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Why is it 100 bucks to go up in storage
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No different to car manufacturers who charge way more for the bigger engine option than the extra cost involved. It's where a lot of the profit comes from.
When the iPhone 5 was released it cost Apple an extra $10 to go from 16GB to 32GB. Then another $20 to go to 64GB. All said, you pay $200 more to get 64GB and Apple pays $30 for a profit of $170. With the size of apps these days memory is getting more and more scarce. I have a couple apps that are over 1GB in size. I could stand it a little easier if either the base was 32GB or the upgrades were $50 instead of $100. It's just pure greed IMHO.
It's simple economics: if you can't afford it, don't buy it.
But by all means, feel free to whine about it some more . . .
Agree with everyone, but it's one of the most tough to sell to consumers. We all know how much that memory cost, and especially, we all know how different should be the price to double from 16 to 32 than from 32 to 64.
For a phone like 5s, with pics / apps / etc. that are all increasing in size, i also agree that Apple should start from 32gb, and then go up from there.
Yes it would reduce by a fraction the profit margin on the phone, but maybe (imho) this could be offset by more phones sold, happier consumers, etc. Maybe, obvsiouly....i kind of think they probably know better, but hey, no one's perfect.
For a phone like 5s, with pics / apps / etc. that are all increasing in size, i also agree that Apple should start from 32gb, and then go up from there.
Yes it would reduce by a fraction the profit margin on the phone, but maybe (imho) this could be offset by more phones sold, happier consumers, etc. Maybe, obvsiouly....i kind of think they probably know better, but hey, no one's perfect.
I would hope it's any business's model. A fountain drink at any fast food joint/restaurant probably costs $0.25 to the business but we pay $1.00+ Why not be all up in arms over this as well? It's strictly business. If people are buying it why would they change?
No whining and I can afford it. I use a 32GB but could certainly get a 64GB if I wanted. Since when is it whining by stating an opinion? Just because I don't agree with everything Apple does and worship at the front gates does
n't mean it's whining.
if they started at 32gb, then nobody would upgrade to the 64 or 128gb, and hurt their profit margin.
If the price of the 32 from the 16gb was only $30-$40 then nobody would buy the 16gb.
I'd say the 16gb is the top seller because most won't pay the $100 premium, but anybody that needs 32gb will fork over the $100. Then theres the minority that will pay the outrageous price for 64gb.
I think there's folks on this site that would opt for the new phone and sleep in the parking lot.
Since when?
This is the Apple Forum and there are always going to be some snarky comments. It is the nature of this forum. Just ignore them.
Less than that. I worked at a movie theater my senior year back in 2008 and it cost us about $.08 to fill the large drink that we sold for $4.
Yep, same reason they started soldering the ram onto the motherboards of their computers (i.e. people now have to pay $200 for a ram upgrade they were doing themselves for $50).
Also, it increases prestige to have a bigger model, and when people are paying this much for a phone already, they might as well spend a few 100$ more.
Probably also why they do not like external memory card slots. Most smartphones have had this technology for quite some time now. They offer you what is profitable for themselves and not what is useful for your own self.
I've never understood why more people don't buy the 64gb. It seems like it should be either the 16gb or the 64gb. Going from 16-32 only increases capacity by 16gb but going from 32-64 increases it by 32 for the same price. Just seems like if you are gonna go 32gb you might as well go 64.