Price Hike' Again Rumored for iPhone 15 Pro Models​


Now is the question is if Apple will slowly but surely make sure, that those still sought after models will be unreachable for the common person.
 
If we are going back to the 14 Pro not having all the features of the max because you only get all features if you have a massive phone then they better not be raising the price. Make those big phone people pay extra extra.
 
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Populus said:
This price hike has been warned for at least the past two years, but I’m afraid this year will be true.

It makes sense, because this year we’re getting a whole new design and material for the smartphone body (titanium), a SoC built on an industry leading process (the first chip manufactured at 3nm) and smaller additions such as the action button and the new USB-C port.

This year’s Pro iPhone is a really big change from what we had previously, and that usually means price increase by Apple’s rules.
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I’m not convinced it’s worth it. The non pro models are also getting type c and the action button, so you’re really only paying for titanium (who cares when it’s going to sit in a case anyway?) and the periscope lens
 
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AF_APPLETALK said:
And this is why people are going to stop buying iPads. They’re cannibalising the iPad for the iPhone. And Macs are rockstars after moving away from Intel.

It’s over for the iPad people.
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The smallest iPad screen is still substantially larger than this rumored iPhone Maxi Pro Mach II Deluxe. Phone is forever limited by trying to fit into a pocket. iPad simply assumes no pocket-ability. The fold/roll phone concept is best shot at supplementing "little" iPads while still not challenging bigger ones... unless that roll is a substantial roll and/or fold becomes tri- or quad-fold.
 
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HobeSoundDarryl said:
The smallest iPad screen is still substantially larger than this rumored iPhone Maxi Pro Mach II Deluxe. Phone is forever limited by trying to fit into a pocket. iPad simply assumes no pocket-ability. The fold/roll phone concept is best shot at supplementing "little" iPads while still not challenging bigger ones... unless that roll is a substantial roll and/or fold becomes tri- or quad-fold.
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Tri- or quad-fold - I like that idea, something REALLY new
 
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And regarding the price “hike”, it’s just a little more than a week to go…
The smartphone market has plateau’d, Apples only path for growth is more premium features and with those comes a price. And given the current macroeconomics - I highly doubt that increased component cost will be absorbed by Apple, that would be a dumb move
 
Stromos said:
If we are going back to the 14 Pro not having all the features of the max because you only get all features if you have a massive phone then they better not be raising the price. Make those big phone people pay extra extra.
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The Pro Max gets one extra camera feature over the Pro and you pay $100 more to have it. Otherwise it's the same just larger. A $200 difference wouldn't be worth it. What people really want is both Pro's to be the same just different sizes but Apple won't do that.
 
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If they combine this with last week’s rumors and double the memory then this would be fine. Sure I like to pay the least amount that I can. But everything is going up after Covid. And if they can give us twice the memory at 100 more, then that’s in effect the same price.
 
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Jamie0003 said:
I’m not convinced it’s worth it. The non pro models are also getting type c and the action button, so you’re really only paying for titanium (who cares when it’s going to sit in a case anyway?) and the periscope lens
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No no, the action button this year is exclusive for the Pro model. Next year, with the iPhone 16, the action button will spread to the regular lineup.

Honestly, for those who aren’t interested in the Pro models, next year’s iPhone 16 looks like the best deal in a long time, with the action button and the A17. This years iPhone 15 won’t offer much more than the Dynamic Island, and the A16 which isn’t much different than the A15.
 
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