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Everyone keeps mentioning that iPhones get more expensive, but when you look at it (inflation adjusted), that’s not really true.[0] Apple is still charging abou

Everyone keeps mentioning that iPhones get more expensive, but when you look at it (inflation adjusted), that’s not really true.[0] Apple is still charging about $700 (inflation adjusted) for a phone just as they did when it was first released. The only outliers are the SE, X, and Xs. The only reason phones seemed cheaper is because AT&T would subsidize your brand new iPhone 3G so you only paid a few hundred, not the full price. [0]: http://static.digg.com/images/a24b0086e42c464fabd1652cf01f8a41_a868a93a0a1b42d59ca22ac8c70db67f_1_post.png http://static.digg.com/images/a24b0086e42c464fabd1652cf01f8a...

dragonwriter 8y ago
> Everyone keeps mentioning that iPhones get more expensive, but when you look at it (inflation adjusted), that’s not really true.[ But your own source shows it's really true, and that the current cheaper, sub-flagship iPhone model (XR) is more expensive than the flagship models of previous generations up through the 5 and 5S, even adjusted for inflation, and that the only non-increases for the top-of-line flagship from one year to the next have been a few of the S models where the price dropped very slightly from the prior-year non-S equivalent.
- colejohnson66 8y ago
  True. But my point was that their phones don’t go up in price like people think. Yes, if you compare $499 for a bottom tier 4GB iPhone 2G to $1449 for a top of the line 512GB iPhone XS Max, they’re more expensive. But the cost for the base model has hovered around the $700 mark when adjusted (save for the few outliers such as the 2G, SE, X, and XS)
  - dragonwriter 8y ago
    > But the cost for the base model If you mean the model with the number but no other modifier except sometimes “S”, that's true up through the iPhone 8, but that “base model” isn't the same place in the lineup in different generations. That model is the only (and thus flagship) model prior through the 5, but the bottom of the line for the 6 through 8 (well, middle of the road for the 7 generation, since that's when the SE came out as a bargain basement offering.) And for the X (same year as 8) and XS, it's just not even approximately true anymore.
- scarface74 8y ago
  But the thing is, not only is the 7/7 Plus ($475/$575) faster then most modern Android phones, even the discontinued 6s line is faster than all but the most expensive A droid phones as of last year - and they will still probably be supported longer then new Android phones.

dragonwriter 8y ago

> Everyone keeps mentioning that iPhones get more expensive, but when you look at it (inflation adjusted), that’s not really true.[ But your own source shows it's really true, and that the current cheaper, sub-flagship iPhone model (XR) is more expensive than the flagship models of previous generations up through the 5 and 5S, even adjusted for inflation, and that the only non-increases for the top-of-line flagship from one year to the next have been a few of the S models where the price dropped very slightly from the prior-year non-S equivalent.

colejohnson66 8y ago
True. But my point was that their phones don’t go up in price like people think. Yes, if you compare $499 for a bottom tier 4GB iPhone 2G to $1449 for a top of the line 512GB iPhone XS Max, they’re more expensive. But the cost for the base model has hovered around the $700 mark when adjusted (save for the few outliers such as the 2G, SE, X, and XS)
- dragonwriter 8y ago
  > But the cost for the base model If you mean the model with the number but no other modifier except sometimes “S”, that's true up through the iPhone 8, but that “base model” isn't the same place in the lineup in different generations. That model is the only (and thus flagship) model prior through the 5, but the bottom of the line for the 6 through 8 (well, middle of the road for the 7 generation, since that's when the SE came out as a bargain basement offering.) And for the X (same year as 8) and XS, it's just not even approximately true anymore.
scarface74 8y ago
But the thing is, not only is the 7/7 Plus ($475/$575) faster then most modern Android phones, even the discontinued 6s line is faster than all but the most expensive A droid phones as of last year - and they will still probably be supported longer then new Android phones.