• conciselyverbose@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    Strategically this might be a good time. Enough people have been waiting for USB C to flatten out any drop to demand from the pricing.

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      1 year ago

      As long as they don’t touch the base model, I don’t have any issue with them increasing the price of the pro. The day I can’t get a new iPhone for $800 or less is the day I find a different phone to use.

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        1 year ago

        That’s funny since the base iPhone 12 and 13 were $829, then the 14 dropped back to $799.

        They go up and down, just mostly up $50 every few generations. The base model that is according to MacTracker.

        Which the iPhone 11 was $699. So the jump from 11-12 was $129. Can’t remember if there was that much of a stink about it but probably was.

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          1 year ago

          The base iPhone 12 and 13 was the mini which were both sold for less than $800. And I owned them both. Using my 13 mini to type this reply.

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            1 year ago

            I don’t know if you can call the mini the base model. It’s not available every generation and is a special model like the SE.

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              1 year ago

              What feature does the standard 12 and 13 have that the mini models don’t? The SE makes compromises all over the keep the price down. So it’s not a straight comparison.

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                1 year ago

                Well the iPhone 14 exists but the 14 mini does not. It did have similar features sans general size, battery etc, but it needs to be available to be a “base” model.

                Other than that it’s just a generational one off product like the plus, SE, or XR models.

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    1 year ago

    I am really not sure Apple can do another bump in Europe. Compared to the US the prices already increased significantly the past few years.

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      1 year ago

      Considering how well they’ve sold even with the price bumps, it’s clear that people don’t care and Apple knows it

  • kiddblur@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I swear I’ve been reading this rumor for 3+ years at this point

    • Anticorp
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      1 year ago

      And it has been true every time.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I’m guessing the pro models are a much smaller market share, so they’re trying to get a bigger bang for their buck.