Except the XR is inferior to the 8 Plus in many ways. An inferior display and no dual cameras and an inferior 3D Touch.
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Other Prices higher then expected? iPhone Xr, Xs, Xs Max [MERGED]
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It won't become slow and unusable, but if you aren't happy with the product, don't buy it. Just like every other product out there.
They cannot have record profits and lower demand. It's unfortunate but $1000 is mid range tier st this point. $1300 is a premium smartphone.
Huh? The note 9 128gb with expanded memory is $999. But your saying what exactly hope your not comparing because what I just gave you kills that point
I think the iPhone 8 will sell well just like the iPhone 7 did over the past 12 months. In some parts of Western Europe the 7 was the most popular upgrade due to its price and I don’t see the XR really altering that.
Thanks for pointing out about the display. Surprisingly, it is less than 1080p but the contrast and color accuracy are improved.
The iPhone Xs or Xs Max are still the clearly superior phones but I think the average consumer will be happy with the Xr since it includes most of the same functionality.
The global smartphone market has shrunk as widely reported. When you consider an iPhone was £600 in 2014 and in many cases it’s double that now, it’s not hard to see how the profits remain high with less demand.
I really don't believe that, nor do I think the evidence bears that out. iPhones sold for $499 (or $199 on contract) for years, despite added features. It wasn't until the $199 price point was gone that iPhones have gone up and up and up in price.
Carriers, especially carriers like Verizon, could have easily told Apple - "we will carry your phone at a $600 MSRP, not a penny more" and what would Apple have done? Sure, not sell on Verizon, which they did for a while until they couldn't ignore that market anymore and had to capitulate.
The display resolution is low. It has the same PPI as the smaller iPhone 8. The 8 Plus had a noticeably sharper display than the smaller 8. It also has a poor man's 3D Touch. There is no reason to get the XR over the 8 Plus unless you really want the new design or FaceID.
The problem about these prices is, that most people use their phones for longer time now and a flagship phone is no “must have” for these people. Means, the number of people who buy phones when these are brand new is getting smaller and smaller each year.
And these customers don’t look for flagships, so you can’t catch them with flagship pricing. I really don’t know why Apple still thinks a smartphone is something special, it’s just a thing, something you have anyways.
They don’t have anything new, just updates for what anybody already has in their pockets. They should focus on their cloud based services and security, the hardware must get cheaper to sell those.
And these customers don’t look for flagships, so you can’t catch them with flagship pricing. I really don’t know why Apple still thinks a smartphone is something special, it’s just a thing, something you have anyways.
They don’t have anything new, just updates for what anybody already has in their pockets. They should focus on their cloud based services and security, the hardware must get cheaper to sell those.
iPhone 8 Plus: 1080 x 1920 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~401 ppi density)
iPhone Xr: 828 x 1792 pixels, 19.5:9 ratio (~326 ppi density)
So it's lower resolution, same ppi as the iPhone 8 but at a much larger size. That said I think it's still a good enough resolution that you won't notice pixels. Remains to be seen how it performs otherwise.
I was just joking. The actual price of the procedure is $3200. The insurance paid $1700 and I am responsible for $500. Not a bad profit for a procedure that took 7 minutes.
Thank you. I just looked it up. You are right and DAM&^%.. I tried the 8 but could tell a difference in the video quality of the 8 and 8 Plus.
I'm sticking with my X another year. I would have upgraded if the price had dropped but NO...........
Hell, I don’t even like FID... so that nukes the Xr for me... even though it is named after my first ever dirt bike.
The iPhone 5 was $649 SIM-free. This new phone is $1099, assuming you're looking at the Xs Max.
The Xs Max is $200 cheaper than two iPhone 5's. Pretty close to me.
itsmilo's point stands.
If so many people are not ordering now, then for the first time, I might actually manage to order a phone for delivery on release day.
Agree.
I'm switching from a iPhone 6s (battery life is really bad on my 6s) to a iPhone 8 tomorrow. For my needs the iPhone 8 will be powerful enough. I get a better camera, faster performance, longer battery life and more. The performance differences are not really THAT huge and even 64GB will be enough storage for me. My big storage is my 8TB NAS so I don't need 256GB or even 512GB on a phone! 
I am expecting a $30-50 price hike every year from here on out.The prices have shifted to a higher plane. Get ready to pay even more next year
I do wonder though, if the iPhone is taking the space previously occupied by laptops etc., at some point the yearly refresh cycle will slow too, you'd think...