XR (=iPhone 8): 326ppi
8 Plus: 401ppi
XS/XS Max: 458ppi
I can’t tell the difference between 8 and 8 Plus.
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iPhone X Apple just gave us all the finger!
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XR (=iPhone 8): 326ppi
8 Plus: 401ppi
XS/XS Max: 458ppi
I can’t tell the difference between 8 and 8 Plus.
Posts like these are what allows apple to keep raising prices. Why lower it when people will still pay?
Wait wait, you'd be happy with a price of $699, but adding $50 and it's Apple "giving us the finger"? Haha, thats called overreacting.
Also with rounded corners so you can't fully utilise the bigger screen for media unless you want sections of the picture cut off.
Why do people act like companies owe them something? All Apple did was fail to offer a product that you find satisfactory. Therefore, as a consumer you can choose not to buy it. It’s not a personal affront.
Truth right here.. even seen people on here who are looking to upgrade their X :O power to them!
The X might be my final iPhone if there’s no ideas left for hardware upgrades. Definitely not a worthy upgrade. It’s basically the X but with 30 minutes of more battery life. Big whoop.
Anyway I’m still considering getting an XR as the PPI is enough for me.
The best iphone to get IMO is a new iPhone 8 Plus 256 in March. IOS 12 will have gone through a few bug smashes by then and should be at 12.2 and you'll get a solid model that's had over a year of manufacturing tweeks to work out any of those bugs. Yep. IP8+ is the one.
It’s a typical S cycle, but with an extra model and a bigger size. In the past, the S cycle wasn’t much of a reason to upgrade either.
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That’s nice and all, but why? I care more about the reasoning than the actual purchase.
I'll explain the reasoning. This was not an impulse purchase, it was the plan all along. I was waiting for the $100 price drop to buy the unlocked version.
1- Ever since the X was released last year, which I bought and returned, I have zero interest in the new design. I highly dislike the notch, I find it more distracting than the "huge" bezels on the old form factor. In the old form factor with a black front, I really cancel the bezels out. With the notch, I find it very invasive of the screen and distracting.
2- I also dislike the current status of Face ID (before the release of the X I really wanted the onscreen touch ID). I'm open to the idea, but I have zero interest in it right now based on current performance.
I have to replace my 6s Plus as it is giving me too many problems and it has issues with the camera (blurry on corners, sometimes it is shaking). Knowing full well that 1) I have zero interest in the new form factors and 2) that the iPhone 8 is the last of its kind, I knew full well that I would be buying the 8+ in September 2018 with the intention of keeping it until ~2021-22. I would hope that by then, Face ID will be heavily improved and that Apple somehow finds a way to decrease the size of the notch or provide an option to add bars on the screen to even the screen out.
In any case, when the day comes to replace my new 8+, I'm certain that it will be much better than what was released yesterday.
No price drop was one thing, but to me the bigger deal is that they aren't including USB-C cable and a fast charger. Still giving us their 99 cent power brick and 6 year old USB-Lightning cable on a phone that goes up to $1500.
Seriously, take a $5 hit on your massive margins and give people a decent out of box experience. I wonder how long the Xs Max takes to fully charge with the 5w charger.
Apple has really downgraded their first use experience over the years. Even on the notebooks - you no longer get the power outlet extension on $3k laptops, you have to remember to buy that before you leave the store for $20. I still love Apple hardware, but I hate how much they are nickel and dime-ing us now as one of the richest companies in the world.
Seriously, take a $5 hit on your massive margins and give people a decent out of box experience. I wonder how long the Xs Max takes to fully charge with the 5w charger.
Apple has really downgraded their first use experience over the years. Even on the notebooks - you no longer get the power outlet extension on $3k laptops, you have to remember to buy that before you leave the store for $20. I still love Apple hardware, but I hate how much they are nickel and dime-ing us now as one of the richest companies in the world.
The first space upgrade to 128 GB is only 50 dollars. So it’s the same price for what most users would pay for in the iPhone 8 anyways. With a larger screen and newer design. It’s quite reasonably priced, if anything.
Yup, this is Apple in a nutshell. People will buy their phones even if they raise it to $2k (expecting next year) because it's Apple! It's magic! They always work and never break!
Seriously, not a single question to Tim, he is just doing his job and milking the customers out of all the money he can.
It's actually a $71K phone when you add in the cost of the 2018 BMW M4 accessory.
It's actually a $71K phone when you add in the cost of the 2018 BMW M4 accessory.
ok?
Just kidding you about the financial gymnastics you had to do to get the price of the iPhone up to $2,000.
Seriously?
I was all set to upgrade. I’ve waited literally years for a blue iPhone. No 3D Touch is fine but no wireless charging is a joke.
Well, I'm able to purchase the XS Max only because of a cash incentive plan I have at work which will pay for the XS Max in full. The iP X did not sell well compared to other previous iPhone models. In fact, in this past year, I've seldom seen people with the X. I saw more people with the iP7 and iP8. My guess, and it's only a guess, that the XS Max and higher priced XR with 512GB won't be popular with buyer's because of the price. The XR and iP7 and iP8 will probably sell more because of it's affordability.
Not sue. Plus had a dual canera, 3d touch, wireless charging. It is a stripped out cersion to make it a budget phone