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iPhone Duo and iPhone 18 Pro – Not Justifiable

1•wwolfson97•43m ago
My bad for a second post in a row about AAPL, because I do truly like the company but is anyone tired of the 18th iPhone, were essentially just being sold a software update every year, in this economy is the upsell of a new phone every year really justified. Also the Duo is $2k....

Back to my last post, I miss tactile buttons. Feeling this way about majority of the technology these days.

Comments

m348e912•40m ago
Nothing super compelling about the iPhone 18 from my perspective aside from being 20-50% faster. Unless Apple pulls "battery gate" again, I am happy to stay put.
johng•40m ago
I have an iPhone Air, which starts at $1099. The Duo has 3 screens, I can understand that price increase. I don't think the price is that unreasonable, especially with memory and cpu prices shooting up since I purchased the iPhone Air. I am disappointed that it doesn't have Face ID though.
minimaxir•38m ago
> in this economy is the upsell of a new phone every year really justified

iPhones are luxury goods (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxury_goods), not essential goods that need to "justify" a price increase.

iPhone Duo will sell out within an hour even at $2k.

al_borland•35m ago
You don’t need to upgrade every year, they are simply available. The yearly upgrade rarely makes sense, as things don’t change much year to year. However, when you are ready for something new, it’s nice that a recent phone it’s available and you aren’t having to buy something that came out 4 years ago. Also, over time, those yearly updates stack to turn into a pretty meaningful improvement over time.
lukeify•24m ago
> You don’t need to upgrade every year, they are simply available.

Not only that, in the last half-decade or so I've actually started viewing updates as a chore, not an upgrade.

I couldn't imagine wanting to upgrade phones annually anymore. You have to order the phone, receive it, transfer and set it up, there's potentially SIM card changes (although I'm now on eSIM), and then dispose/sell of your old phone (where did I put the box, how much am I going to sell it for, etc).

wwolfson97•3m ago
I agree, i dont need to upgrade, hence why its not justifiable. Also buying refurb on Back Market etc., and doing a BYOD Plan its cheaper too

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