I have to believe that that time will come. Sure, there are a bunch of silicon valley geeks with money to burn, but that isn't the reality for most of us. And frankly, even if I had that kind of money, I would object to spending a thousand dollars a year for a phone, that's ridiculous! I used to upgrade every year. But when you spend $1000 for a phone, you want to at least get a couple of years out of it. I'm sitting out the phone upgrade this year, and maybe next year too. I doubt I'm the only iPhone X owner who's doing that. So sure, they get more money per phone, but it kind of balances out if people who used to upgrade yearly suddenly start upgrading every other year, or in my case, maybe every third year. And yeah, I'm super excited about the new watch, but I'll do the same thing I did with my series 1, use it until I can't any more. Cheers, Donna
> On Sep 27, 2018, at 5:31 AM, lenron brown <[email protected]> wrote: > > At least you are not one of these people Simon defending the hell out > of apple just because you use apple products. I use a couple myself > don't mean I think they are the best at everything including pricing. > In some ways they really rip you off and they know it. I mean the big > shock to me was when those computer prices jumped a year or two ago as > much as they did. With phones apple really don't care as much > especially in places where they know most will go lease the latest > device anyways. When they Realize enough is enough they will cut back. > > On 9/27/18, Simon Fogarty <[email protected]> wrote: >> There are a number of things I could say here >> >> And one of them is, >> Bunch of money hungry scumbags. >> >> This is a device priced at 2600 nz dollars for me. >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On >> Behalf Of M. Taylor >> Sent: Wednesday, 26 September 2018 4:20 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: iPhone XS Max Tear-Down and Parts Cost Estimate, Business Insider >> >> The $1249 iPhone XS Max is made out of only $443 worth of parts By Reuters >> . Apple's new iPhone XS Max has about $443 worth of parts, according >> to a new analysis. >> . The device that was torn down was the 256GB model, which retails for >> $1249. >> . Apple CEO Tim Cook has previously said he's never seen a teardown >> estimate that's "even close to accurate." >> . Still, it's clear Apple likes to make a healthy margin on its >> iPhones. >> Apple shaved some parts from the display in its largest new iPhone, helping >> keep costs under control in what has become the priciest component of its >> phones in recent years, according to a new cost analysis of the device. >> TechInsights, an Ottawa, Ontario-based firm which rips open phones to >> analyze their contents and estimate the cost of the parts inside, said on >> Tuesday that the iPhone Xs Max with 256 gigabytes of storage capacity >> contains about $443 in parts and assembly costs, compared with $395.44 for >> the 64-gigabyte version of last year's iPhone X. >> Apple released a trio of new phones earlier this month, including an update >> on last year's iPhone X, called the iPhone Xs, that starts at $999, and the >> budget-minded iPhone Xr that starts at $749. But it was the iPhone Xs Max - >> with a 6.5-inch display that uses so-called OLED technology for richer >> colors - that pushed new pricing boundaries, starting at $1,099. >> In its cost analysis released on Tuesday, TechInsights found that the single >> priciest part in the iPhone Xs Max - the display - cost $80.50, compared >> with $77.27 for last year's iPhone X, which featured a smaller 5.8-inch >> screen. The relatively small increase in cost despite the larger screen size >> was because Apple appeared to have removed some components related to its >> so-called 3D Touch system, which makes apps respond differently depending on >> how hard users press the screen. >> "All told, what they took out adds up to about $10, so this $80 estimate >> would have been about $90," Al Cowsky, who oversees cost analysis at >> TechInsights, told Reuters in an interview. "They had a trade-off in cost." >> >> An Apple spokeswoman did not respond to a request for comment about the >> study. >> But Bob O'Donnell of TECHnalysis Research said Apple likely made the right >> decision to focus on ensuring it could deliver a larger-screened model this >> year economically. >> "For a certain group of people, the whole thing is about the screen. It's >> driving the whole experience and it's what is making people excited about >> using the phone," O'Donnell said. >> Other costs that increased were the phone's processor and modem chips, >> primarily because the chips used newer chip-making techniques from Intel and >> Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd to boost their performance while >> taking up the same space. The 256-gigabyte iPhone Xs Max TechInsights >> analyzed sells for $1,249 in the United States. >> >> Original Article at: >> https://www.businessinsider.com/iphone-xs-max-teardown-and-parts-cost-estima >> te-2018-9 >> >> -- >> The following information is important for all members of the Mac >> Visionaries list. >> >> If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if >> you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or >> moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. >> >> Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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You can reach mark at: >> [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at >> [email protected] >> >> The archives for this list can be searched at: >> http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > -- > Lenron Brown > Cell: 985-271-2832 > Skype: ron.brown762 > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. 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