But it's not an "entry level" phone that would be the SE, the 7s and 7s Plus are both rumoured to be getting the glass back, wireless charging, updated processors and possibly other features that we don't know about at this stage.
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PRICE REVEALED!!!! iPhone [8] X Edition to come only in 128 & 256 GB
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But it's not an "entry level" phone that would be the SE, the 7s and 7s Plus are both rumoured to be getting the glass back, wireless charging, updated processors and possibly other features that we don't know about at this stage.
Lmfao, so you expect the OLED iPhone to cost less than a 7S+?
It will start at $999 and you’re in for a disappointment.
This is almost exactly what a colleague said when he bought an S8 after using an iPhone since the 3GS.
I fully understand that it's expensive there are no arguments from me there, as someone who uses my iPhone on a daily basis (music, emails, taking photo's, apps and so on) it has always seemed like a great investment to upgrade (depending on what's announced) i went from the 6 Plus to 7 Plus skipping the 6s because it didn't seem like a big upgrade, however the iPhone 8 (or whatever it's called) seems like it's going to be a very BIG upgrade. I can understand why people wouldn't want to or can't afford to spend that kind of money on a smartphone.
The iPhone 8 is a different market to the 7s. Apple are not failing the public because they are still introducing a 'S' increment as they do every two years.
If a guy buys a new Mercedes 'S' class every year and then Mercedes release a brand new luxury 'T' class in an upper price market at the same time as the yearly upgrade to the 'S' class, that guy shouldn't whine because he can stilll have his yearly 'S' class upgrade as normal.
The iPhone 8 is in a different category that will accompany the 'S' upgrade. It is not the usual iPhone upgrade....the 7s is. It's an additional product at an inflated price
I agree, though I think some of the ill will towards the 8 is from people who still see Apple as a quirky tech company, where your analogy is in fact bang on, it's more like Mercedes now. I remember when everyone seemed to have a 4/4S, they were everywhere, which you would expect at £500 for the 16GB model (when 16GB was enough).
The iPhone is a luxury product which either requires a decent salary or serious saving/sacrifice to get. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if the usual Anyone But Apple clickbait that accompanies a major iPhone launch calls the 8 'The 1% Phone' or similar.
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Same here, I use my iPhone constantly. It's my go-to camera and considering my commute (2 hours+ a day) my primary source of entertainment/information. I can totally justify it as an investment. I just wonder if the 8 is going that bit too far now for me.
At what point do you say "your S increment is crap value compared to the competition". By your logic we should all still be happy if the iPhone 4 was still going with updated internals each year. A phone is not just the memory, processor and camera. The big change for the 4 was the screen, the 5 introduced a bigger better screen, as did the 6. Should we have paid considerably more each time because they updated the screen to reflect the available tech at the time?
A better analogy would be to say that you are buying an S class every year that runs on diesel and doesn't have electric windows and suddenly you go to upgrade and all the other car makers are offering you hybrid cars with electric windows for less than your S class and yet mercedes are still charging the same as always for their outdated car. Its OK though because we have made the T class which has a hybrid engine and electric windows; we do want $80k for it though instead of $50k even though our competition will give you all this for $40k.
Thats the thing though, it should be. The 8 is what apple should be releasing as its usual iPhone. Screwing up with another rehash of the 6 last year doesn't give them the automatic right to keep to their standard S mid generation update pattern. Apple have always gone:
New iPhone - S iteration - New iPhone - S iteration ....
Is this next iPhone worthy of charging a huge premium over the normal price? What about this phone is bigger than the jump from the 5S to the 6 or the 3gs to the 4? Are they showing us groundbreaking tech that no other company has? Not really. FaceID might be ahead of the competition but thats something that is replacing touchID which frankly was fine. You don't charge someone a massive premium to replace one feature with another that is marginally better if at all.
Apple are free to charge what they want for their products but please don't try and justify their price increase as anything but greed. Long term if this is their strategy they will lose a lot of market share.
Apple built their brand in the recent past on their iPhones and the fact you got the best iPhone if you paid a reasonable amount for it. It was within the reach of most people. Apple are now saying that they don't value all their iPhone customers equally. Unless you have a lot to spend we will give you a lazy rehash of something we made 3 years ago.
The SE was cheap but it was mainly for people who liked their old smaller phones.
I think apple are making a big mistake if they price the 8 too high but only time will tell.
I actually want them to introduce the 8 name and a separate name for the OLED model. I want to see how the naming psychology will impact possible iPhone sales because people could hear "iPhone 8" and think it's the latest and greatest when it's a subpar phone overall.
Im quite interested in how this goes but whether we will ever know is another matter.
What I really want is for people to vote with their wallets and not buy the 7S or the 8. I don't like the fact apple is charging an insane price for the 8 and I don't like the fact the 7S is so outdated vs the competition and still being sold at full price.
Agree, if I was Tim Cook, that's what I would do.
Also the number 8 is the lucky number in China and China is their biggest market. Sales over there have been declining and they would definitevely want to get their marketshare back.
If they wanted to vote with their wallets, they would buy a Moto G and be done with it because it offers many modern amenities: big screen, water resistance/splash proofing, an AOD, 4k cable camera, fp sensor, quick charge, plenty of RAM, multi-core 64bit processing, Moto shortcuts and features, etc.
Apple is pricing their phones at higher levels and can get away with it, rightfully so too. Samsung prices, HTC prices, and other OEM prices are going up. If you want to save $ and get a ton of hardware, you gotta look at ZTE, Huawei, Moto, OnePlus and be prepared for some sort of compromise.
Tim Cook and his executives must maximize profit margins, correct? They have to appease shareholders, right? So the best way to maximize profit margins is to figure out what price point will people buy the device in droves at where they can maximize their bottom line. $999 USD is something people will pay up for because they finance that out rather than pay up front. Some just buy it outright abroad, especially when Apple offers warranty flexibility. Others are flushed with cash or saved up for the iPhone 8. $999 is a huge asking price, but if you utilize it for say 2-3 years, it isn't that bad of an expense if you think about it. Some people just ride their phones out until they're completely done.
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I can't be as superstitious as that market because they say 4 is a bad #. The OnePlus 5 is out instead of the OP4 because to avoid bad luck.
I really don't care much about the 7s or the new design and if Apple may be asking too much for them.
No one is forcing anyone to buy them. Not to mention the 7/+ will probably be offered $100 cheaper if anyone wants those models.
Yes, Apple has seemingly found a way to upsell what would ordinary be the yearly upgrade goodies for the same price, but hey...don't buy anything this year and send a message to Apple.
In years past, Verizon would be offering me a new 2 year phone but they stopped this practice last year...and that too is partly why this year, I'm staying w/my 6s.
7S and 7S+: Same pricing as 7 and 7+
OLED iPhone:
$999 64GB / £949 or £999
$1099 256GB / £1049 or £1099
$1199 512GB / £1149 or £1199
US pricing of the OLED iPhone has been confirmed by nearly every top source, so can we please stop talking about the pricing already? It's going to be $999/$1099/$1199, that's it. No more discussion needed to guess the price.
UK pricing of the OLED iPhone will simply follow Apple's formula of $-50 just like previous iPhones like the 7 and 7+. No more discussion required to guess the price. There may be a small chance that they will price it the same in £ as in $, but obviously won't be any higher. Pricing in other currencies/countries will follow the same formula as Apple used in those countries before.
There wont be any unnecessary price bumps because they happened last year, at least in UK because of Brexit, and Apple hasn't bumped up prices for any products this year, so that's ruled out.
OLED iPhone:
$999 64GB / £949 or £999
$1099 256GB / £1049 or £1099
$1199 512GB / £1149 or £1199
US pricing of the OLED iPhone has been confirmed by nearly every top source, so can we please stop talking about the pricing already? It's going to be $999/$1099/$1199, that's it. No more discussion needed to guess the price.
UK pricing of the OLED iPhone will simply follow Apple's formula of $-50 just like previous iPhones like the 7 and 7+. No more discussion required to guess the price. There may be a small chance that they will price it the same in £ as in $, but obviously won't be any higher. Pricing in other currencies/countries will follow the same formula as Apple used in those countries before.
There wont be any unnecessary price bumps because they happened last year, at least in UK because of Brexit, and Apple hasn't bumped up prices for any products this year, so that's ruled out.
You/mods should change the thread title. This isn’t final until its released at the event next Tuesday. Your post is just speculation, like all the others.
This is not final, it's nothing more then an utter pure guess! So many analysts have stated $1000 to $1100 starting price, but you've decided the 'final' price is $999. Just because...
I think you'll be disappointed next Tuesday once the pricing is announced. It will be more then you think.
I think you'll be disappointed next Tuesday once the pricing is announced. It will be more then you think.
There's one "top source" that has not confirmed that yet, and the only one that counts - Apple.
That will happen, (and I can say that is confirmed), next Tuesday.
Until then, your opinion remains just that.
That will happen, (and I can say that is confirmed), next Tuesday.
Until then, your opinion remains just that.
OP must be in reality Tim Cook, thanks for announcing the final price.
It's not FINAL, until Apple tells us it's FINAL. I don't care who's reporting what.
It's not even final that there will be 3 storage tiers. Could just be 64/256 yet. And from what I've seen the only consistent rumour is that the price will start at or above US$1,000 (incl. $999 for all intents and purposes) the actual figures have varied quite a lot. $999 and $1,099 are both still in the running as the device's starting price until Phil walks on stage, clicks his button to advance to the final slide and says 'starting at a just' followed by the number 
