I am not sure what exactly the relationship between carriers and Apple requires, but I am sure Apple is not giving away iPhones to carriers dirt cheap just so they can sell lots of devices. If a carrier offers a good deal on an older model then I am sure they at least still break even, after all, I doubt carriers make the majority of their revenue on selling hardware, they do so on the monthly payment they get for the plan users have and if in the process of selling a user a new device they can entice said user to opt into a plan which offers 5G and more data for an extra $10/months and that plan is now in place for 2 years then the carrier just made an extra $240. I have a retail business myself and there is a cost to inventory you have sitting around; ideally everything should constantly turn over but of course that is not the case so therefore retailers put stuff on sale. I just had a customer ask me for a particular type of reloading bullets (for making ammunition) and when I looked it up I noticed we had 2 boxes, but the price seemed very low especially considering how expensive especially ammunition has become in the last 2 years. In many cases my cost is we had them for almost 7 years, apparently not a very popular caliber and bullet for reloading. Normally most items go on sale if they haven't sold after 6 to 8 month with a few exceptions when items don't change and they might be more niche products customer may expect us to have but maybe they are not necessarily something we sell more than once a year. Of course with electronics this is yet again different because often there will be new models once a year which is why the big retailers like Best Buy and so on have such frequent and aggressive sales.
Apparently my frustration with Telus will end somewhat well, the lady I spoke with on Tuesday did indeed get back to me and said they were able to find one more 13 Pro 256 Gb in Silver and I told her that would be fine, I wasn't very particular about the colour. I won't have the phone for Christmas, but most likely my wife will prefer the Sierra Blue so I'll give her that phone as my Christmas present along with the Belkin 3-in-1 MagSafe charging dock and I'll have to wait a few more day s for my iPhone 13 Pro to arrive. The fact is that we are only paying $455 Canadian over 2 years for this phone which Telus lists for $1,583.00 as the full price. That is a few bucks high since currently an iPhone 14 Pro 256 Gb at Apple costs $1,549 Canadian, but still, if I were to pay monthly Apple shows the price as $64.54 over 2 years. We are paying $18.96 a months for the iPhone 13 Pro 256 Gb and if we want to keep it at the end we would have to buy it out for $390 which if I break that up over 2 years would be another $16.25 a months, so in total the phone would cost us $845 or $35.21 a months. I expect I will get $400 Canadian for my iPhone 11 and I should get $550 or $500 for my wife's iPhone 11 Pro so together this will cover the total of what we have to pay over the 2 years. When this time is up in December of 2024 we can either pay the $390 to buy out the phone or give them back to Telus and get new phones for whatever deal is being offered at the time. I expect I'll buy them out and then sell them since I assume we will get more than $390 if we sell them in 2 years, but I'll see what the market is like and then decide. One thing I do know is that most likely we will upgrade again in 2 years, but again most likely not to the latest iPhone 16 which will be out at that time, but most likely we'll then buy an iPhone 15 Pro which by then will be a year old and once should get a decent deal just as we did now for last year's iPhone 13 Pro and also 2 years ago we got very good deals on our iPhone 11 and 11 Pro which at that point was also last year's model. With phones being as advanced as they are now it would need a really significant jump with the iPhone 16 for me to want to buy it. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Kelly Pierce Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2022 11:05 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Mark and iPhone 14 Pro Max, Together at Last Sieghard, For a cell phone carrier to have a relationship with Apple, such as selling their phones and having their frequencies supported by iPhones, the carrier is obligated to sell a certain amount of Apple hardware devices. Apple does not want cash from these companies but product sales so services can be sold to device owners. If cell phone companies are not meeting their quota, then they deeply discount phones to maintain their relationship with Apple. Remember, criminals will kill a victim to have an iPhone to sell. The iPhone 13 would be called a 12S in a previous era. Apple had little ability to innovate with employees working from home and the world shut down for Covid. This is why Apple increased the based storage of the lineup so it would be more attractive to consumers. I loved this change and bought a 512 GB iPhone 13 Mini. Many consumers are realizing they can get the same performance on the 13 lineup as they can with the regular 14. Apple wants to blow these phones out their sales channel, leaving only 14’s. the big surprise this year was the popularity of the 14 Pros. People were willing to pay a lot more for the advanced features. The camera on the 14 Pro now blows Samsung Galaxy out of the water for the first time in many years. I believe interest in Pro models will accelerate next year when Apple offers super-fast transfer speeds on the Pro while keeping the regular phones at USB 2.0, which was the technology of a decade ago. further, the four and three nanometer chips will enable advanced functionality not yet revealed while these chips will take a year or two for the regular models. Half of the value of iPhones is iOS. Developers stop supporting iOS versions about a year after Apple stops supporting them. Buying the latest model means someone will have the longest number of iOS updates possible, extending the useful like of the iPhone. In 2022, iOS updates ended for the iPhone 6s and 7 series, released in 2015 and 2016 respectively. This meant that Apple supported these devices for seven and six years from their release, the longest in the cell phone industry. True though significant depreciation occurs the first year after the initial release so last year’s models can be a good value while offering many years of iOS updates. If people allow companies to compete for their business and are willing to switch carriers, then they can get good deals on a new phone. This is added savings that lowers the price to make the latest model affordable. For some people, only certain networks are optimally available in their area so they can’t switch. Kelly On 12/22/22, Jennie Facer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Please tell me if you didn’t get the forward I just sent. > > Jenn > > Jenn and Kumi > >> On Dec 22, 2022, at 2:59 PM, M. Taylor <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello Jennie, >> >> I am so glad you are enjoying your 14. >> >> If it is not too much trouble, could you resend your post regarding >> the Dynamic Island? >> >> I remember Apple’s demonstration but have not or do not remember any >> comments on how it works with VoiceOver. >> >> If you do not have the time, I will search the archives. >> >> Mark >> >> >> From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf >> Of Jennie Facer >> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2022 5:42 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: Mark and iPhone 14 Pro Max, Together at Last >> >> I love my 14 pro max. I only have 128. GB but I also have iCloud >> Drive up to 2 TB so I feel comfortable with it. >> >> Dennis, I like the dynamic island which I posted about back a while >> ago. I also love the shutdown and startup sounds I get with it. The >> battery life is great. I can make my phone last 2 days before I >> really have to charge it. And, my Hable works well with it as well. >> >> Jen >> Jennie Facer >> >> >> On Dec 21, 2022, at 10:08 PM, Dennis Long >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> What are people's thoughts on the 14 pro max? How is the battery life? >> What do you like or not like about it? >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> On Behalf Of M. Taylor >> Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2022 8:12 PM >> To: mailto:[email protected] >> Cc: mailto:[email protected] >> Subject: Mark and iPhone 14 Pro Max, Together at Last >> >> Hello Everyone, >> >> As the subject line suggest, today, I purchased iPhone 14 Pro Max, 1 >> Terabyte. >> >> My friend was unable to purchase the Pro Max in Japan, without >> declaring a local wireless provider at the time of purchase. She >> actually went to three different Apple stores in three different >> areas of the country but, given her time constraints, it just didn't >> make sense to go forward with the purchase. >> >> So, I finally decided to drink the proverbial Kool-Aid and purchase a >> model from a local store. The challenge was finding a local Apple >> store that had my preferred model in stock. >> >> I also purchased Apple Care Plus with Theft Protection. I had never >> heard of this theft protection ad-on until the sales person informed >> me of its existence. >> >> The salesperson at Apple was more than eager to configure the phone >> for use with my wireless provider but, believe it or not, I was not >> quite ready for that, just yet. 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