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Apple To Drop iPhone XR Price in Japan Amid Weak Sales (wsj.com)
A month after Apple's new iPhone XR release, the company is set to discount the device in Japan, The Wall Street Journal reports. From the report: Less than a month after releasing the iPhone XR, Apple is moving to offer subsidies to mobile-network operators in Japan to shore up sales of its least expensive new smartphone, people familiar with the matter said. The de facto discount of the handset, coupled with cuts in production plans, are a sign of limited enthusiasm among consumers for the model, which has fewer features than Apple's other two new releases and costs more than still-popular older models like the iPhone 8.
Effectively I can't do any more with an iPhone XS or XR that I could do with an iPhone 6.
It reminds me of what the Windows ecosystem used to do 20 years ago, advertising better specs, not better utility. Looks like Apple is finally too fat and stuck on the innovation train.
Even 469$USD, especially for a used phone, is too much.
For the same reason some folks do the following: -
1: fly Business Class for three times the Economy Class ticket price
2: Have mansions as homes yet obviously do not use all the space
3: Drive Lexus, Mercedes or Lamborghinis, yet a Renault or Chevy could be just as effective
4: Are willing to spend up to US$5,000 on a dinner plate with the likes of the Clintons etc...
Need more?
Not really. It's substantially faster than this (and probably next) year's crop of fastest Android devices, has better apps, and will receive updates for many years.