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Why iPhone and Android Phone Prices Will Get Even Higher (cnet.com)
Critics scoffed Apple when the company priced the iPhone X at $1,000. But the way the market has responded to it, there is a good chance that the upcoming flagship smartphones from Apple and those of its rivals -- Samsung, Google, and HTC -- will be pricier. From a column: The critics were wrong. Apple CEO Tim Cook said in July that the iPhone X had outsold every other Apple device in each week since it went on sale Nov. 3, 2017. With strong iPhone X sales, Apple proved that mainstream buyers are willing to pay almost as much, if not more, for their cell phones as they would for a powerful laptop. And with rumors of an even pricier 2018 iPhone X Plus-style phone coming down the pike this September, Apple's moves to usher in the era of the $1,000 phone may just be getting underway. Apple isn't alone in boosting mobile phone prices ever higher. Creeping prices on high-end handsets from Samsung, Huawei and even "value" darling OnePlus signal that price hikes are here to stay. In just two years, the cost of Samsung's Galaxy phone for US buyers has spiked 15.1 percent from the Galaxy S7 in 2016 to this year's Galaxy S9, while the Huawei P series has climbed 33 percent since 2016 -- and that doesn't even account for the existence of a "Pro" model. [...] The trend of increasingly costly handsets in the top tier underscores the cell phone's importance as an everything-device for communication, work, photography and entertainment. And as processing power, camera technology, battery life and internet data speeds improve generation after generation, the value people attach to a phone is sure to swell.
Apple supports their phones and tablets for a lot more than 24 months.
As an example, iOS 12 will support the following:
iPhones
iPhone X
iPhone 8 Plus
iPhone 8
iPhone 7 Plus
iPhone 7
iPhone 6S
iPhone 6S Plus
iPhone 6
iPhone 6 Plus
iPhone SE
iPhone 5S (First released on 2013-09-20)
iPads
12.9-inch iPad Pro
10.5-inch iPad Pro
9.7-inch iPad Pro
iPad (fifth-gen)
iPad Air 2
iPad Air
iPad Mini 4
iPad Mini 3
iPad Mini 2 (First released on 2013-11-12)
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Apple can go ape themselves with faceid. It's a step back from touchid
Thank you for giving me the opportunity to educate others.
I find what you say to absolutely to be not the case, having had the iPhoneX since launch. How long have you owned or used a FaceID device? My guess is never.
In fact I was planning on buying a newer iPad, but held off my purchase until iPads include FaceID also, I like it so much more.
I find it VASTLY better than touchID. I like how it authenticates without thought, for many uses the device works just like the old days when people did not have passcodes, and of course FaceID is also much more secure than TouchID (by 20x or more).
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
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The problem with keeping an Apple phone or some another brands is that OS software updates seem to result in performance degradation, i.e., the hardware can't keep up with new "features" or increased complexity in OS updates. Phones from Google only guarantee OS updates for two years and security patches for three years. The phone makers see a cash cow as users need to update on a two or three year schedule. Those who can afford these schedules will pay the price. Those who can't will make use of much lower priced replacements.
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act. George Orwell
Walk into your phone center and tell them "I'm looking for the cheapest phone you've got".
I had to do this back in the Midwest in a town that my family was visiting for funeral preparation. Only Verizon worked there, and none of us had Verizon.
The lady at the counter pulls out an new in box Samsung they just got in, "on discount, I don't know why" . $30 out the door, pay as you go.
Functions perfectly acceptable.
At that price point, I don't care if I drop it in a toilet.