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New Apple Leak Confirms iPhone 15 Price Shock (www.forbes.com)

submitted 1 year ago by MicroWave to c/apple_enthusiast

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[–] RoyalEngineering 31 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

iPhone 15 Pro Max, 128GB — $1,299

iPhone 15 Pro Max, 256GB — $1,399

iPhone 15 Pro Max, 512GB — $1,599

iPhone 15 Pro Max, 1TB: — $1,799

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

These specific prices are based on a single rumor, and even that was only "up to" $200 increases. Even if this latest "confirmation" were accurate, it could easily be $50 increases. A month ago Apple released a major update to the Mac Studio but kept the price the same, unveiled the 15" MacBook Air at a reasonable price, and dropped the price of the 13" MacBook Air. That doesn't really sound like a company that's about to announce a ~15% price increase to their most popular product but rather one that's being quite sensitive to price pressure on buyers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would argue that because the iPhone is their most popular product, they will do it.

When they released the iPhone X back in 2017 at $999, people were outraged at the price increase for the average iPhone price, and yet we keep buying more expensive phones.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

When they released the iPhone X back in 2017 at $999, people were outraged at the price increase for the average iPhone price

I don't really remember it that way. It was explicitly presented as a bifurcation of the line. The iPhone 8 was the successor to the iPhone 7, with comparable pricing and the same year-over-year upgrades you'd expect. The iPhone X was positioned as a bleeding-edge offering for a price premium. Was there clickbait faux outrage and pearl-clutching at the price? Sure. Were actual customers outraged? No.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago

I miss the iphone mini

[–] dynamojoe 11 points 1 year ago

The redditization of Lemmy begins. Fuck Forbes and their clickbait shit.

[–] Chickenstalker 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Paying luxury prices for a commodity product.

[–] acunasdaddy 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

iPhone 15 will be the most expensive ever released

Isn’t every new iPhone model more expensive then the last? That statement is true for literally every iPhone. Obviously they are going to charge more with inflation and the need for profits. Shouldn’t be a surprise.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

The 14 series hasn’t increased their price from 13 series (at least in US).

[–] BitingChaos 3 points 1 year ago

I think the prices have been like this:

The iPhone 3G, 3GS, 4, 4S, 5, 5S, 6, 6S, and 7 were all $649.

iPhone 8 was $699 and iPhone X was $999.

The iPhone XS Max was $1099.

So the price was steady for quite a while.