Cost of New IPhone
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Gerald Levy
Remember how everyone was hoping that the price of an IPhone would
eventually come down as manufacturing costs were reduced by economies of
scale? Well, guess what? Just the opposite is happening. Apple
announced the much anticipated IPhone 8 today, and it willsell for $799.
And the new IPhone X, which features facial recognition will sell for a
ridiculous $999. But hey,all the Apple lovers on this list are probably
just licking their chops to get their hands on one of them, even though they may
have to go on a macaroni and cheese diet to afford one.
Gerald
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Carlos
When are you going to get it through your head
that many people, blind or otherwise, are not paying for the full
price of an iPhone out of pocket? No matter how many times it has
been explained, you keep harping on this point. Most people get an iPhone
the same way they get any other expensive smart phone, as part of a contract or
deal with the cell provider. Not that I'm an Apple fan myself,
but it makes no sense to stubbornly cling to a misconception which has
been explained over and over.
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Rob Hudson <rob_hudson_3182@...>
Carlos <carlos1106@gmx.com> wrote:
Most people get an iPhone the same way they get any other expensive smart phone, as part of a contract or deal with the cell provider.Yeah but then you get gouged with interest and other surcharges, which makes the phone more expensive over the term of the contract lol. So it's probably cheaper relatively speaking to just plunk down your credit card and go on that canned tuna diet.
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Carlos
Not necessarily, because many cell providers will also allow you to trade in your outdated model for a significantly discounted price as newer models are released.
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From: "Rob Hudson" <rob_hudson_3182@gmx.com> To: <main@TechTalk.groups.io> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 5:01 PM Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Cost of New IPhone Carlos <carlos1106@gmx.com> wrote: Most people get an iPhone the same way they get any other expensive smart phone, as part of a contract or deal with the cell provider.Yeah but then you get gouged with interest and other surcharges, which makes the phone more expensive over the term of the contract lol. So it's probably cheaper relatively speaking to just plunk down your credit card and go on that canned tuna diet.
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Rob Hudson <rob_hudson_3182@...>
Carlos <carlos1106@gmx.com> wrote:
Not necessarily, because many cell providers will also allow you to trade in What happens to those old phones anyway. I always wondered that.
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Cristóbal
They start at $699.00 actually. Back in the day the 16 GB model cost you $650.00 but now for $50 more, you can get 64 GB which used to be the max size and for $100 more, you can get four times the storage. Not to mention all the extra technology that is now included with these models. So yeah, try again.
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io [mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io] On Behalf Of Gerald Levy
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 1:46 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: [TechTalk] Cost of New IPhone
Remember how everyone was hoping that the price of an IPhone would eventually come down as manufacturing costs were reduced by economies of scale? Well, guess what? Just the opposite is happening. Apple announced the much anticipated IPhone 8 today, and it willsell for $799. And the new IPhone X, which features facial recognition will sell for a ridiculous $999. But hey,all the Apple lovers on this list are probably just licking their chops to get their hands on one of them, even though they may have to go on a macaroni and cheese diet to afford one.
Gerald
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Cristóbal
Secondary market baby. Overseas or resold as refurbs or in bulk to corporate
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or the government.
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From: main@TechTalk.groups.io [mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io] On Behalf Of Rob Hudson Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 2:07 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Cost of New IPhone Carlos <carlos1106@gmx.com> wrote: Not necessarily, because many cell providers will also allow you to What happens to those old phones anyway. I always wondered that.
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Jeffrey Schwartz
I’m only enthused with Apple re the price of their stock which my wife has in her IRA. I think that their products, save price, are good for the sighted. My brother who is a no b.s. IT guy who has a pc and an I phone which for him is a pc in his pocket. The new android phones seem as good to me, simply seeing friends use them Jeff
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io [mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io] On Behalf Of Carlos
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 4:58 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Cost of New IPhone
When are you going to get it through your head that many people, blind or otherwise, are not paying for the full price of an iPhone out of pocket? No matter how many times it has been explained, you keep harping on this point. Most people get an iPhone the same way they get any other expensive smart phone, as part of a contract or deal with the cell provider. Not that I'm an Apple fan myself, but it makes no sense to stubbornly cling to a misconception which has been explained over and over.
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Carlos
And the fact is that as with many expensive items, what is most cost effective is not necessarily most realistic. If you don't have $700 to spend out of pocket, then you don't have it. If you don't have $30000 to spend for that new car, then you pay it off over a period of time despite interest rates as most people do.
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From: "Rob Hudson" <rob_hudson_3182@gmx.com> To: <main@TechTalk.groups.io> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 5:01 PM Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Cost of New IPhone Carlos <carlos1106@gmx.com> wrote: Most people get an iPhone the same way they get any other expensive smart phone, as part of a contract or deal with the cell provider.Yeah but then you get gouged with interest and other surcharges, which makes the phone more expensive over the term of the contract lol. So it's probably cheaper relatively speaking to just plunk down your credit card and go on that canned tuna diet.
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Rob Hudson <rob_hudson_3182@...>
Carlos <carlos1106@gmx.com> wrote:
If you don't have $700 to Yes but a car and/or a house can appreciate in value. Phones are outdated in three years lol. Anyway I don't care one way or the other. This is just a fun discussion for me.
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Pamela Dominguez
Most people don't notice that, or they don't seem to care, as long as they don't see the price all at once. Pam.
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From: Rob Hudson Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 5:01 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Cost of New IPhone Carlos <carlos1106@gmx.com> wrote: Most people get an iPhone the same way they get any other expensive smart phone, as part of a contract or deal with the cell provider.Yeah but then you get gouged with interest and other surcharges, which makes the phone more expensive over the term of the contract lol. So it's probably cheaper relatively speaking to just plunk down your credit card and go on that canned tuna diet. --- This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. http://www.avg.com
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Cristóbal
Correction. Looks like the 256 model is $150 more. Either way, if you’re in for $700, then going the extra $150 for a much larger amount of storage is the more cost effective move. And again, beats the prices the 16 GB iPhones used to go for. They’ve in short lowered their prices, not by actually lowering the price, but scaling up what you get for the price points you’re used to paying by now.
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io [mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io] On Behalf Of Cristóbal
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 2:08 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Cost of New IPhone
They start at $699.00 actually. Back in the day the 16 GB model cost you $650.00 but now for $50 more, you can get 64 GB which used to be the max size and for $100 more, you can get four times the storage. Not to mention all the extra technology that is now included with these models. So yeah, try again.
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io [mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io] On Behalf Of Gerald Levy
Remember how everyone was hoping that the price of an IPhone would eventually come down as manufacturing costs were reduced by economies of scale? Well, guess what? Just the opposite is happening. Apple announced the much anticipated IPhone 8 today, and it willsell for $799. And the new IPhone X, which features facial recognition will sell for a ridiculous $999. But hey,all the Apple lovers on this list are probably just licking their chops to get their hands on one of them, even though they may have to go on a macaroni and cheese diet to afford one.
Gerald
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Carlos
Right, but that's when being able to trade them in for newer models at a discounted price comes in handy. I've seen my brother get a couple of Samsung Galaxies for $200. One for himself and one for his girlfriend who is on his plan.
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From: "Rob Hudson" <rob_hudson_3182@gmx.com> To: <main@TechTalk.groups.io> Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 5:13 PM Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Cost of New IPhone Carlos <carlos1106@gmx.com> wrote: If you don't have $700 to Yes but a car and/or a house can appreciate in value. Phones are outdated in three years lol. Anyway I don't care one way or the other. This is just a fun discussion for me.
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Rob Hudson <rob_hudson_3182@...>
Carlos <carlos1106@gmx.com> wrote:
I've seen my brother get a couple of That's the phone I have. Got it in 2015 and it still works great. I found a driver/assistant last week and she has an eyephone. I told her I would have to start burning sage every time she came over here because, until she showed up, nothing Apple has ever oozed into my house. My house will now need purifying.
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Jeffrey Schwartz
There are people on the net who buy them, do any repairs necessary and sell
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them to people looking for a bargain. If I were in the market for an Iphone, I would go to one of these sights and get the last version for a huge savings. Most of the Iphone imnprovements are bogus. We will have people standing in line to pay two hundred for facial recognition and more space which they will never use. Jeff
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From: main@TechTalk.groups.io [mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io] On Behalf Of Rob Hudson Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 5:07 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Cost of New IPhone Carlos <carlos1106@gmx.com> wrote: Not necessarily, because many cell providers will also allow you to What happens to those old phones anyway. I always wondered that.
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Lenron
you can't say they won't ever use that space. I have a 64 gb IPhone
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and I have ran out of space a couple times. Do you also forget some people take lots of pictures and 4K video is a thing as well. Not everyone wants to keep everything in the cloud. Also I see nothing wrong with face id, I am happy with using a device that has touch id for now but who knows I might not always feel this way.
On 9/12/17, Jeffrey Schwartz <jeffreyschwartz0238@comcast.net> wrote:
There are people on the net who buy them, do any repairs necessary and sell --
Lenron Brown Cell: 985-271-2832 Skype: ron.brown762
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Jeffrey Schwartz
You can store your pictures in the cloud for less than the extra space on an Iphone.
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From: main@TechTalk.groups.io [mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io] On Behalf Of Lenron Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 6:00 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Cost of New IPhone you can't say they won't ever use that space. I have a 64 gb IPhone and I have ran out of space a couple times. Do you also forget some people take lots of pictures and 4K video is a thing as well. Not everyone wants to keep everything in the cloud. Also I see nothing wrong with face id, I am happy with using a device that has touch id for now but who knows I might not always feel this way. On 9/12/17, Jeffrey Schwartz <jeffreyschwartz0238@comcast.net> wrote: There are people on the net who buy them, do any repairs necessary and -- Lenron Brown Cell: 985-271-2832 Skype: ron.brown762
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Lenron
Did you miss where I said if I wanted to record 4k video or any video
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really? Also a lot of the time you still pay for that cloud storage on a month to month bases. It's still nice to have options. Something that would have made the new release of the IPhone 10 even better, if they would have offered the airpods with it.
On 9/12/17, Jeffrey Schwartz <jeffreyschwartz0238@comcast.net> wrote:
You can store your pictures in the cloud for less than the extra space on an --
Lenron Brown Cell: 985-271-2832 Skype: ron.brown762
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Carolyn Arnold
They do offer good storage, and I think a good processor.
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They have good battery time too. I don't want one, because right now, for my needs, they are not suitable. Best from, Carolyn
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From: main@TechTalk.groups.io [mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io] On Behalf Of Cristóbal Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 5:19 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Cost of New IPhone Correction. Looks like the 256 model is $150 more. Either way, if you’re in for $700, then going the extra $150 for a much larger amount of storage is the more cost effective move. And again, beats the prices the 16 GB iPhones used to go for. They’ve in short lowered their prices, not by actually lowering the price, but scaling up what you get for the price points you’re used to paying by now. From: main@TechTalk.groups.io [mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io] On Behalf Of Cristóbal Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 2:08 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: Re: [TechTalk] Cost of New IPhone They start at $699.00 actually. Back in the day the 16 GB model cost you $650.00 but now for $50 more, you can get 64 GB which used to be the max size and for $100 more, you can get four times the storage. Not to mention all the extra technology that is now included with these models. So yeah, try again. From: main@TechTalk.groups.io <mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io> [mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io] On Behalf Of Gerald Levy Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 1:46 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io <mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io> Subject: [TechTalk] Cost of New IPhone Remember how everyone was hoping that the price of an IPhone would eventually come down as manufacturing costs were reduced by economies of scale? Well, guess what? Just the opposite is happening. Apple announced the much anticipated IPhone 8 today, and it willsell for $799. And the new IPhone X, which features facial recognition will sell for a ridiculous $999. But hey,all the Apple lovers on this list are probably just licking their chops to get their hands on one of them, even though they may have to go on a macaroni and cheese diet to afford one. Gerald
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Janet
Gerald, So Apple announced the much anticipated IPhone 8 today, and it willsell for $799. Not bad, as I paid that exact same amount back in 2014 for an iPhone 6! Aw yeah, this Apple lover is licking her chops all right! I’d love to get my hands on these new phones! T-Mobile has a great offer of $300 on a trade in, and free upgrade to a 256 bit. Aw you can sure bet I just might take them up on this! macaroni and cheese with fish for dinner tonight for me! Thank you for the idea! Janet
From: main@TechTalk.groups.io [mailto:main@TechTalk.groups.io]
On Behalf Of Gerald Levy
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2017 3:46 PM To: main@TechTalk.groups.io Subject: [TechTalk] Cost of New IPhone
Remember how everyone was hoping that the price of an IPhone would eventually come down as manufacturing costs were reduced by economies of scale? Well, guess what? Just the opposite is happening. Apple announced the much anticipated IPhone 8 today, and it willsell for $799. And the new IPhone X, which features facial recognition will sell for a ridiculous $999. But hey,all the Apple lovers on this list are probably just licking their chops to get their hands on one of them, even though they may have to go on a macaroni and cheese diet to afford one.
Gerald
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