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$300 is not cheap for a lot of people. It is more than I've ever spent on a computer monitor, and I use those every day!
by seoaeu 6y ago
$300 is not cheap for a lot of people. It is more than I've ever spent on a computer monitor, and I use those every day!
- throwaway3699 6y agoPeople drop $1000 on smartphones all the time. It might be expensive, but it's not unobtanium anymore.
- jcelerier 6y ago> People drop $1000 on smartphones all the time. you live in a different universe
- forrestthewoods 6y agoAn iPhone 12 with bumped storage and sales tax is about $1000. Apple probably sells roughly 200 million phones a year that cost at least $800? I'm not sure how many premium smartphones Samsung sells these days. I'm not sure how you can consider that another universe? It's a pretty big market right here on planet Earth?
- jcelerier 6y ago??? but almost no one buys the iphone at their full price. e.g. here if I want an iphone 12, it'd cost me 249€ with a mobile plan (https://m.boutique.orange.fr/mobile/details/apple-iphone-12-5g-bleu-64go https://m.boutique.orange.fr/mobile/details/apple-iphone-12-...)
- throwaway3699 6y agoFWIW I think it is ludicrous too. I'm just saying how it is.
- throwaway34241 6y agoI don't think it's exactly expensive either, relative to other devices that have seen broad adoption. Computers, smart phones, TVs, (LCD/tube) monitors, tablets etc didn't reach that price point until they were in the market for quite a while. Sure it might need to be cheaper to be affordable to 100% of the world, but it's not even close to saturating the market in high income countries yet (or the market share of much more expensive devices). BTW the $300 device is not just a display, it includes a fairly high end smartphone chip in addition to a high res-screen, battery, lenses, controllers, 4 cameras etc. I wouldn't expect major cost reductions anytime soon.