Apple: Stop charging me $200 for 48GB of Storage

#1

Post by munsonbh » Wed, Sep 11, 2013, 9:56 PM UTC

I'm a longtime Apple customer and iOS app designer, but I'm tired of being charged $200 to be able to load another 48 gigs of App Store purchases on my iPhone. (And yes, I have filled up 64GB.) Please, either bring out bigger drives or cut the exorbitant margins.

Re: Apple: Stop charging me $200 for 48GB of Storage

#2

Post by runjake » Wed, Sep 11, 2013, 10:05 PM UTC

What's the point of this post?

If there were market demand, Apple would do it. Despite outward appearances, they do significant market research (and you should see some of their internal social media analysis tools). But there isn't (at this time) so they didn't. The cloud is in.

Re: Apple: Stop charging me $200 for 48GB of Storage

#3

Post by devx » Wed, Sep 11, 2013, 10:28 PM UTC

It used to be that every 2 years the internal storage would double in the iPhone. How long has it been since it stopped doing that, 3-4 years?

Apple is starting to care too much about profit, to the point where they have to make a plastic body for the iPhone 5 just to maintain a higher profit margin, when they make it $100 cheaper a year later (as they usually do).

Re: Apple: Stop charging me $200 for 48GB of Storage

#4

Post by taproot » Wed, Sep 11, 2013, 10:40 PM UTC

They aren't charging you 200 for storage theyre subsidizing the rest of their offerings with your purchase.

Am I the only one who still finds it hilarious that people still fork out a grand for a phone without a micro extension slot then turns around and complains about storage and the price of an upgrade.

Re: Apple: Stop charging me $200 for 48GB of Storage

#5

Post by robomartin » Wed, Sep 11, 2013, 10:51 PM UTC

Ha! That's nothing. Go buy a CNC machine from Haas. They charge --if I remember correctly-- over $1,000 for 16 MEGA bytes of memory expansion on the controller. Ripoffs like that are common when the audience is captive and has no choices.

Re: Apple: Stop charging me $200 for 48GB of Storage

#6

Post by munsonbh » Wed, Sep 11, 2013, 11:48 PM UTC

runjake wrote: post #2

What's the point of this post? If there were market demand, Apple would do it. Despite outward appearances, they do significant market research (and you should see some of their internal social media analysis tools). But there isn't (at this time) so they didn't. The cloud is in.

Looks like you answered your own question by debating its merit.