Paychecks, on average, absolutely have gone up. How much so and whether or not it's enough to cover various price increases varies.
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iPhone 15 Pro Models Again Rumored to See $100 Price Increase
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Paychecks, on average, absolutely have gone up. How much so and whether or not it's enough to cover various price increases varies.
Are people also this surprised when housing and food and car prices went/are continuing to climb??
Wake up people, it's a phone. It's not housing or food. Don't buy one if you can't stomach the $100 more. Your current phone will still make calls and surf the net
Wake up people, it's a phone. It's not housing or food. Don't buy one if you can't stomach the $100 more. Your current phone will still make calls and surf the net
Not sure what industry you are talking about. I net less than two years ago the raises received were completely absorbed by increases to insurance and taxes.
My friend and I were discussing how in both our industries the current strategy is get rid of the highest paid employees regardless of value to the company and simply don’t replace them let others absorb the workload. Doing the job of two or three former employees and no change to salary whatsoever. If the person is replaced they are low balled entry level and not qualified to do the job. My other favorite is just hiring contractors that could care less about the company and just want to drag everything out for that hourly bill. I spend more time babysitting than doing any work anymore. Doesn’t matter if it costs more less employees make the books look good.
20 years in my field and have a huge network. Folks try to recruit me all the time until they know my salary and then it becomes well we can’t pay that but the job will be easier (which is always a lie).
Far as I’m concerned prices are going up and companies are undercutting employees too. Meanwhile they are posting record profits.
Do more with less.
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But a HUGE upgrade for many others.
I'd think Apple has much more, and more relevant, data than I do, too, when they formulate their re-pricing?!
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I don't know why, I just feel so impatient when it comes to waiting for this iPhone event. I think I'm hyping it up in my mind too much!
If only someone ran a scorecard/rating report for all the 'leakers', and I mean a RIGOUROUS rating ..
Yep, in the UK median wages have grown 7.2% in the last 2 years which when adjusted for inflation, works out at 0.1%. Might get a few extra megabytes of data for that. No wonder spending on the whole is down.
"Corporate greed" is a useless term in this context. If you think a company is too greedy, buy your stuff from another. If you think they're all too greedy, move to a socialist or communist country and see how that works out for you. Corporations exist to make money, and cease to exist if they don't make money. Corporations are themselves a product, bought and sold by investors. If they perform poorly compared to their rivals, they will dwindle into nothing as investors pull out. It's not the company's fault for trying to make as much money as possible. In fact, it is their fiduciary duty. If you want to complain about the government failing to regulate monopolies or protect the safety of consumers enough, that's a conversation we can have.
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We’ll see on September 15. I bet the pro max will slip into October pretty quickly after pre-orders go live. I wouldn’t count on the others doing the same.
Just got a Moto 5G Stylus 2023 for $40 (which is insane @ SlickDeals.net) and it’s awesome. I’m losing interest in these $1000 devices. It also can do iMessage and FaceTime (coming this summer).
I have an iPhone 12, but I’d be hard pressed to come up with a compelling reason to spend $960 more than the Moto for a new iPhone.
I have an iPhone 12, but I’d be hard pressed to come up with a compelling reason to spend $960 more than the Moto for a new iPhone.
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First of all this comparison starts with the axiom that base model will have 256gb base
Secondly, assuming it's the case, it's normal to double storage for the same price from times to time, and not charge it on the customer LMAO, especially when it costs them 0.48c per nand
Going With this logic,it'd normal to pay a higher price for every new iteration, providen they bring something new, or just up standards to actual "standards"
Current iPhone 14 Pro Max price points in the UK:
128GB - £1199
256GB - £1309
512GB - £1529
1TB - £1749
£220 price jump each tier up from the 256GB. Totally ridiculous, pulling prices from thin air again when NVMe prices are dropping drastically.
1TB should be the base memory at £999 and that's for the Pro Max model.
128GB - £1199
256GB - £1309
512GB - £1529
1TB - £1749
£220 price jump each tier up from the 256GB. Totally ridiculous, pulling prices from thin air again when NVMe prices are dropping drastically.
1TB should be the base memory at £999 and that's for the Pro Max model.
The faux anger and not understanding inflationary pricing by apple fans is hilarious.
No one is forcing anyone to buy a newer phone when the one they use is likely perfectly fine. If it's too expensive don't buy it. A new iPhone isn't a human right
No one is forcing anyone to buy a newer phone when the one they use is likely perfectly fine. If it's too expensive don't buy it. A new iPhone isn't a human right
TSMC's 3nm chips will cost 25% more than 5nm chips, so assuming the A17 uses 3nm it will cost Apple 25% more to produce than the A16.
This is hardly new. Companies (and even the government) have been doing this for decades.
Long term employees expect more pay, more vacation time, use more sick leave, etc.
A similar phenomenon affects TV series and cinema: as a series/franchise moves onto the next season/release, the veteran actors expect an increase.
This is the way of life.
I was talking about an overall average, not any particular industry. Salaries/wages increased on average 4.7% over the past year. Of course, how a household's income increased compared to the increased expenditures and prices of goods and services will depend on income level, types of purchases, etc.