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  • iPhone 15 Price Shock

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Mon Aug 28 06:03:22 2023
    If Digitimes is correct, the iPhone 15 range will be priced like this:

    iPhone 15: starting from $799
    iPhone 15 Plus: starting from $899
    iPhone 15 Pro: starting from $1,099
    iPhone 15 Pro Max: starting from $1,299
    ...
    ...
    As always, Buyers will deliver their verdict with their credit cards.

    https://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonkelly/2023/08/27/apple-iphone-15-pro-max-price-cost-new-iphone-release/?sh=317cdb62584a

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Mon Aug 28 19:36:12 2023
    On Mon, 28 Aug 2023 06:03:22 -0500
    JAB <here@is.invalid> wrote:

    If Digitimes is correct, the iPhone 15 range will be priced like this:

    iPhone 15: starting from $799
    iPhone 15 Plus: starting from $899
    iPhone 15 Pro: starting from $1,099
    iPhone 15 Pro Max: starting from $1,299

    Not me, man. I'm hanging on until they release the
    iPhone 15 Pro Max Ultra Mega Hyper Infinity Funloop Douchebag Edition
    ($88,399 retail price). Then I'll show it off to those 15 Pro Max
    users, I mean losers, and be all "get yerself a better phone, losers!"

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Mon Aug 28 19:49:11 2023
    On Mon, 28 Aug 2023 19:36:12 -0400, Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com>
    wrote:

    iPhone 15: starting from $799

    Not me, man.

    I do like that satellite text SOS function, but I suspect a smal
    chance I'd use it.

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  • From D P Ingram@21:1/5 to Retrograde on Thu Aug 31 15:41:45 2023
    On 29. Aug 2023 at 2.36.12 EEST, "Retrograde" <fungus@amongus.com> wrote:

    If Digitimes is correct, the iPhone 15 range will be priced like this:

    iPhone 15: starting from $799
    iPhone 15 Plus: starting from $899
    iPhone 15 Pro: starting from $1,099
    iPhone 15 Pro Max: starting from $1,299

    Recession, what recession? I get that today's mobile phones are a massive difference compared to those from the stone age, but paying 1-2k for one just grates. It doesn't help [especially if you are in the Mac ecosystem] that they still feel better in terms of OS than Android [warning for flames..].

    I am holding on to my iPhone 8 as it does all what I personally need, but for others it would be a heap of bleep compared to the latest shiny shiny.

    But as Apple wants to make the iPhone 8 obsolete by its own design...


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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 31 12:04:25 2023
    On Thu, 31 Aug 2023 15:41:45 -0000 (UTC), D P Ingram <di@invalid.fi>
    wrote:

    I am holding on to my iPhone 8

    And, how many others?

    "The iPhone 8 and 8 Plus were discontinued as of February 2020, having
    sold 86.3 million units worldwide, making them one of the best-selling smartphones of all time"

    But as Apple wants to make the iPhone 8 obsolete by its own design...

    "They initially shipped with iOS 11 and supported up to iOS 16, and
    they will not support iOS 17."

    Android Smartphones can have a shorter OS life span...

    Recession, what recession?

    Apple assumes there are still low lying fruit at there who will snatch
    up higher priced iPhones.

    I can't find the stats on buying new smartphones via Cash or "Credit."
    I suspect most consumers ain't got the cash to buy a new Smartphone,
    and then they pay more being locked in, and having to buy insurance.

    So, if the Smartphone "fish" don't bite, Apple will lower their prices
    if inventory hasn't moved fast enough.

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to D P Ingram on Thu Aug 31 13:26:17 2023
    On Thu, 31 Aug 2023 15:41:45 -0000 (UTC)
    D P Ingram <di@invalid.fi> wrote:

    Recession, what recession? I get that today's mobile phones are a massive difference compared to those from the stone age, but paying 1-2k for one just grates. It doesn't help [especially if you are in the Mac ecosystem] that they
    still feel better in terms of OS than Android [warning for flames..].

    I carry a $120 Android bought on Ebay, a generation old. You know what else feels better? All the extra money still in my pocket. I'm sure the iphone is amazing, but ...

    I take pics; they take pics.
    I send text msgs, they send text msgs
    I use apps; they use the same apps
    I have calendar and email and browser; so do they
    I have $1000+ cash left over ... {crickets}

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 31 14:50:57 2023
    On Thu, 31 Aug 2023 13:26:17 -0400, Retrograde <fungus@amongus.com>
    wrote:
    Android....generation old.

    Wi-Fi calling....maybe

    I have $1000+ cash left over ... {crickets}

    Maybe not Band n71 (600 MHz) [T-Mobile] iPhone 11 and higher has it.

    Anyone using a carrier is paying too much, and MVNOs can save lots.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Wed Sep 13 21:23:30 2023
    But the complaints may be starting. Apple has now suffered three
    consecutive quarters of declining revenues and made $6 billion less
    from iPhone sales over the first nine months of the current fiscal
    year than it did the year before. There is no panic because smartphone
    sales are down across the board, but the risks are mounting.

    https://www.lightreading.com/5g-and-beyond/storm-over-lightning-shows-apple-inventiveness-died-with-jobs/a/d-id/786480?

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  • From Michael Trew@21:1/5 to JAB on Sat Sep 16 23:34:59 2023
    On 9/13/2023 10:23 PM, JAB wrote:
    But the complaints may be starting. Apple has now suffered three
    consecutive quarters of declining revenues and made $6 billion less
    from iPhone sales over the first nine months of the current fiscal
    year than it did the year before. There is no panic because smartphone
    sales are down across the board, but the risks are mounting.

    When they hardly have $35 into third-world child labor and parts, I
    can't feel badly for the companies selling $1k+ devices. "Let them eat
    cake".

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