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They are making money from the ecosystem of developers & content separately. Why should it be counted in the price of the phone? Secondly, I didn't discount the
by enscr 12y ago
They are making money from the ecosystem of developers & content separately. Why should it be counted in the price of the phone? Secondly, I didn't discount the quality/design from the phone price.
Apple doesn't just overcharge for additional flash, they overcharge at every possible item in your phone. Example : $30 cables/connectors/chargers. On top of that, they sell you last years model at a premium too. Up until a few months, they were selling iPad 2 at some ridiculous price. The BOM cost goes down significantly with new rev of components coming out, be it the camera module, the previous generation app processor, the foundry charges, the low res LCD,...
- Turing_Machine 12y ago"Example : $30 cables/connectors/chargers." When it comes to chargers, you really do get what you pay for. See: http://www.righto.com/2012/10/a-dozen-usb-chargers-in-lab-apple-is.html http://www.righto.com/2012/10/a-dozen-usb-chargers-in-lab-ap... Note that the HP Touchpad charger is rated slightly higher than Apple's charger, but it's not cheap either. Right now Amazon lists the HP charger for $17.99 and the Apple 12w iPad charger for $19.00. Not much difference in price. The $2.00 chargers are gambling with your device (and maybe even your life).
- enscr 12y agoI knew someone was going to post that link. There's no price justification in that link other than saying $2 chargers are bad & so are $19 ones. So, does that mean $30 is the price point. Ofcourse not. You are missing the point. I'm not saying $2 chargers are the right price. I'm saying, Apple overprices everything, include headphone cables, phone cases and what not. Their retail price is BOM + Retail_Markup + R&D + Apple_Markup. That last component is what I'm talking about.
- Turing_Machine 12y agoI provided evidence. You provided none other than your opinion. Kindly provide a link to a charger of comparable quality to Apple's that costs significantly less than the $19 you can buy one for on Amazon.
- enscr 12y agoThe link that you posted is an excellent comparison BUT no evidence that "$30" is the right price point for a good charger. The iPhone charger has poor rating on current sag. The ipad charger has poor rating on voltage sag.
- hatbert 12y agoActually, the Apple chargers in that link displayed the expected behavior for the USB 2.0 "extended power" (can't think of the actual title) specification. The author has a fancy oscilloscope, but that doesn't mean he/she knows everything.
- Turing_Machine 12y agoI'm not the one making the claim that $30 is "overpriced". You are.
- erikpukinskis 12y agoHere's one for $11:http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0073FE1F0/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=1400553538&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40 http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0073FE1F0/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=... Its the first result on Amazon when you search for "USB charger"
- ghshephard 12y agoI was just trying to point out, that if you purchased an iphone for the hardware only that it was (for the basic iphone) only about 16% more than a fair price of what you would normally expect from another vendor. And, a lot of people purchase iPhones because they like the genius bar, design, access to new applications which are likely to come , etc.. No arguments from me on the overpriced accessories from Apple though.