This would be a very bad mistake by Apple. With the higher price people are having to pay for everything else they buy, it is difficulty not the time for Apple to have a price increase. Unlike most other products, the cost of the iPhone is set by how many Apple thinks it can charge. Pushing up at this point is not in Apple’s interest.
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iPhone 15 Pro Models Expected to Be $100 to $200 More Expensive
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The iPhone X released in 2017 (with 64GB of base storage) at $999 which is over $1,200 in today's dollars. $1,099 for 256GB seems reasonable.
I mostly agree with you, but it's not like the iPhone 15 Pro is an essential product, you should not buy a brand new iPhone if your budget is tight anyway. People who really need an iPhone can buy used/refurbished/previous models for much cheaper.
The Pro lineup always was branded as a luxury product. So in a sense it doesn't matter how much Apple charges for it, as long as they keep more affordable options
256GB is small and very cheap in this day and age, increasing the price by $100 for even this reason is a bloody joke.
I just don’t see much of a reason to upgrade from my 12PM.
Maybe when Apple gets under screen Face ID going I’ll upgrade.
Maybe when Apple gets under screen Face ID going I’ll upgrade.
Unless they also increase the price of the 256GB to $1,199. That would feel like a $200 increase over the current base 128GB 14 Pro, but actually be only a $100 increase.
Don’t expect too much moaning. Europeans in general tend to be more price conscious than Americans and tend to moan more when it comes to prices for tech. Americans moan more about other things such as the price of fuel, food, etc. Those who do moan a lot also tend to stick to Android phones.
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The chart below gives you a nice comparison of the iPhone price history. 📊
While phones back then may have been cheaper than today's IPhones, the inflation adjusted cost of cell phone plans could be a lot more in the 1990s. Around 25 years ago, a VoiceStream (became T-Mobile in 2001) plan with 400 minutes was $40/month and long distance was extra. Adjusting for inflation, that’s around $75/month in today’s dollars which is $900/year. You can get a 500 minutes talk (and unlimited text) plan with long distance from Tello (on T-Mobile network) for $7/month or $84/year. That's $816 (adjusting for inflation) less per year.
The potential "savings" on cell phone plans can go towards more expensive and MUCH more capable phones. Today's smartphones give you many features you would've had to pay extra for with a separate device in the 1990s including still camera, video camera, calculator, GPS device, music player, radio, video player, stopwatch/timer, tape recorder, alarm clock, flashlight, compass, measuring tape, game console, pedometer, and more
If all someone really wants is a feature phone or "dumbphone", Nokia and others still sell them but you can't compare those phones (and the 1990s phones) to the extensive features and capabilities of today's smartphones. It's like night and day.
Of course its not worth to upgrade from a 12, nor even an 11. You can notice a little upgrade in cameras and screen but you won't do anything different on your day to day. I mean, it's time to jump into something different.
Just check it out the new tech concept of Hu.ma.ne company. Something different and new.
Here in Sweden the increase between 13 and 14 was equivalent to 250usd, don't know if I'll buy with another similar increase.
For the majority of customers, 256GB is more than enough. We need to remember that us here are in the minority.
It's kind of nice being an iPhone Mini customer
No new Mini models = no worries about the constant price jacking
No new Mini models = no worries about the constant price jacking
Yeah, I upgrade every 4 years, so why not?
both apple and samsung r badly failing google pixel on the camera and even sony DSLR might be google's main target
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That last bit is the great "catch" to keep fueling inflation forever: "it's only a couple dollars difference in their phone plan:"
- 2023: $1200 phone paid over only 24 months = $50/month
- 2033: $2400 phone paid over only 48 months = $50/month
- 2043: $3600 phone paid over only 72 months = $50/month
Finance is a deceptive player in really fueling inflation. If you can make the crowd not think about the total price but only the monthly payment, you can easily elongate the time to work the payment into a perceptive "affordable" zone. At one time, consumer finance was mostly the domain of bigger tickets like homes and cars. Now it helps "us" rationalize the prices of phones, appliances, furniture, musical instruments, sets of tires, dental service, exercise bikes, etc. How long until we're putting a single dinner on 90 days same as cash? A pair of shoes?
2063: phone is $7999 payable over only 120 months for $67/month... or only a little more than it cost in 2062 and only $13/month more than it cost way back in 2023. But then again, one is paying $8K for a telephone... and will still be paying it off about 3 years after it has been vintaged.
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Or a $3 trillion company trying to roll on to $4T and $5T from mostly the same pool of buyers with the same product mix.
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$100 eh. Bragging rights to have the best iPhone for those who don’t make use of its features is getting expensive, but well worth it. 🤑
No surprise here, glad my 12 PM is still going strong. Will hold off buying a new iphone until next year or even the year after.
Remember US prices are without sales tax (typically 8% or so depending on the state and county you live in, 8.25% where I live). The UK charges very high VAT rates (I think it is 20% currently) which are included in the price, which accounts for some, but not all, of the difference.
These price increases seem small year on year, but over time they build up and, to me, they are now horrific. I suppose one should monitor the prices against inflation and typical average salaries to see if they seem reasonable. But, and I have said this else where, once you have added AppleCare and Sales Tax you are talking the better part of $2k for the higher end smart phones. I am not sure they add enough value to my life to justify that cost. My phone is heavily used but when I compare my 11 Pro Max and 14 Pro Max utility I am not sure the price differences are justified. And I do have a choice. Just stop buying them and this is what I have decided to do.
A generic improvement in appearance and the addition of USB C etc. (I know better cameras etc., but I already have cameras that are way better than anything these phones can produce if I want high resolution pictures using 500 mm lenses etc.). As I have already said many times, I will take a much lighter phone with better battery life with the current performance or less, rather than some over featured phone with x hundred megapixels weighing like a small nuclear device in my pocket with a battery life of 12 hours if you are lucky. The current phones are so heavy that using them against your ear is too much and you are almost compelled to buy AirPods so you do not have to hold the thing against your head for a 30 minute conversation. Rant over.
A generic improvement in appearance and the addition of USB C etc. (I know better cameras etc., but I already have cameras that are way better than anything these phones can produce if I want high resolution pictures using 500 mm lenses etc.). As I have already said many times, I will take a much lighter phone with better battery life with the current performance or less, rather than some over featured phone with x hundred megapixels weighing like a small nuclear device in my pocket with a battery life of 12 hours if you are lucky. The current phones are so heavy that using them against your ear is too much and you are almost compelled to buy AirPods so you do not have to hold the thing against your head for a 30 minute conversation. Rant over.
That’s a bit like that scene in National lampoon’s animal house where the Kevin Bacon character is initiated by being made to bend over in his underwear and then whacked on the backside by a plank, after which he must proclaim “thank you sir! May I have another?”
If we get another price increase in the UK, I’m tapping out after 16 years.
£150 increase last year for a useless island.
we’ll see. Hopefully just the US catching up to the rest of us on increases.
£150 increase last year for a useless island.
we’ll see. Hopefully just the US catching up to the rest of us on increases.