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Original iPhone was 599, an expensive phone at the time. Today 599 isn’t considered that expensive for a smartphone. The price doesn’t have to come down as 3.5
by bushbaba 3y ago
Original iPhone was 599, an expensive phone at the time. Today 599 isn’t considered that expensive for a smartphone.
The price doesn’t have to come down as 3.5k is the modern day equivalent to the price of a laptop 10-20 years ago.
- pzo 3y agoPrice still has to go down to be mass adopted. Apple sell just ~25 million mac per year and probably most of them are just cheaper macbook air with price below $1.5. Even though their current macbooks are great and people see the value of having a laptop, it's a mature market but Apple still has only like 10% market share. People wallet and their salary is not out of rubber - there is limit how much they can stretch their budget.
- spaceman_2020 3y agoThe tech will be back-engineered once the first VisionPro is out. It took Android smartphones a few years too before they were competent with Apple. Today, the best Androids are almost as good, if not better. There will be multiple VisionPro competitors within half a decade and they’ll all compete on price and focus on mass adoption - just as it happens with phones and laptops.