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They may be passing savings along by not raising prices more.
by newsclues 6y ago
They may be passing savings along by not raising prices more.
- saagarjha 6y agoThey're not.
- chrisseaton 6y agoThis is not an honest statement, unless you have access to their pricing and costs.
- saagarjha 6y agoI don't need to; they just pulled those accessories out of boxes they've been selling for years.
- chrisseaton 6y agoBut this new phone has different components. How do you know that the price of the phone without accessories is the same as before?
- kortilla 6y agoThey pulled it out of existing iPhone lineup.
- chrisseaton 6y agoAre their costs the same as they were when the phones were released?
- gnicholas 6y agoThis is the key fact. It demonstrates that they're not interested in passing along cost savings, even where they clearly exist. This isn't just about new phones, it affects the SE as well.
- chrisseaton 6y agoDid the cost to manufacture the SE stay the same?
- gnicholas 6y agoTypically the cost to manufacture goes down over time. You seem to be implying that it would have gone up. Is there a reason it would have?
- chrisseaton 6y agoSince neither of us know... let's not assume either way! Maybe it was sold at a loss before! Who knows.
- gnicholas 6y agoIf you're going to repeatedly insinuate in your comments to me and others that the price to manufacture could have gone up over time, you should have some theory to back it. It's not my job to disprove pure speculation, especially when it goes against the general and well-known trend that manufacturing yields go up over time, and this drives down cost.
- chrisseaton 6y ago> you should have some theory to back it You're the one claiming the contrary and accusing them of something based on it - you prove it if you want to accuse them of something!
- gnicholas 6y agoThey have removed two items from the box. That saves them money. The price is the same. That means that they are saving money, unless there is evidence that the cost of the phone manufacturing went up. You have provided zero evidence of this, even in the face of the well-known trend that manufacturing costs go down over time. Good day, friend. You can continue having this argument with other folks on the thread, but I'm signing off here.
- aardshark 6y agoThey didn't get to be one of the most profitable companies in the world by 'passing savings along to the customer'. It is more dishonest IMO to allow Apple's claims to go unchallenged, given what we know of their history.
- chrisseaton 6y ago> 'passing savings along to the customer' ... Apple's claims Have they claimed this?