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That's the price in the us, closer to 1200 here.

Future Mac laptop/desktop will have an slot/dock to insert your iPhone, the iPhone will be the brains and battery to drive this shell of a machine. Or work in some hybrid mode. :)

Does make for an interesting concept your iPhone will be the computer you have a monitor and keyboard and it will run MacOS through VM when docked and iOS when undocked or you can select what you want. Just throwing it out there. :p
 
Future Mac laptop/desktop will have an slot/dock to insert your iPhone, the iPhone will be the brains and battery to drive this shell of a machine. Or work in some hybrid mode. :)

Does make for an interesting concept your iPhone will be the computer you have a monitor and keyboard and it will run MacOS through VM when docked and iOS when undocked or you can select what you want. Just throwing it out there. :p

Probably where apple is headed.
 
I hope it scares people off and makes it easier for me to get. Hahah.
Hell make it 1500
 
Yeah right, and people will be happy to know there's a new model out there and it's more expensive that's before? Are you really thinking before typing?
We are not talking about a ceramic phone, but a new model based on what already exists.


I feel like this wasn't THAT long ago.
2012 WWDC.
They updated their MacBook Air.... they updated their MacBook Pro... then, they announced a brand-new version of the MacBook Pro, called MacBook Pro w/ Retina Display @ a higher price point!
People were happy with that; they had the option of an increased spec product in the current line, at the current price, OR a true "next gen" product.
Eventually (as will CLEARLY occur with the iPhone), those features came into the the standard product & there are no longer both series.
They had to get the economies of scale going by putting them into the marketplace.
I'm sure wireless charging from afar for example, must be pricey...
But eventually it will be on every iPhone at every price point.
Main point being here..... there IS a precedent for this.
This is likely a temporary "3rd category" iPhone, not a permanent one.
 
Future Mac laptop/desktop will have an slot/dock to insert your iPhone, the iPhone will be the brains and battery to drive this shell of a machine. Or work in some hybrid mode. :)

Does make for an interesting concept your iPhone will be the computer you have a monitor and keyboard and it will run MacOS through VM when docked and iOS when undocked or you can select what you want. Just throwing it out there. :p

Microsoft essentially has that with Continuum (not that too many people have Windows Phone). But personally I don't see the value in it. If you only have your phone with you, where are these keyboards and monitors set up (with the cabling required) to use your phone with them? And if you use your phone as the "brains" for your PC in daily use, what if you want to take a call in another room? You have to essentially dismantle your computer?

I think phones and other computers should remain separate and just have better and better synchronization and access to the same data. Apple is at least trying with Continuity & Handoff & stuff like clipboard sharing (when it works!). I'm sure there is some appeal at having only one device, but it hardly even seems like you'd be saving money over having some cheap "phone" hardware embedded into something PC-sized (monitor/keyboard/mouse etc).

Maybe in the far future when everything is completely zero latency wireless, and there is ubiquitous gigabit speed wireless data, and we reach the point where a phone sized device is no real constraint on CPU or GPU capability...
 
If it comes with 32 gig of ram and runs at 3.0 GHZ I want one. I need a couple extra ports though unless a breakout box can hand two usb3, 2 thunderbolt3 and I sure could use an ethernet port.
 
Some of us will peel away, but it wills still have it's draw. The "I can afford this and you can't" appeal will kick in more. Not saying that's the only people that will buy it, not by any stretch, but there is always that segment.
 
The iPhone 7 is essentially 6" diagonally corner to corner.

So just imagine an iPhone 7 with an edge to edge screen with very slim or no top and bottom bezels and a virtual home button. That's pretty amazing.

So, something like this?

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Microsoft essentially has that with Continuum (not that too many people have Windows Phone). But personally I don't see the value in it. If you only have your phone with you, where are these keyboards and monitors set up (with the cabling required) to use your phone with them? And if you use your phone as the "brains" for your PC in daily use, what if you want to take a call in another room? You have to essentially dismantle your computer?

I think the idea is that the computer is your desktop at home, do you carry around your desktop? While the phone is plugged into your desktop you call from it, if you are away from it you have the phone with you.

If there is a plug in slot for the phone there is no dismantling.

Kind of reminds me of a portable radio I had in the 70's. You plugged in, in the car, and when you parked you could carry it around. No dismantling required. Just slid in and out of the mount under the dash. It was kind of cool then, kind of hard to look at it that way now.
 
Microsoft essentially has that with Continuum (not that too many people have Windows Phone). But personally I don't see the value in it. If you only have your phone with you, where are these keyboards and monitors set up (with the cabling required) to use your phone with them? And if you use your phone as the "brains" for your PC in daily use, what if you want to take a call in another room? You have to essentially dismantle your computer?

I think phones and other computers should remain separate and just have better and better synchronization and access to the same data. Apple is at least trying with Continuity & Handoff & stuff like clipboard sharing (when it works!). I'm sure there is some appeal at having only one device, but it hardly even seems like you'd be saving money over having some cheap "phone" hardware embedded into something PC-sized (monitor/keyboard/mouse etc).

Maybe in the far future when everything is completely zero latency wireless, and there is ubiquitous gigabit speed wireless data, and we reach the point where a phone sized device is no real constraint on CPU or GPU capability...

AirPods to take that call, Apples wireless vision of the future.

Wireless charging and data sync with or without some charging/data sync pad. No requirement to plug or unplug the iPhone, if you have a large screen you go into iPad mode screen/apps. Where else can Apple grow, it is inevitable.
 
My problem isn't the price, it's the size. Why no love for those of us who want a smaller phone that fits easily in a woman's pocket?
 
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Remember before the iPad was announced, media sources were reporting it was going to cost $1000? Remember when it was announced, despite everything else they were still delighted at the $499 price point, yeah?

...Well don't expect the same this time :p

I guess Apple decided their biggest failing of the iPhone 5C was the fact that it was too cheap and not too expensive. In any case, I hope this means the phone tops out at ~$1050 rather than starts at. I fully expected Apple to release it with a $100 premium over the Plus model, which I guess puts it at $850 for that anniversary model?
 
I'm sure that's not the only price where you can get the iPhone 8. Even if that's the case, it's most likely a one-off with iPhone 8 being positioned as an Anniversary Edition.

That being said, Apple's strategy resembles more and more that of luxury car company like BMW. They price their products just expensive enough to be considered a luxury and affordable enough that the diehard is still willing to upgrade despite at the cost of a significant portion of their income.
 
Wow, I bet the iPhone 8 will be great.

'Member when apple cared about their yearly Mac updates? this is bullcrap.

Mac Pro, hasn't been updated in 3+ years, which had a multi-year wait. Mac Mini, no updates.
 
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