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Okay, thanks. So in the end, when a consumer wants to replace his iphone 6s that is finally too much out of date he'll have to pay more than if everyone (him i
by johnchristopher 8y ago
Okay, thanks.
So in the end, when a consumer wants to replace his iphone 6s that is finally too much out of date he'll have to pay more than if everyone (him included) had bought the iphone that came after the iphone 6s, right ?
So basically selling a product that last too long is a problem for Apple (who has to report to shareholders why revenue is growing less than before) and the consumers (who pays basically more for the same since standard usage between an iphone6s and an iphone7/8 stays the same overall) ?
Apple can't take a drop in revenue growth to the benefit of consumers by selling the next crop of iphone at the same price. So they are condemned to get a more expensive (than the last one) premium iphone out or raise the prices across the line-up. And if I understand correctly they did both, correct ?
That would explain why it seems to me that apple products are getting more expensive and less of a commodity (which high volume would suggest).
- gbear605 8y agoThat all sounds about right.
- jimbokun 8y agoThe one thing I would add is that everyone on the planet has a smart phone now, more or less. So it's very difficult for Apple to find more customers (just Android switchers, mostly), so they raise prices for their existing customers instead.