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Will you pay 1k + for the new iPhone
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I'm ready to upgrade my iPhone 6 but I'm not going to spend a grand to do it.
What Apple charges is all tied into its marketing of which they have been more successful than any other company on earth. Like them or not, I think Apple knows what it is doing.
They have been know to make mistakes but I can't imagine that they will do on the iPhone 8. I guess the debate is what a mistake would look like. Some people seem like they would prefer it if Apple charged so much for the 8 that the vast majority of consumers couldn't / wouldn't buy it.
Whilst I agree, lets be honest, Apple are unlikely to ‘market’ an anniversary iphone at a reasonable rate.
I’m only using my opinion on other latest handsets from various providers including Apple.
I guess it depends on what you think is "reasonable rate."
I think it will start over $1000 and could be as high as 1399 or more for the highest specked device. I paid over $1000 for my 7+ and I will be they will be charging more for the 8. Some here think it will be in the $800 range and that is not going to happen.
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Most people are looking at it from consumer's view. Like I said before Apple does not expect the "vast majority" to buy the 8. I would bet the 7+ and 7S+ will also be hot sellers. Yes, Apple has made some mistakes and likely will make more. I do not think the 8's price will be one of them.
Apple has built a brand out of making products for their core consumer base that are high quality, market leading and beautiful. The new iPhone that everyone buys each september is always on a par with or better than the best android phone out there. There is no credible reason I have heard from anyone as to why apple would produce a new iPhone that does this and yet price it out of the reach of nearly everyone. People already pay a premium to have an apple/iOS product, they won't be happy about paying that premium for a sub par rehash of the iPhone 6. The average consumer isn't as dumb as people seem to think. They know what samsung have made and they will see what apple have made and they will not be happy if they are given an outdated 7S as their affordable (but still really expensive) upgrade.
Apples view may differ from consumers but their brand value and loyalty as well as their profits will take a big hit if people don't like what they do with the next set of iPhones. The safest and most sensible thing for them to do is reduce the prices of the 7S/+ slightly and put the price of the 8 at a $100-150 premium over the old + model prices. That would give people a great choice and you couldn't really fault that approach. The other option will annoy a lot of people.
I don't think they will make a mistake on the price of the 8 either but to me that means they will price it under $900 for the base model.
Thats true. What do you wish they will do?
What do you think apple would do next year if they sold this years iPhone 8 at $1000. What would they offer and for how much?
"What do you wish they would do". I expect Apple to take care of business as my IRA is in "rocket mode"!
I will let Apple handle the marketing for next year.
Unless Apple intends to "cripple" the 7S phones in some way, the only difference between them and the iPhone 8 is going to be the screen. While it might be a beautiful phone, that doesn't warrant a price that might end up being DOUBLE the base price for the iPhone 7S. Additionally, for next year's phones, Apple will have to put the edge-to-edge screen on all their phones, otherwise it will look as if they aren't giving their customers the "best" they have to offer. So I'd just wait.
At this point you can just remove "needs" from the equation. Nobody needs the OLED iPhone. I can understand needing an iPhone 7S or 7S+. None of the features the OLED iPhone will provide are "needs."
Smartphone tech is kinda plateauing right now. An iPhone 5S does pretty much everything that an iPhone 7S will do. So is a 7S really "needed" either?
I mean, the 7S will have the most up to date internals which will provide a longer lifespan and the 7S+ will have the biggest screen, so I can understand it. I just don't understand how the 8 would ever be classified as a need. I guess we'll find out if there is a killer feature in about a month.
Not exactly. An iPhone 5s and iPhone 7 have similar capabilities in terms of what they accomplish, but do not share the same hardware/software features at all. If someone wants a 5s, it's strictly for the form factor. If someone wants the iPhone 7, it's because it's the latest model and offers stereo speakers, faster speeds, 3D Touch, upgraded camera, etc. Two different comparisons entirely.
A 1985 Civic also does "pretty much" the same thing as a 2017 BMW 3 series too. Doesn't mean the Civic has the same experience as a new 3 series.
Everything will be better, faster, higher quality, and more enjoyable on a 7s versus an iPhone 5.
I think if we want to compare cars in a relative way to how smartphones have progressed over the past 3 years, it should be a 2017 3 Series BMW and a 2014 edition lol. Very little.
Except most cars are in a 3-5 year cycle where little to no changes get made. It's much slower than the smartphones industry
I don't see huge leaps in the smartphone industry either. We still have 2012/13 technology being repackaged or released late by certain manufacturers. I'd say it's about comparable with the car industry.
