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The 2017 iPhone Could Cost Upwards of $1,000

I paid 629€ for my iPhone 4 when it was released here.
I paid 869€ for my iPhone 7 last year.
I'm not gonna pay 1109€ (or anything close to that) for my next iPhone.
 
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Amacfa said:
These comments, lol.


I would buy a more expensive iPhone, if it's amazing
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But...But...the iPhone 8 will fail, Apple is going out of business, no one will ever buy a $1,000 iPhone, Apple is failure....etc. Just another day weeding through the bitter negativity.

Reality is the iPhone 8, high price point or not, will sell and if it brings the appropriate changes to the market, it will likely shatter previous records. I look forward to seeing what they have to bring in the Fall. I agree, if it entices Enough, I will upgrade as I do annually.
 
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I've been watching a lot of Steve's launches lately (iMacs, iPods, etc) and a lot of times, the price was at or below what the competition was for a similar product, OR if it was a 3rd or 4th generation Apple product, it featured a substantial leap in tech, but the price stayed the same. He definitely understood where the sweet spot was.

I'm inclined to agree more and more that today's Apple is looking more and more like the Gil Amelio days, just trying to pump every penny of profit out of the products instead of creating solid products and letting the demand for those amazing products drive the profits.
 
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<Insert totally ridiculous statement based on speculation here>. These phones are expensive to start, always have been and have previously been subsidized. Remeber what the first unsubsidized iPhone cost was?


No one is twisitng arms to make purchases. It is evident by sales that despite all of you experts, apple is doing something right
 
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You will be able to resell the phone one year later to a very small devaluation.

iPhones' TCO is always lower than its competitors, but this time it will be dramatically lower.

Only fools buy fake iPhones when the real deal is actually cheaper.
 
Here it comes guys. The iPhone Pro.

They're going add another tier to the vertical. iPhone Pro Plus > iPhone Pro > iPhone Plus > iPhone > Old iPhone (SE/C/whatever they call it next).
 
Look, nobody wants to pay more than they do now, but if the iPhone is really going to be as awesome as the article made it sound, I bet it's going to sell better than ever before. I'll be buying second hand, or next year, but in the end I'll have one too and be happy with it. What can you do?
 
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randymac09 said:
A lot of people here seem to be up in arms because of a rumor of a device (with rumored specs) that probably won't be out for another 7 months. Why don't we wait for some concrete information before we start scalding TC and Apple's decisions.
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I know, I can't believe people started believing that the iPhone 7 was going to have no headphone jack when it was rumored 10 months before the iPhone 7 release.
 
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schmani said:
Strange.. my old 4S was made from glass and stainless steel as well:confused:
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And it was also made under Steve's watch which we now know made a world of difference. Sure, Apple is swimming in money at the moment, but I think in hindsight, people will say remember what happened when Tim and company turned Apple into a red giant, only to shrink into a dwarf (a reference to the future of our sun). When it comes to innovation, it's other companies that are leading the way with Apple playing the catch-up game with great marketing to pretend/project otherwise, using high margins as their drug of choice to make up for any market share loss.
 
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Otaviano said:
Don't believe everything you read. This article is crap.

The price points for the iPhone are not moving. They are established and will remain.

Also there is no way they are still testing the behind the screen home button and planning to include it in this year's iPhone.
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Agreed.

More than likely Apple has had their design/features locked in since last year.
 
Ah, I love these kinds of stories! We know nothing for sure but the price might have gone up $30 and people are choking on bile.

I just wish you people would follow up on your threats and turn their attention elsewhere.

Personally, I'm still using an iPhone 5 and I'm willing to amortize this $1k over a few years as well if this model is the one that finally convinces me to update. $1000 for a device I use every day for 5 years? Seems reasonable to me.
 
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In Italy we are always one step ahead...

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jdclifford said:
It would be suicidal for Apple to cross $1,000 price point especially if just a spec jump and AMOLED screen. My guess max price $999. Still way too expensive for most people.
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Depends what Apple's mission is, never mind our own as potential consumers of things made by Apple. Some market analysts get all crazed over whether a particular product (or supplier) represents too singular a dependency for a company's overall financial health. By now some jaded customers figure free is a good price for any phone.

At over a grand a pop--by time we're done customizing, adding applecare+ and a case-- maybe Apple will have taken care of that Street concern. Maybe a really high pricepoint signals Apple's return to more emphasis on other product lines. Sometimes one has to train the customers to want the next great thing. A trampoline-sized iPad would be nice for summer games. Forget regular ol' AMOLED screens, let's have one with really dynamic :cool: capabilities, put some serious muscle behind the concept of "active matrix".

Anyway at that price I'd sure hang onto my SE until the hardware couldn't take latest software jokes.
 
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Complain complain complain, and yet as soon as the new iPhone is out, people are lining up to buy it like mad.

Cook is doing the right thing. As long as people continue to buy a new phone every one or two years for no real reason other then to own a "newer" phone, I would continue to jack up the prices.

Besides, it is better to sell less at a higher profit margin from a business point of view.
 
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I know, I can't believe people started believing that the iPhone 7 was going to have no headphone jack when it was rumored 10 months before the iPhone 7 release.
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Valid point. I would still argue it's not sensible to be outraged by rumors. When it happens, sure flip out and all that. But people are reacting to this as if it's a fact. That's my gripe.
 
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Apple's 2017 iPhone, which is expected to feature premium parts and radical design changes, could cost "north of $1,000," reports Fast Company, citing a source with "knowledge of Apple's plans."


"I have my own theory about why the decline happens at companies like IBM or Microsoft. The company does a great job, innovates and becomes a monopoly or close to it in some field, and then the quality of the product becomes less important. The product starts valuing the great salesmen, because they're the ones who can move the needle on revenues, not the product engineers and designers. So the salespeople end up running the company" - Steve Jobs
 
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