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The 16gb Iphone 6s is a slap in the face to consumers
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Absolutely, but you need to direct it to the company itself, not to us here. We have no influence over how much storage the iPhone has.
When buying an iPad, I always buy the max capacity.
When buying an iPhone, I always buy the mid capacity model.
Do I wish Apple sell it for less? Sure. But why is it a slap to customers?
PC manufacturers are still selling computers with 2GB of RAM.
Microsoft sells the entry level Surface 3 with just 2GB of RAM.
Car companies are selling a bare model for less price along with the more ideal/reviewed/tested/fully loaded model.
HP intentionally slowed down the speed of their printer so they can sell it for a bit less.
It's not a slap to customers. It's called product segmentation and/or pricing discrimination. Any smart company would do this.
When buying an iPhone, I always buy the mid capacity model.
Do I wish Apple sell it for less? Sure. But why is it a slap to customers?
PC manufacturers are still selling computers with 2GB of RAM.
Microsoft sells the entry level Surface 3 with just 2GB of RAM.
Car companies are selling a bare model for less price along with the more ideal/reviewed/tested/fully loaded model.
HP intentionally slowed down the speed of their printer so they can sell it for a bit less.
It's not a slap to customers. It's called product segmentation and/or pricing discrimination. Any smart company would do this.
The poll results prove that Apple will continue this pricing.
More like Canadians are slapping themselves. You guys do get better healthcare than Americans, so there you go.
iPhones prices.... healthcare... priorities.
You guys have Obamacare! iPhone prices is not really Apple's fault I have admit... CAD just tanked after oil crash and interest rate cut (an attempt to boost GDP and be more competitive).
I for one will spend less and use this low interest rate opportunity to pay down debt, and not overpaying for goods with inflated prices...
Nobody is forcing anybody to buy anything, much less apple holding the proverbial gun to your head. I'm really upset Apple isn't giving their products away.
I reckon for most folks who can easily upgrade iPhones every year, Obamacare actually increased the cost of their health insurance premiums. You don't get ACA subsidies unless you making less than 400% of the Federal Poverty Level.
http://www.businessinsider.com/iphone-6s-component-costs-by-model-2015-9?
$20 for 64GB of flash memory
I assume then it would cost them $5 more make the base 32GB.
$20 for 64GB of flash memory
I assume then it would cost them $5 more make the base 32GB.
I also want to chime in that the given today's mobile environment 16gb is insufficient for most users. A lot of people may buy 16gb but then a lot of them bitch and moan when they realize they can't install what they like and do as many vids and pics as they like. Since apple does not have memory card slots this exaserbates the issue. Personally, I have a 32gb iphone 5a and it's a struggle for me avoid the low storage warnings. I have over 80 apps, over 1200 pics, 79 vids and over 100 tweaks.
I really wish I had a 64gb version or even better yet a 128gb version. The apple 5c with 8gb was also a big joke.
In 2015 having an iphone released with 16gb is a big joke. I also reay don't see apple releasing a 256 version but of course I may be wrong. They should have started the base for these phones as 32 gb. Also what I am hearing about a 8gb 5s has to be something off a parody script smh.
I really wish I had a 64gb version or even better yet a 128gb version. The apple 5c with 8gb was also a big joke.
In 2015 having an iphone released with 16gb is a big joke. I also reay don't see apple releasing a 256 version but of course I may be wrong. They should have started the base for these phones as 32 gb. Also what I am hearing about a 8gb 5s has to be something off a parody script smh.
Many business users / departments merely want an iPhone for email and occasional web browsing / occasional picture and/or FaceTime.
They don't need 32 GB or 64 GB, as they aren't using them for extensive photo use, movie playback or recording 4k video. For these users, 16 GB is plenty.
For those users who DO want to make extensive use of those features, they can buy the 64 GB model, which is more suitable to such usage than 32 GB would be.
I agree for personal usage, 16 GB is not enough, but the iPhone is very popular in business, and these phones aren't purchased for people to play candy crush or replicate their iTunes library to.
They don't need 32 GB or 64 GB, as they aren't using them for extensive photo use, movie playback or recording 4k video. For these users, 16 GB is plenty.
For those users who DO want to make extensive use of those features, they can buy the 64 GB model, which is more suitable to such usage than 32 GB would be.
I agree for personal usage, 16 GB is not enough, but the iPhone is very popular in business, and these phones aren't purchased for people to play candy crush or replicate their iTunes library to.
In most business situations these 16gb phones are not the best choice. If you really use it for work and you sync multiple emails to your phone you can literally run out of space fast. Especially if your sending photos/files/PDFs or important documents back and forth though the email program.
If you delete your emails your fine; however, if the emails contain important information or need to be kept then you can't delete them. Another reason to keep them is to protect you encase you get in trouble at work, get sued, or a customer claims that you told them something else ect...
This is all Apple cared about.
http://bgr.com/2015/09/16/64gb-iphone-6s-price/
Not sure you understand how corporate email works...
The email sync doesn't keep the content of all your emails on your phone (at least not when used with a corporate email server such as Exchange). I ran 16 GB iPhones for years, filled them up and never, ever had a single issue with email.
You DO NOT need to delete emails from the phone. My mailbox on the server is many GB, and it is not stored on the phone. For most of my iPhone 3G - 4S lives, they had multiple GB free and were all 16 GB phones.
If you are attempting to use your phone as the single source for your email, you're making a huge mistake anyway. If the phone was to get damaged or lost, you're screwed.