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The 2017 iPhone Could Cost Upwards of $1,000
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These are Apple fans we're talking about. The company can do nothing right by them.
And almost every single Android phone manufacturer lost money last quarter - and does so every quarter. Hell, even Blackberry made money, yet only Samsung and Sony did for Android - and guess what, those two sell really expensive phones, too.
And Toyota and Honda have their Lexus and Acura divisions to cater to the high quality market and even Hyundai is now playing in that market with first Equus and now their new Genesis division.
And yet who was Apple's best salesperson?
Steve Jobs.
After all, he was the one who got us to pay $500 in full for the first iPhone and we had to pay for a two year service contract on top of that.
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In other news, my SE works just fine. Besides being small, it was also cheap for an iPhone. I'm keeping it.
How true and sad at the same time.
It's more than a phone - it's a mobile device.
We all spend so much time on our iPhone's that there is room for any price I'd say. I hope they make a wide enough range of prices to keep them somewhat affordable - otherwise a lot of people will just have to use older phones purchased on the "used" market.
Why is this outrage only happening now?
Apple's always been a ripoff and the only justification paying for any of their devices has been due to OS X or iOS because the hardware has always been mediocre.
It will hopefully cost considerably more. I can't stand to see all those peasants having the exact phone as me.
Not interested with a phone that expensive. Especially since it's rumored to be large in physical size. I'll keep holding on and wait for either a deep discounted iPhone SE or an iPhone SE2. No interest in phablets and my current iPhone 6 is my last larger size iPhone. Just isn't for me.
It's the same price as every other premium flagship phone...
This is a trial rumor. The pricing will come in at $950 and Apple will say its a revolution to bring the new iPhone in at that price and under everyones expectations.
Please refrain from posting lies on the forum.
They will raise the price on the next SE and say we are getting a bargain since it will be only 800 or so.
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha! Apple has officially lost it :-(
So I think we can start speculating that the MacBook isn't going to necessarily replace just the MacBook Air. It's more of a replacement for the iPhone when it becomes so large and priced beyond most people's reach that they're going to just start holding a laptop up to their ear to make a call. As a bonus, the MacBook has the best keyboard ever built for a smartphone... er I mean laptop-phone. No more complaints of fat fingers being unable to hit the right virtual keys.
All kidding aside, I don't actually find the idea of a $1000+ smartphone abhorrent if it's an excellent product. You don't have to buy it, you know? I probably won't. If they ever manage to shrink a MBP into a phone's form factor and it has good battery life and specs, that's worth a lot more than $1000 to me even though I'm conditioned to believe that phones should always be $199 with a 2-year plan.
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Just spot-checked AT&T retail prices:
iPhone 7S Plus 32MB: $769
Galaxy S7 Edge 32MB: $795
LG V20 64MB: $829
I just bought an iPhone SE 64 GB for $350 new from Tmobile Cyber Monday deal. Good price for a great phone. No way I'd fork our $1,000 for a phone.
Y'all let me know how great the new iPhone is, because I sure as hell won't be purchasing the $1000 model.
I doubt we'll see a $1000 phone. Maybe a $100 price jump over the Plus will happen, putting base model at $869 for this "Pro" edition, but over $1000 would be suicide. Look at the Apple Watch Edition at $10,000. No one bought one, because it's not worth that much. Same with an iPhone. Over $1000 would be ridiculous. I'm positive Apple can see that charging $350 more for the base model would not be good for their sales or PR.
Also, it's just a rumor, and it's from Fast Company. If it was from Ming Chi-Kuo, I'd put a little more weight behind this rumor, but as it stands, I don't have much faith in this rumor panning out.
Also, it's just a rumor, and it's from Fast Company. If it was from Ming Chi-Kuo, I'd put a little more weight behind this rumor, but as it stands, I don't have much faith in this rumor panning out.
Calling it now: this is pricing fakeout similar to the original iPad launch. The rumors were that it was going to cost $1000+, then it was $500 and people felt like it was a deal. http://www.csmonitor.com/Technology...e-Apple-iPad-cost-Same-as-the-original-iPhone
Maybe the 8 will be $100 more than the 7s (released at the same time) and people are going to be relieved since they thought it might be much higher.
Maybe the 8 will be $100 more than the 7s (released at the same time) and people are going to be relieved since they thought it might be much higher.
There is a reason a lot of us went SE. There will be more who stay SE, and I'll bet even more who switch to SE. When you hit a grand for a phone, I am done. Period. Even while I dislike android, new phones that high demand a switch.