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The price of their flagship is ever increasing though. Pointing out that their 'budget' model is now at the same price as their old flagships isn't really makin
by kennyadam 8y ago
The price of their flagship is ever increasing though. Pointing out that their 'budget' model is now at the same price as their old flagships isn't really making a good case for the affordability of iPhones.
- Retric 8y agoIncreasing the highest possible price is kind of meaningless. You can look at the most expensive iPhone and max out the memory on that to reach an even higher price. For a better comparison US inflation has been ~25% since the iPhone's so: The cheapest new iPhone is $449.99 which works out to 360$ in 2007 dollars. The cheapest original iPhone was $599 in 2007 dollars or the equivalent to ~750$ today, making them far more affordable. What really changed is cellphone companies stopped baking in heavy phones subsidies. Now you can still pay next to nothing at purchase, you just see a separate monthly fee on every cellphone bill.