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Other Would you buy the 2018 iPhone X Plus if it cost $1500?
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Definitely going to buy 4 out right at release. Price isn’t an issue but want the latest and greatest.
I bought my iPhone X 64 GB for around USD 1370 plus an additional USD 200 for AC+ and at least another USD 400+ on cases, tempered glass, charging case, wireless charger, etc. Bringing the total cost of purchase in excess of USD 2000. My iPhone 7 128 GB fetched me barely over USD 450 on the other hand.
The iPhone X 256 GB already costs over USD 1500 in India without any of the above.
And incomes on an average are much lower in India, yet, the iPhone X does sell. There is no doubt that an iPhone X+ 256 GB priced around USD 1500 pre tax would still sell over 10's of millions of pieces in USA and globally.
However, Apple doesn't want to sell just a few 10's of millions of pieces. So they won't price it that high.
The base model (64/128 GB) pretax in USA will probably be USD 999. If heavens fall then up to USD 1199-1299 for the base model but that's nearly impossible in the current scenario unless the tariffs have changed everything.
And I won't upgrade in 2018. Nor do I want to buy an iPhone bigger than the X. But if say 1-2 years down the line there are medium sized iPhones priced around USD 1500 in India that are compelling enough, there is a good chance I would just have to go for them.
The iPhone X 256 GB already costs over USD 1500 in India without any of the above.
And incomes on an average are much lower in India, yet, the iPhone X does sell. There is no doubt that an iPhone X+ 256 GB priced around USD 1500 pre tax would still sell over 10's of millions of pieces in USA and globally.
However, Apple doesn't want to sell just a few 10's of millions of pieces. So they won't price it that high.
The base model (64/128 GB) pretax in USA will probably be USD 999. If heavens fall then up to USD 1199-1299 for the base model but that's nearly impossible in the current scenario unless the tariffs have changed everything.
And I won't upgrade in 2018. Nor do I want to buy an iPhone bigger than the X. But if say 1-2 years down the line there are medium sized iPhones priced around USD 1500 in India that are compelling enough, there is a good chance I would just have to go for them.
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If $1150 should be the max as you’re suggesting, why are you asking a question someone would consider purchasing a $1500 iPhone?
And no, the iPhone X will not surge that high for a phone in 2018, its not even logical given Apple will likely reduce the current price range for iPhones with the 6.1 starting around $700, the 5.8 X at $799.00 and 6.5 X at $999.00 for base storages.
$1500.00 Will appeal to a very small demographic who are extreme to have any specific phone they want. The majority consumers have no interest in paying anything for tech for smart phones for that exorbitant of a price.
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Considering I feel $999 and $1149 is already too much, no I wouldn’t pay $1500. I used to upgrade every year at around $700 but with the release of the X it allowed me to “wake up” and see just how much I was spending on phones. I’ll keep my current iPhone (7+) until it no longer works or I feel the desire to switch devices. I’m also now more interested in looking outside Apple if I deem another device will work better for me.
From a work perspective I’d rather put more money into a better desk setup and from an entertainment perspective I’d rather put more money into a better tv. The days of me spending more on a phone are over.
From a work perspective I’d rather put more money into a better desk setup and from an entertainment perspective I’d rather put more money into a better tv. The days of me spending more on a phone are over.
What I spent on the iPhone X is probably the most I will ever spend on a phone. I still think that it’s the best phone I’ve ever had, but the price was astronomical.
We will pay what they ask or pass.
Everyone has a choice!
Everyone has a choice!
Not spending $1000+ on a phone. I’m still rocking my 6S+. I just want a better camera to keep up with my husband’s Pixel 2!
The 256 GB version of iPhone X already costs almost $1500 in Europe. Even the base model is close to $1200. That to me is totally absurd for a phone. I really hope they push the price of the non-Plus model down in the fall with the new models. They certainly haven't made any value propositions that to me justify the cost.
Exactly. This is why I will keep the X for at least 2 years before I consider upgrading.
Nope. The only reason I got the iPhone X was because I discovered that I could still sign up for a two year contract with my carrier through the Apple Store app. I paid $599 for my iPhone X.
You left out the minor detail of monthly payments for two years...
USD 600 includes the monthly payments.
Don’t include your talk time and data because you would pay for that anyway.
I would, but I decided I would buy the new iPhone this yearb regardless.
It would need to do more for them to be able to ask for 50% more cash. If it does, I'm ok with it. Selling the iPhone is really easy every year and amounts to a fairly low upgrade cost for me. Sold my 6S for CAD $800 and picked up the 7 for $1100 or so with tax, sold my 7 Plus for $680 and bought an 8 Plus for $750 recently...
[doublepost=1530116825][/doublepost]$600 is his upfront cost, and he has to go on a contract. That monthly price he pays is inflated to include the price of the phone distributed over a 24 month period, plus a little extra for the fat men at the top. So it's not $600 total, it's actually even more than the $1000 unlocked price.
[doublepost=1530116825][/doublepost]$600 is his upfront cost, and he has to go on a contract. That monthly price he pays is inflated to include the price of the phone distributed over a 24 month period, plus a little extra for the fat men at the top. So it's not $600 total, it's actually even more than the $1000 unlocked price.
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There are plenty of people, many on this forum, that will buy whatever phone Apple produces at whatever price and then self justify the decision
No.
AT&T had a deal.
30 months x USD 20 per month
0 upfront
Buy one get one free if you add a new line.
This is true. Tech forms are never usually indicative of real world experience of what the average consumer will spend on the latest products. On here, you will have those will literally take off work to order the iPhone and stay up all night to pre-order, where the average consumer may not care as much in the sense of “They get the phone when they receive it.” , There is nothing wrong with any of that, but there way more fanatics an Apple related website then those who do not pay attention or care as much about the latest iPhone. For some, they will spend whatever Apple decides to market the iPhone, others (Average consumer) might be more conservative if they decide they ‘want’ something with the iPhone X price tag.
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Even wealth is not necessarily a garuntee of spending as I know quite a few extremely wealthy people still using iPhone 6/6Ss some even on 5S (older people) as they don’t see much of a need to upgrade. The smart phone market is getting saturated with people keeping phones for much longer from some articles I have seen. $1,500 seems way to high considering these days even low/mid range chipset based devices are capable of most of the stuff people want from their devices with decent cameras as well. The feature/performance/quality gap between high end to mid range has fallen significantly over the past decade. I highly doubt Apple will increase prices even for the top end this year, of course I could be proven wrong.
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That’s what they say about many camera updates. Every Christmas I’ve made a calendar of all my families dogs. From the 3G to the 8+, you can clearly see a difference at every phone upgrade (except for the year I went with the HTC one, pictures were too bad to make one). They’ve gone from barely passable but a cute gesture to professional looking calendars.
But no I wouldn’t pay that for one. I thought the X was too expensive for what it offered, which is why I went to the 8+ from the 7+. Most likely ill choose the cheapest phone that features camera upgrades.
T-Mobile at least has 0 interest 24 month payment for phones since at least 2014, so pretty much just the normal retail device cost, pretty sure ATT and others started doing the same.
T-Mobile had a hidden online deal where you buy 2 iPhones 7/+,8/+,X from Costco or Apple store and they give you a $700 VISA card after you submit the receipts to T-Mobile worked for me, even though I had pretty cheap grandfathered plan. I ended up getting 2 8+ 256GB phones (Sim Free/Qualcomm). Deals like that will help push more devices in an increasingly saturated market.
T-Mobile had a hidden online deal where you buy 2 iPhones 7/+,8/+,X from Costco or Apple store and they give you a $700 VISA card after you submit the receipts to T-Mobile worked for me, even though I had pretty cheap grandfathered plan. I ended up getting 2 8+ 256GB phones (Sim Free/Qualcomm). Deals like that will help push more devices in an increasingly saturated market.
I live in Philly and TMo is pretty good. But the problem is it isn’t so good when I travel to more rural spots outside the city.
Hopefully 600Mhz solves the rural coverage issue as they bought a ton of spectrum and are quickly deploying it with some areas having 600Mhz up already, ironically won’t help iPhone users as we don’t have support for TMO’s 600Mhz band. Probably will in this year’s model. Sprint merger might also boost rural coverage though I can imagine prices will rise.