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Would You Buy the iPhone 8 If It Cost $1,200? (9to5mac.com)
As we near the launch of the next iPhone, rumors are swirling about what it may feature. One of the most recent reports comes from developer and blogger John Gruber, who claims the iPhone 8 will have a starting price of around $1200. 9to5Mac reports: He last week said that he believed that what we've been referring to as the iPhone 8 would be called the iPhone Pro and that he actually hoped it would be really expensive: "I hope the iPhone Pro starts at $1500 or higher. I'd like to see what Apple can do in a phone with a higher price." As you might imagine, that generated quite a bit of discussion. Gruber has backed down somewhat from this position, and is now suggesting a starting point of around $1200: "$1,500 as a starting price is probably way too high. But I think $1,200 is quite likely as the starting price, with the high-end model at $1,300 or $1,400." His argument is effectively that Apple is constrained in what it can do in a phone because any technology included in the phone has to be available in huge volumes. If it were willing to sell fewer at a higher price, then it would have more options. There has been speculation that Gruber may have been tipped by Apple, and using his posts to prepare the ground for what would otherwise be a severe case of sticker shock. But Gruber denied this. If Apple does launch the iPhone 8 with a 4-figure price tag, would you buy it?
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Is the summary correct, is he claiming that you can do "more" if you don't mass produce something??? If Apple wanted to add some more exotic technology, they could simply lower their industry leading profit margin and instead of selling a $220 device for $650 they could sell a $400-$500 device for $800 or something like that.
To answer the question, I only have an iPhone (6 Plus) because my work provides it for development and although I am free to use it as a personal phone, I prefer a $200 Xiaomi Mi5 as it can do so much more. And Android is by far not my ideal mobile OS either (I still miss my Maemo/Meego N9 - damn you Stephen Elop for burying it), but I still find an Android phone more useful than an iOS one, even if I get the latter for free. So, no, $1200 would make it even more unlikely for me to get an iPhone. Which is a shame, as the apps that exist for both iOS and Android are most of the time better on iOS (for rather obvious - to devs at least - reasons), but there are many things you simply cannot do.
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I wouldn't buy it for any price, really. It isn't the functionality or the hardware, but the fact that you are tied into only ever using Apple's app store etc etc - plus the fact that you have to actually BUY the development tools and learn yet another languages, when the Android comes without the same degree of tie-in, plus you can download the whole development kit for free and it is Java, a language that actually has applications outside the phone. In a way, it isn't the iPhone that I don't want, it is Apple.
Nobody has seen an iPhone 8. Nobody knows what it does. Therefore nobody knows what it would be worth.
Asking me if I would pay $1,200 for a phone, when I have never seen it, when I have never used it, when nobody can tell me what it does? That's a nonsense question.
A zero-port phone would be great. You could pretty much make it waterproof to as deep as the pressure that glass can handle.
My cellular phone has a charge that's measured in weeks, not hours. My cellular phone isn't a battery sucking brick that can't even have it's battery swapped. My cellular phone is for talking and on occasion texting. It was less than a hundred bucks and I spend very little on a monthly subscription. Your handheld computer (sold under the guise of being a telephone) may be "smart" but it makes fools of it's users.
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Products are not always about utility. That is why some people have Luxury Car while others have the basic cars. Some people like sport cars that can go real fast even though most roads cannot handle them. Some people will buy a watch for thousands of dollars, while it will work just as well as a cheapo one that you can get out of a vending machine.
Like it or not, status symbols have value in our culture. Even if you see someone with one and you think they are a pretentious snob, it means the status symbol is working. Because a truly ineffective status symbol is something that someone has and no one really cares or makes any judgement based on it. Say the brand of paperclips you use.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
You didn't go far enough. Get three rattle cans with different color primer and paint three body panels on your car. Preferably forward facing, make sure to pay attention to 'pre distressing' the front bumper cover.
People in fancy cars will _get_out_of_your_way_, the fancier the car, the faster they move to get out of your way.
If you do this, make absolutely sure you have insurance. The downside of having a car that looks uninsured: Cops are always running your plates for insurance...no problem though. I've been hooning in built beaters for decades without tickets (or accidents)...I can spot a cop at a half mile, by 3 inches of fender and bumper sticking past a wall. Plus CA, cops are way more relaxed, I adjust my driving when travelling, rental cars on suspended on mush anyhow.
Obnoxious cars are also better for getting people to pay the fuck attention to you. I'd guess that much of the 'aggressive driving' you see is just people with 'heads up asses' that noticed the bigger obstacle. They also notice the awful beater 'city car', 'cause they're afraid.
Of course none of this is 'a plan' if you're the kind of person who's gives one rip about how people you've never met before and will never meet again perceive your 'status'. Like the GP points out, apartment complex parking lots are full of brand new, high status cars. Chumps.
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