I reckon these steep prices (and it’s not just apple, Samsung is doing it too and I’m sure the next Google Pixel release will also be just as expensive) are going to seriously change phone buying habits… providing battery tech continues to prove I totally see phones becoming a 3 to 4 year buying cycle if you’re buying a flagship model.
I got my new Oppo R15 Pro and that’s on a 3 year contract now. Couldn’t afford/justify keeping up with the iPhones a couple of years ago and haven’t regretted it.
also apple slowed down older models, which would make people more inclined to buy the newer model for speed etc.
now that apple can’t do that anymore, I think the sales will decrease. only the people that have had a phone for a few years and apple fanboys will get the new model.
you can’t be a scummy company to make people get your new products (even if they’re quality).
What’s interesting is that the outright pricing has gone up but Optus’ launch pricing seems to be about 10-15% lower than it was for the X (and plans include more data, but that happens every year). You can get a Max for the same amount each month that I am paying for my X.
Hopefully our telcos will support dual SIM by the time the XI comes out.
I bought an LG V20 a year and a half ago and apparently one of the biggest problems being experienced by people with this phone is deterioration of the thermal paste which sits between the OLED screen and the motherboard. So I noticed my phone getting sluggish around summer this year, but I wasn’t interested in waiting 2 weeks for warranty exchange without another phone to use, which is why I’ve basically suffered through living with a phone that’s constantly slow due to overheating.
So today I have a look at what’s involved and it turns out that my phone is incredibly easy to take apart. There’s no adhesive or any complex shit to contend with - it’s basically a few screws, the motherboard comes out and you blob another bit of thermal paste on the motherboard (I thought it’d be an extremely complex job with eleventy billion different screws - I ruined an older iPhone because of this). The phone is really bloody fast again as a result and is no longer overheating. Kind of regret not doing it 9 months ago, though…
Don’t blame you for not realising, it’s a fair assumption these days that smartphones need to be destroyed to be taken apart.
Still a few manufacturers that don’t make them like that though.