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Originally Posted by ken0042
The attraction would be to keep with the times; instead of holding onto a business model that worked 5 years ago. As I said earlier, if I was in the market for a phone today it likely wouldn't be another iPhone. I don't think I'm alone. So very quickly we could go from being a 3 iPhone household to zero.
The pricing is outdated. Would you spend the same on an LCD TV today as 5 years ago? What about a laptop? Sure, the new version would be ahead of the old one in many different resects. But generally the price for electronics comes down over time. So rather than staying ahead of things, they are looking like they will wait to see if the market will flop on them.
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New tech always comes in at a higher price point. You're literally talking about changing a product rollout strategy that has been in place for hundreds of years, through every successful company. Ever.
Sony's 85" 4K TV? 10,000+
Samsung S4? 649
iPhone 5s? 719
Sony 1080p 55"? 1300
Samsung S3? 500
iPhone 5C? 549
iPhone 4S? 450
So what is your point? Apple should price match the Google Nexus line that exists to give developers a cheap option to test their android apps on? They cant find a big enough venue to hold WWDC, so I doubt they're worried about attracting more developers (nevermind the massive gap in profitability between the two ecosystems). I also would imagine Google is under a lot of pressure from hardware makers to raise the price of the next Nexus phone. We'll find out soon.
What's lost on a lot of people here as well is that the average consumer (ie. No one here) looks at the contract price for the phone... And when they see they can get a brand new iPhone for $99, it's going to be attractive.