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iPhone 15 Pro Models Again Rumored to See $100 Price Increase
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The wonderful thing about the consumer market is that the buyer is the end user, and the individual customer doesn't need to answer to anyone but himself as to why he chooses to spend his money in a particular way.
This doesn't mean the customer is being irrational, but rather, that what counts as rationality or "informed decision" needs to extend beyond our own personal interpretations and biases. There are, right this very second, probably millions of people spending money on things that I wouldn’t buy. Things that I could easily find an almost unlimited number of “better things to spend the money on”.
Perhaps I could take the time to tell them all that they should be buying something else that they don’t actually want, but I do. However, I think I will just stick to understanding that they probably have different tastes, personal circumstances, disposable income etc to me and therefore it’s probably best for them to actually just buy the thing that they decided upon with those factors taken into account.
There is nothing in it for me from Apple doing financially well (or otherwise). I don't own Apple stock. Not a single share. It is what it is.
You make me laugh! Why do you think Apple charges the outrageous prices they do? It's because people continue to pay it. So, YES, they will raise prices because consumers are willing to pay more. Consumers will justify it as inflation, better parts, etc. I'd never pay full price for an iPhone -- always get on a carrier deal.
Yea only for pepple who only need less than 128. What % of people is that? I can still get away with lower usage
And to add to that. We arent even getting the best components as Apple quite often sticks to the same parts for a couple of years. For example with cameras Iphone pro would be due for update for each of the sensors.
Most annoying thing is they gouge you but if you try to resell later you might get 5 cents more for 2TB vs 256GB
Agree the only ones I get annoyed with and the price complainers who are pumping submit order in the same second they complain
I am not defending Apple, but they are improving the phone in other areas titanium, the radio, the cameras and the storage so if you want those things 100 bucks doesn’t seem too outrageous. I have the 13 Pro Max 512 and will be waiting to buy a 15 promax when they become available used.
Can we really blame them? All other things equal, customers are always going to want more stuff for less money, but you don’t run a successful business by giving your customers everything they want. It’s a surefire recipe for disaster.
You know, “carrier deal” for me means that I pay at least full price - but in installments - AND I’m locked to that carrier for the duration of the contract, usually 2 years. It’s not really a good deal.
The cost of the credit I get, which is quite small at current interest rates, is easily beaten by shopping around a year later for a better monthly deal, which is what I do every year. And the reason I can do that is because I buy my phones outright and I’m completely free to jump carrier* whenever a better deal presents itself.
(*) Or even switch contract with the same carrier. They often have promos “for new customers only” that you never get if you’re locked into an existing contract, but you can easily strong-arm them to sign you up, if you’re floating on a 30-day cancellable deal.
As many have said, storage prices have gone down, so Apple is benefiting from increased margin. However, there could be other hardware improvements that rationalize the entry price increase. The fact a higher percentage of customers are opting for the pro vs. vanilla iPhone only helps Apple's argument.
Do you get added value in goods and services you purchase daily when faced with a price increase due to inflation?
Do you believe that Apple, as a business with 160,000+ employees worldwide, and loads of indirect overhead costs, is somehow immune from inflation?
Or maybe just stick with the "regular" model instead of the "pro" version?
They said "return it" after a year of use. Isn't that a form of recycling? And Do you think Apple will throw out? No, Apple will re-sell it to users that don't need the latest and greatest.
Agreed, in the "expansionistic" economic model that our system still uses, when you've saturated a market with little room for adopter growth, the only way to show growth is to up the price. Just wish a more sustainable model would come about so we and our children have something left.
Given the price of everything else I'm shocked the price on an I-anything isn't going up far faster...
iPhones are like vehicles barely any changes per year for instance the Toyota Camry still looks the same since 2018
Such high profit margin may seem to be unsustainable, but the entire objective of wall street is forcing companies to maintain unlimited growth indefinitely, through whatever means possible. Until we as a race completely and utterly wiped out, demand for unlimited growth will always exist.
Yeah Apple certainly can keep selling their more and more lacklustre iPhone iPad and whatnot and maintain 100% growth YOY indefinitely. Isn’t that what Wall Street wants anyways?
lol, besides the siliciconchip/A chip apple hardware is worser than low spect other phones. Almost every other phone is better hardware wise unlike the chip. And the OS. That’s apple’s main thing. Imagine them screwing that up, they’d be gone lol.
or just pay for the phone and it’s yours? Apple relies heavily on poor people using their phones. Majority of users wouldn’t be able to afford it if there wasn’t a payment plan of carrier plan lol.
Well corporate greed is a magical formfactor in this.