Other Apple needs a true budget phone

[willmtaylor]

You are looking at every possible negative outcome of selling more phones. It doesn't work that way. If Apple were to increase sales anywhere near the quantity to cause the havoc that you describe, they would have long since added sufficient capacity to handle the support.

So they would not only decrease margins but have to increase support staff? Wow, talk about a win-win!

 

[willmtaylor]

You’d be wrong here. Apple already made a ‘budget phone’ with the SE that shared the _exact_ same internal specifications as the latest iPhone 6s (A9/2GB), even though they launched six months apart. I mean, look at the XR, shares the exact same processor as the XS, but yet is $250 cheaper.

A quick nit to pick—the SE was very similar to the 6S, but they weren’t identical. 6S has slightly better antenna/modem, better front facing camera, better GPS, a barometer, and higher contrast ratio.

Similar specs, but not identical.

 

[phpmaven]

Believe me, I know Apple are far smarter than I am, but it is inevitable if they made a $499 phone, they would gain new users by the boatload. I’m sure if Ferrari made a $35k car, it would also be a massive hit with people who have always wanted one but couldn’t afford it.

The SE was proof that people love cheap iPhones. Most people who owned it picked it up because it was cost effective. My buddy works at a phone store, and people come in all the time asking for the cheapest iPhone. They don’t know the difference between a Max, a pixel or a galaxy. All they know is they want an iPhone that is the lowest price. A $499 iPhone would be the best selling phone year in and year out.

To use your analogy, the $35K Ferrari would probably be a gimped version of a real Ferrari and a piece of crap.