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Not going to the mall to get a new phone while your current one works perfectly and less than a year old will be over 1000 cheaper 😅😅
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Other Pricing in Europe. Iphones didn't increase in the Us,but got painfully more expensive here [MERGED]
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Not going to the mall to get a new phone while your current one works perfectly and less than a year old will be over 1000 cheaper 😅😅
And is Apple supposed to swallow the taxes/VAT imposed by your country? Not defending Apple. iPhone is definitely overpriced and I would rather have it for cheaper. Just stating facts.
I am personally getting mine from the US to save. I don’t mind the lack of a SIM slot much. You can also do the same if you want to evade paying taxes in your country.
And when the Pound & Euro bounces back, do you think Apple will lower it's prices? knowing Apple, no chance.
I know I'm in the minority here but for me Apple is just another tech firm that sells over rated and over priced kit.
I know I'm in the minority here but for me Apple is just another tech firm that sells over rated and over priced kit.
My advice:
1. If you desperately needs a new iPhone, buy the 13. It’s the best value and 97% the same phone as the 14.
2. If your current iPhone is alright, wait a year as the big camera upgrade, always on display and Dynamic island will trickle down to the 15.
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Ah right, so when USD EUR ratio goes back to what it was, Apple will suddenly drop the prices by 200-300eur?
No. The dollar is actually weak due to inflation, its purchasing power is down overall. The only reason it’s perceived to be doing well is because it’s down less relative to the Euro and Pound. Inflation will continue to rise as we are pretty much beyond the point of no return, purchasing power will continue to drop therefore prices will continue to increase. There will be no price drops from Apple anytime soon because none of our governments are able to put a lid on inflation.
Europe has often been abused by companies in the past to compensate for the more competetive price tags in their "main markets" with higher prices for Europe.
Maybe Europeans are just more easily willing to spend more, i don't know
edit: that reminds me of a report i've seen a long time ago where they showed that it was significantly cheaper for a German to import a BMW, which was manufactured in Germany and then shipped to the U.S., than buying the same BMW from a local store which never left Germany.
Maybe Europeans are just more easily willing to spend more, i don't know
edit: that reminds me of a report i've seen a long time ago where they showed that it was significantly cheaper for a German to import a BMW, which was manufactured in Germany and then shipped to the U.S., than buying the same BMW from a local store which never left Germany.
Only 20 ½ years old if you take widespread usage into account.
According to a report in the front page today from Koh, Apple is actually going to increase the differences between the Pro and Standard models moving forward, so you can't say for certain those features will filter down.
The only reason Tax is now more is because Apple put the prices up, the percentage value of the tax has not increased.
So why do all of you keep buying this? Myself snagged an iPhone 13 mini at the old price just before the increase. Next time I will consider another brand…
I am stuck in the ecosystem and am pretty happy with it. But I admit that this year's pricing is a bit too much, even for me who was used to buy a new iPhone every year a few years ago. Still using my day one 11 Pro though.
Nope, wasn't suggesting that at all.
I was saying how the iPhone is more expensive to buy in Europe than the US.
Same here. I just ordered a 13 Mini to replace my 11 Pro Max that I have owned since launch day. It’s a good opportunity to own buy a Mini before it’s quietly discontinued.
There might never be another iPhone like it again.
Aren't you concerned with the mini's battery life?Same here. I just ordered a 13 Mini to replace my 11 Pro Max that I have owned since launch day. It’s a good opportunity to own buy a Mini before it’s quietly discontinued.
There might never be another iPhone like it again.
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Since 2 years ago I work from home. Therefore all say battery life isn’t critical. I also almost drive everywhere and have bought a 20Watt charger for the 12Volt socket in the car.
Thanks to fast charging it’s not a big deal to plug the phone in once a day for a quicky. At 10% charge, it will charge up to 50% quicker than I can make a quick meal.
Those currencies aren't bouncing back anytime soon lol. But completely agree - no chance.
People seem to quickly assume that Europeans forget (we don't) that US prices do not include tax, but what these same people seem to forget themselves is that European customers pay far more in taxes than their US counterparts. Indeed € is weaker against $ now, but the income of Europeans has not increased and this increase in prices will simply drop the sales in Europe. We have far more social costs every month that other countries do, and an increase like that is highly likely to price Apple out of the competition. Nowadays you see more and more of Android phones here and I know several people who simply switched from iPhone due to its price. Is Apple ready for this drop? Definitely, they can burn money and still be in profit. However, there is absolutely no need to find excuses of such increases as taxation here works on percentage of the initial cost, and if Apple has increased it, then the total will increase too.
I really wish I didn't love 120Hz as much as I do, this price hike wouldn't even be a predicament for me and I'd happily go for an iPhone 12 or 13.
Now it just feels like I'm being priced out of the actual product I want and am forced on settling for a secondary option.
Now it just feels like I'm being priced out of the actual product I want and am forced on settling for a secondary option.
The question is why Apple doesn't give you 120hz on a 1000€ iPhone 14
The battery is very good on 13 mini. Of course, it is not as good as on bigger phones, but it gets your through the day.