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yup on “iphone 9” naming [0]. it just makes a lot of sense based on its positioning as the iphone 8 successor (rather than SE 2). apple really doesn’t want to
by clairity 7y ago
yup on “iphone 9” naming [0]. it just makes a lot of sense based on its positioning as the iphone 8 successor (rather than SE 2).
apple really doesn’t want to walk itself back on pricing, so this is its strategy to maintain premium market position while acquiescing to all of us who’ve so far balked at paying $1k+ for a phone. premium brands often end up going downmarket in search of revenue growth as the premium segment saturates. it doesn’t always go well (brand deterioration—>loss of pricing power) but apple has been relatively successful in other product categories (e.g., laptops).
[0] said as much here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21244783 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21244783