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

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

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Post by mtgx »

ksec wrote: post #248

If we take a look from a Global Perspective, US has the cheapest iPhone ( All prices excluding sales Tax ), and everywhere else had it more expensive. i.e The $1K Prices may be making a big waves in US, but elsewhere in the world they have been paying that much for an iPhone already. And in terms of iPhones / Population / Apple Store, the US has it most. While in Japan 60% of the Smartphone are iPhone ( i.e Higher th…

Another way to look at this is that everywhere else in the world that iPhone will cost $1500-$2000 (depending on version). Will those people still be willing to pay that much for it?

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Post by Jdam »

wil421 wrote: post #340
wutwutwutwut wrote: post #287

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep the base price for a Iphone 7 Plus in Sweden is 1100$. Not sure it makes sense comparing prices like this though. In Sweden the cost of an iphone does not compete with your ability to get access to health care or education for example.

Why are you bringing up healthcare on an iPhone discussion? Trying to figure out how it is relevant to the pricing of an iPhone in Sweden.

As a European, I noticed that discussions held here about X in the US _always_ converge against their healthcare.

"Salary in the US is higher" - but heir healthcare sucks

"Weather in California is nicer than in Oslo" - But you don't have healtcare

"New York is such a great city to live in" - But you're left for dead

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

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Post by mtgx »

wil421 wrote: post #340
wutwutwutwut wrote: post #287

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yep the base price for a Iphone 7 Plus in Sweden is 1100$. Not sure it makes sense comparing prices like this though. In Sweden the cost of an iphone does not compete with your ability to get access to health care or education for example.

Why are you bringing up healthcare on an iPhone discussion? Trying to figure out how it is relevant to the pricing of an iPhone in Sweden.

You don't think someone's ability to buy an iPhone or any other product at a certain price depends on how much money they earn/they are left with at the end of the month?

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Post by bostand »

em3rgent0rdr wrote: post #227
saagarjha wrote: post #199

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My criticism was mainly aimed at Android, which has a tendency to drop support for devices within 1-2 years.

which is why should use Lineage OS.

And with 8.0 we will start to see commercial roms with even better and longer support

Source: Paul oBrien

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

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Post by pdimitar »

...So?

I knew plenty of people who buy a new Android, priced anywhere from $400 to $700, every year, more often than not it was once every 9 months even.

So I might spend $1100 or so on the iPhone Pro / X / whatever the moniker is. But I'll use it at least 3 years.

Annual cost of owning an iPhone makes it cheaper than almost any Android.

Not everything is about upfront cost. iPhones get updated for 5 years and they don't start lagging in 8-12 months like almost all Androids do. If you don't bust it, you might sell it for 75-90% of its original cost even 3 years down the line.

Mostly philosophical article without much economical substance.

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

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Post by joe5150 »

Symbiote wrote: post #81
jkaptur wrote: post #19

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Andy Warhol: "What’s great about this country is that America started the tradition where the richest consumers buy essentially the same things as the poorest. You can be watching TV and see Coca-Cola, and you know that the President drinks Coke, Liz Taylor drinks Coke, and just think, you can drink Coke, too. A Coke is a Coke and no amount of money can get you a better Coke than the one the bum on the corner is drin…

This was said before fancier soft drinks were sold, I assume. For example, some bars round here sell this cola: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fentimans_Curiosity_Cola

even the wealthiest people are probably still going to go for a Coke (Fentimans isn't that good imo)

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

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Post by lotsofpulp »

jdietrich wrote: post #206
dannysu wrote: post #18

Nobody looks at a top of the line PC with the best graphics card(s) and say it's crossing a threshold. Everybody understands it's for a certain demographic. According to rumors, they're still going to have various models and price points. Also, iPhones are extremely economical because no other phones receive OS updates for as long. My iPhone 6, which cost $749 at the time, is coming up to 3 years old. It's still flaw…

Diminishing returns kick in at a remarkably low price point, especially outside the US. $250 gets you a Xiaomi Mi A1 - a phone with a 1080p display, a full metal body, 4GB of RAM, 64GB of flash, a fast 8-core processor and guaranteed software updates directly from Google. http://www.mi.com/in/mi-a1/ Is a $750 iPhone really three times better than that phone? Is it even 5% better? If I were an Apple shareholder, I'd b…

It is better. The MacOS/iMessage/Facetime/Time machine ecosystem is is pretty awesome, and if you don't want to spend your time and effort trying to fix Windows BS and removing their malware, then an extra thousand or two is worth it. Plus, if something goes wrong, you get great customer service at the Apple Store.

I've done the Windows/Android thing, it's a pain in the ass to keep up with all the stuff. As I get older, I just need my things to work (especially smartphone and computer) and I'm willing to pay a premium. I don't even want to have to research what I'm buying, and Apple has been executing on that for quite a few years now.

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Post by YSFEJ4SWJUVU6 »

Kluny wrote: post #289
GuB-42 wrote: post #280

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A good strategy, however he is not really the owner of the phone. He is essentially renting it from the next buyer. One consequence is that he has no option but treat is carefully, use a case, a screen protector, etc.. which is kind of ironic considering how much effort is put on the exterior design of the phone. Selling the phone also has a non-zero cost : you have to find a buyer and make the transaction. In that g…

> One consequence is that he has no option but treat is carefully, use a case, a screen protector, etc.. which is kind of ironic considering how much effort is put on the exterior design of the phone. Yeah, but I do that too regardless of whether I'm planning to resell it, because cracked screens are a pain in the ass and that applies to any phone. > Selling the phone also has a non-zero cost : you have to find a buy…

I, too, like to avoid cracked screens the best I can – with reasonable precaution. I'm not going to wrap an already big phone in an even bigger case to make it a bigger nuisance every single day.

(I also don't buy the hassle of using screen protectors. I do not mind micro scratches all that much because I'm not trying to protect the resale value of a consumable item. I can put it in the same pocket with keys or many other sharp items if that's what's most convenient in a given situation. There is indeed a cost at trying to preserve any carryable item in mint condition.)

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

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Post by walterstucco »

alkonaut wrote: post #322
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.

I work at a keyboard 8h per day, so I happily pay $100 for a keyboard that is nice, even though I could get one for $20. Same with the phone. Even if it's just some minor improvement I use it so much that it's worth it. Also it depends on what you use it for. If you use it for web browsing/messaging/email/phone calls then most phones will do. But other features such as the camera might be very dependent on price. Add…

Except a good keyboard really makes the difference, an iPhone is worse in many ways from my Xiaomi Mi5, that costed 200 euros.

For example you can't use the iPhone as an usb disk.

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