The Cupertino-based company has never been known for offering its devices at low prices. In fact, every year with the excuse of currency changes, he always manages to raise the price of the new models that he launches on the market. The problem is that there will come a time when users will think twice when renewing the device every year or every two years and extend the period of use, mainly of the iPhone. Particularly since the launch of the iPhone 6 Plus, I decided to plant myself and renew the terminal at least every two years, since pI grab 1000 euros every year for a phone, it seems like a stupid thing, no matter where you look at it.
It seems that in Cupertino they are concerned about the low sales that their devices are suffering in the beginning of the year, where one of the most obvious reasons is the price of the terminals. The company is aware of this and seems to want to maintain or lower their price a bit. According to Digittimes, Apple is pushing suppliers to try to cut costs as much as possible so that the components they make are cheaper.
Among the suppliers most affected by this pressure we find Foxconn and Pegatron, but they are not the only ones, since other smaller providers are also under pressure by the company to try to reduce the manufacturing price of each component to the maximum.
Apple is expanding the range of providers looking for the one that offers the best quality at a more adjusted price. Let's hope that the company tries to reduce the price of its flagship product, the iPhone, trying to adjust the price of the components and not using cheaper components that in the short term, the only thing they will offer us will be operating problems in our devices.
Is Apple squeezing suppliers? I think that the solution is not that ... The solution is that they themselves tighten their pockets and a lot, that they are the richest on the planet, it is that my moral touches me a lot! How much does it cost to make an iPhone? 200 at most 300 $, I hope this year .. Keep the prices, why seen what I've seen .. It will be the same design with 3 more bullshit, if they raise the price .. Of course it is so that people stop buying iPhone, yes no .. The 8 will cost like a MacBook .. It is a very embarrassing! I just need to see the "iPhone pro" with the prices of the rumors and then yes yes, brand change.
Totally agree with José. I bought the first iPhone of 2007 in the USA at 400 USD and that was an advanced device. Since then it has not stopped rising in price until today 700 is the cheapest but they can cost up to 1000! Let's face it, it's the same as a really good notebook! I feel like companies take advantage of phones (Samsung has the same prices). Hopefully a race will start to lower prices since they are reaching values that will make us change our mobile phone every 2 or 3 years ...
Mmm…. Sirs!? I don't know about you, but the people I know do not change the iPhone until it dies from extreme deterioration, I give the example, I still use the iPhone 4 because I still do not see an iPhone that makes me think, for this price the quality and the services that it is worth buying, NO gentlemen, for years what you are saying people do not change every year, what I have to say, there are people who do it, but for me it is a stupid thing, keep in mind that a mobile already It is not a device that you buy, but unconsciously it is a necessary device in our daily daily lives, if it is missing we are almost forced to buy another (if we do not have money and we need another we are forced to buy one with characteristics that do not we are comfortable but surely they are better than the ones we had with the previous iPhone).
If I do this model, I don't like it (because it has to be love at first sight to pay € 1000) I am going to extend the life of my iPhone 4 one more year.
So there is a minority that change iPhones every year, as a general rule they change every 3 years minimum. If you have paid for it in 2013 € 768 (approx to say a figure) this would be that in 3 years you have amortized the equipment as if you had a rent of € 21,33 per month.
Looking at it this way, if they told you that if you want the phone you like, you would be willing to pay after 3 years, € 22 many would be willing, but if they were told that they had bought an iPhone 6S for € 960 (to say a figure) and that they are going to pay for another model this year, it means that they have paid € 80 per month that will only be lowered if it is possible to sell it second-hand and get some money back.
Now, I've been saving for 5 years to buy the next iPhone, but if I don't like it or the price goes up, I might buy the iPhone 6S, which will surely lower prices with a device that will last for another 4 or 5 years. Hahaha
Sailor fabric.
I don't know if it will be sooner rather than later, but no company has been at the top forever.
If I see that day, (I'm sure I will see it at this rate), I will not be happy. But finally I will make sure that those who run the companies are human and we already know that we humans sin.
It is incredible, will they have a very hard face?
But is that I hallucinate, how is it that you have to renew every year or every two years? Where is that written? Every day I use an iphone 3gs and a 4s both work perfect as the first day. Why the hell am I going to want to change them? Why change something that works? Design ? Don't bother me! If I bought them the 1st time it was precisely because I liked their design. In addition, there are covers, vinyls and cases a million times cheaper than changing your mobile for those who "worry" about design bullshit ...
My ipad mini 1gen I still use it almost daily, only in this case because of poorly programmed / designed websites or whatever, I have caught the ipad mini 4 to be able to navigate quietly without the pages closing every two three . If not, I would continue to use it as is every day.
For the rest, it is totally absurd to be changing your mobile like summer clothes.
After 5 years I have bought an iPhone 6s which will last me at least 5 years or more. And when the 3gs and 4s are fuming and they can't take it anymore, I'll consider buying the iphone they sell at that time ...