Solid source confirms there will be no Mini but a new cheap Max version. I would like it since I want bigger screen but not the price and weight of Pro Max, and I don’t need the third camera. How about you? Would you buy Cheap Max 14?
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iPhone 13 mini No more Mini 14, but there will be “Cheap Max 14”?
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I'm on the other end of the spectrum and would prefer to buy a pro mini as, to me at least, phones are something I use while on-the-go and I'm not exactly going to watch videos or play games while I'm out. I do think there's a big market for a 14 non-pro Max though. Many of the 20-somethings I know from work use their phone as their primary device, with a good number not even owning a computer!
Yes it looks like the SE3 and Iphone 13 Mini will be the only small iphone options from Sept 2022 onwards. So no small iphone with the A16 chip and iphone 14 features. I can imagine that there will be a lot of people buying this iphone 14 Max (non pro) if it is priced correctly, and not just in the line up to up sell people to the Pro Max version. I just wish that Apple would offer the Iphone 14 Pro in a 5.8 screen size as a compromise for no Iphone 14 Mini variant.
So the lineup will be:
iPhone 14 $799
iPhone 14 Max $899
iPhone 14 Pro $999
iPhone 14 Pro Max $1099
There will need to be more differentiation between the regular and the Pro models. Maybe if Apple priced the models:
iPhone 14 $699
iPhone 14 Max $799
iPhone 14 Pro $999
iPhone 14 Pro Max $1099
iPhone 14 $799
iPhone 14 Max $899
iPhone 14 Pro $999
iPhone 14 Pro Max $1099
There will need to be more differentiation between the regular and the Pro models. Maybe if Apple priced the models:
iPhone 14 $699
iPhone 14 Max $799
iPhone 14 Pro $999
iPhone 14 Pro Max $1099
The first scenario is more likely and should push the average sale price up presuming they don’t cannibalize a significant number of Pro Max customers.
I haven’t found the average consumer that steps up to the Pro Max having an issue with its price or resale value for that matter.
I’d like them to raise prices and add more premium features such as a PWM-free brightness controller.
$999 seems to be the sweet spot for a modern Pro smartphone, although I wouldn’t be upset if they eventually raise the pricing of a standard iPhone to $999 and Pro models hit $1,199+ presuming they have the features to justify a more expensive price point.
I enjoy my 13 Pro but these devices are becoming too heavy for what they are so unless they come out with titanium models I’ll probably keep this one or get a non pro model.
Yeah 13 Pro is too heavy, Pro Max is for heavy weight lifter
I think this year's main Pro features will be the 48MP rear camera and dual front lens (pill shaped cutout). They seem to be increasing PWM frequency each year.
I hope they dont lol, in the UK the Pro model has actually dropped in price finally to £950 and i plan to get the 14 Pro in September at this base price, and with some additional vouchers should get it for £800 ish.
Their are no 'solid' sources. Last year the so called 'solid' sources got completely wrong the iPad Mini launch date (even on the actual day of its launch) and the design of the Apple Watch Series 7, to name just 2 of the mistakes. I made better predictions to myself then the apparent professional leakers and analysts managed to.
These days you cannot trust a thing 'sources' claim until Apple themselves state it or do it.
I'm still on the fence about what iPhone to get but think I'll wait to see what the 14 is like. I did have a play with and enjoy the 13 Pro, but I really need a new iPad and computer first. iPad first probably.
Mini size should be still available no matter SE2 or SE3. A big screen cheap version can get a lot of market share from Android, that is what Apple really cannot offer so far.
...which I wouldn't necessarily call "small", as it's larger than the mini.
It's all relative, some wouldn't consider millions of phone sales as bad. And the iPhone Mini so still said to have sold millions. So I wouldn't take the word of leakers and analysts who's track records haven't been very good over the last year. Apple has got a lot better at keeping secrets.
That's what I'm hoping for. My 11 PM is really teetering on the edge of being too heavy, a non-pro Max with aluminum and lighter weight would honestly be a dream.
It's bad for Apple, a $3T company. Many people don't seem to understand there's an opportunity cost to keeping a slow product. There is limited amount of retail space available. In the event of a chip shortage, you want to put your limited supply of chips into products that actually sell fast.
Yeah, I'd say "less expensive" would be a better description than "cheap".
I think it'll happen. For me, an iPhone 14 with increased storage would be more tempting than an entry level 14 Pro Max at the same price.
Yes I would absolutely buy 14 max as I like larger screens. Currently have 11 Pro Max and a Note9. Waiting to replace Note9 with either 14 Max or 14 Pro Max. Read that some version(s), likely 14 Pro Max, may not have the notch. That will be a factor in my decision.
They should put Touch ID back to cheap iPhone 14 and let the pro has Face ID. A lot of people like me living in a city that must wear mask in public and it is stupid to input passcode in a crowded subway train.