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I'm not 100% sure that being wealthier explains it all. Over the past 15 years I've owned Android and iOS/iPadOS devices and I've spent a lot more in the Apple

I'm not 100% sure that being wealthier explains it all. Over the past 15 years I've owned Android and iOS/iPadOS devices and I've spent a lot more in the Apple App store. During that whole time I've also owned a Windows computer and I've spent even less in the Microsoft app store. I'm not sure I've ever spent a dime on Linux (other than ordering some distros on CD before I had a good internet connection). > It’s remarkable that they can release a phone for $1600.00 (pro max with 1TB storage) and sell millions of them every year. It's not that remarkable. I keep my phone 3 years so it works out to a little more than $1 / day factoring in trade-in or resale at the end of that time. A lot of people can afford that.

chii 3y ago
> It's not that remarkable. it's actually quite remarkable that apple's phone _can_ be made with the level of component quality, at this price point. Similar feature phones from other manufacturers are just not quite on the same level of quality, even at a higher price point. You might even consider it as "cheap" (for what you get). This is actually why i think apple has such a hold on their marketshare. It's not just lockin on the ecosystem.
ta8903 3y ago
1$/day is kinda insane if you put it that way. It's equivalent to a $30 subscription, sure, some people would gladly pay that much, but for most of the population in first world countries it's untenable, let alone the rest of the world. And you got this value after accounting for resale. I did a similar calculation for my current phone and it came out to be $12 per month if I keep it for 4 years, which I thought to be too high.
- dfadsadsf 3y ago
  Considering de facto almost $20 minimum wage in US, $1 is like 3 minutes of work - hardly unaffordable considering average person spends 3-4 hours/day on the phone.
  - rubyfan 3y ago
    $20 doesn’t seem accurate. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage_in_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage_in_the_United_S...

chii 3y ago

> It's not that remarkable. it's actually quite remarkable that apple's phone _can_ be made with the level of component quality, at this price point. Similar feature phones from other manufacturers are just not quite on the same level of quality, even at a higher price point. You might even consider it as "cheap" (for what you get). This is actually why i think apple has such a hold on their marketshare. It's not just lockin on the ecosystem.

ta8903 3y ago

1$/day is kinda insane if you put it that way. It's equivalent to a $30 subscription, sure, some people would gladly pay that much, but for most of the population in first world countries it's untenable, let alone the rest of the world. And you got this value after accounting for resale. I did a similar calculation for my current phone and it came out to be $12 per month if I keep it for 4 years, which I thought to be too high.

dfadsadsf 3y ago
Considering de facto almost $20 minimum wage in US, $1 is like 3 minutes of work - hardly unaffordable considering average person spends 3-4 hours/day on the phone.
- rubyfan 3y ago
  $20 doesn’t seem accurate. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage_in_the_United_States https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_wage_in_the_United_S...