With a $1k Price, Apple’s iPhone Crosses a Threshold

Post by ghaff » Mon, Sep 11, 2017, 11:21 AM UTC

falsedan wrote: post #311

blubb-fish wrote: post #300

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so you spend also excessive amount of money on water because you drink it several times a day? there is objectively no reason to spend more than 200 Euro on a smartphone - except for attempting to inflate one's ego.

> so you spend also excessive amount of money on water because you drink it several times a day? I sure do, because I prefer the quality control and availability of municipally-supplied mains rather than sinking a well in my back yard. Your point about conspicuous consumption is pretty unfocused. Should everyone use the same laptop, do the same job, be paid the same rate, lest be accused of propertarian tendencies?

Post by astrobase_go » Mon, Sep 11, 2017, 11:27 AM UTC

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Common pricing strategy is to have 3 price points: 1. a cheap stripper model used to bring people into the showroom 2. an expensive deluxe model with every bell and whistle. It's primary purpose is to frame the next one as being affordable: 3. the mid-price mid-range one you're expected to buy. Of course, the price-is-no-object people will buy (2) anyway, and that's just extra gravy. You'll see this technique used ac…

Also called price anchoring [0] in marketing. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anchoring

Post by dirktheman » Mon, Sep 11, 2017, 11:29 AM UTC

Kluny wrote: post #218

alkonaut wrote: post #189

A lot of people just get the best iphone every 24 months (e.g. rich people, or people who have a generous smartphone policy at work). Having a model that gets another couple of hundred bucks from those people is pretty clever I think. This is basically the S-class phone (To make a car analogy, because that's what we do). The S-class Mercedes costs twice as much as the "Normal" E-class, and each time they launch a new…

I also know a guy who made his living for many years repairing and reselling iPhones, who simply buys the top of the line as soon as it comes out and resells the old one to pay for it, at as close to full price as he can get away with. Since he always gets the most specc'd out phone available, treats it very carefully, always inside an otterbox, and is a pretty decent salesman, he usually gets his price. He also clai…

Post by 2muchcoffeeman » Mon, Sep 11, 2017, 11:29 AM UTC

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That misses a key point I was making: OS updates. Yes, I too have a Nexus 4 (bought in 2012) and it still works fine. But no more updates. I don't consider that on par with say my previous work laptop, which was also 3 years before I upgraded. I also own a Moto E (2nd Gen, $60-ish) and bought a Moto G+ for my brother this year, but I can't count on them to receive OS updates for as long.

Except you are comparing a 749$ phone with a 220$ and 60$ ones. You could buy a new Moto G every 2 years and you would still have an up-to-date phone that is more economical than an iPhone, if OS-updates are your main worry (on average, I believe Apple supports devices up to 5 years, which objectively is a lot). That without considering how well old phones work with newer OSs, my iPhone 4 did technically work with th…

Post by cjrp » Mon, Sep 11, 2017, 11:32 AM UTC

blubb-fish wrote: post #300

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Many people spend more time on their phone than their PC. So, 1,000$ is not an unreasonable price if it's noticeably better. It's like spending 200+$ on a pair of shoes, they don't need to be that much better fit to be worth it. I mean 1,000$ seems bad, but that can translate to under 30 cents an hour if you're spending 4 hours a day on your phone.

so you spend also excessive amount of money on water because you drink it several times a day? there is objectively no reason to spend more than 200 Euro on a smartphone - except for attempting to inflate one's ego.