Anyone who is earning around $1,000 a month in wages cannot afford the iPhone X. (Fullstop)
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iPhone X This is how I justify paying $1250 for the iPhone X
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Anyone who is earning around $1,000 a month in wages cannot afford the iPhone X. (Fullstop)
So in other words you're buying it to try to impress people
That's a pretty bad reason but whatever you like I guess
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Really? Do you have verified data to back up this claim?
Because I know many people including myself who think otherwise.
The only way I can justify the price this time is by buying it from my carrier. That way it’s a monthly payment rather than a one off payment and it doesn’t seem as steep.
iphone x features do not justify $1000. One of the reasons why I sold my X is because I felt as though the phone had nothing special that other smartphones didn't have. I felt like I wasted my money ($1190) on the X. Small screen and face ID was an annoyance. With touch ID it worked 99% of the time. With face ID it worked about 80% of the time.
I sold it and got a note 8 and still had $100 left over from the sale of my X.
I didn't pay over a grand to have to enter my pin to unlock my phone.
I sold it and got a note 8 and still had $100 left over from the sale of my X.
I didn't pay over a grand to have to enter my pin to unlock my phone.
So in other words you're buying it to try to impress people
That's a pretty bad reason but whatever you like I guess
Ummm, mate, you don’t have a sense of humor do you? Read it again and circle back with me. Then maybe we can even have a laugh together, or not
Justification:
I work hard, take care of all my bills and responsibilities and have money left over to buy whatever the heck I want, despite what anyone online thinks of the price
I work hard, take care of all my bills and responsibilities and have money left over to buy whatever the heck I want, despite what anyone online thinks of the price
Justification:
I work hard, take care of all my bills and responsibilities and have money left over to buy whatever the heck I want, despite what anyone online thinks of the price
Yep, same here. Sometimes you just have to treat yourself
Yes. After spending the best part of 5 hours wrapping all my son’s Christmas presents I decided that I needed a treat too!Yep, same here. Sometimes you just have to treat yourself
I look at from the market perspective. What is the value of those features in 2017. Samsung sadly lowered the value on a hardware comparison. Starting with Samsungs note 8 (being fare) let's compare 64gb to 64gb
New design/ smaller/ easier to hold: $nil they should do this periodically
Full screen/ brighter sharper screen: $-100 smaller screen
Better battery: $nil
Wireless charging/ faster with usb C: $-30 charger not included
More powerful: $100 compared to the Samsung it's worth more
Better rear and front cameras: $nil depends on preference about even
Waterproof: $Nil all new flagships have this
Brand new+ warranty: $200 what is updates. Haha.
Louder stereo speakers: $25
I would say hardware comparison the iPhone X is at least worth more then it's overpriced direct competition. (As if that means much) not going to go into the subjective argument of software. Hardware can be a little objective.)
It's why they own an X
The ones that did not like it would have remained on current unit or bought the 8
The X can't be justified. You want it and you're willing to part with that much green to get it.
I could probably do everything I need my iPhone to do with a 5s on iOS 10.3.3, but I don't want to use one even if it's $1K cheaper.
[EDIT TO ADD - I liked my iPhone 5, but I justified getting the 5s for the fingerprint sensor. I justified getting the 6+ for the bigger screen. I can't justify why I got the 6s+ when I was happy with the 6+. I justify getting the 7+ for the water resistance. But I love the 7+ and can't justify my purchase of the X. Now that I have the X, I know that I like face ID more because of how it seamlessly signs me into websites and my 3rd party apps without having to click to log in, but that wasn't why I bought it as I didn't even know that was a thing in the beginning.]
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And this is likely the Logic by many consumers. And rightfully so, because A thousand dollar iPhone plus tax, not including any accessories is fairly expensive. And the majority don't want to put forth that much money especially given during the holiday season. So a payment plan is much more reasonable for somebody in that situation, unless they have the funds to pay in full . Especially given the costs of what smart phones are today, I also don't see consumers upgrading on an annual basis because of the rising cost of phones.
I bought my last two phones form Apple direct and paid in full upfront (7 plus, 6S plus). However whilst I had the funds to do it this time I just thought it was extortionate, especially in comparison to competing products. Although I’ve tried the note 8 and it wasn’t for me, the tech in the note and the iPhone X is comparable. Then I had to factor in the fact that I’d most likely want the new iPhone next year and the year after. Am I willing to spend £1,000 every year on a phone?
So I tried the note 8, it wasn’t for me. Then I thought ok, what I’ll do is pay off my note 8 at my carrier because it doesn’t make sense to be paying for a phone every month you don’t even have. So I paid off the note 8 and bought the iPhone X from my carrier. Even doing that still worked out cheaper than buying the iPhone X upfront. I’m now on a yearly upgrade programme with my carrier so I can get the next iPhone each year. That makes more economical sense to me.