What happened to sub $1000 phones?
They still exist, just don’t buy the “Pro Max” model. The iPhone 15 is $800 and the 15 Plus is $900
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Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
I was rocking an iPhone 6. Yes, a 6. My wife had an xs max - two weeks ago she dropped it and it smashed. We went and bought a pair of iPhone 15 pro max phones, fully loaded.
- they are ridiculously expensive - over 2k a piece. Most people can’t afford that. What happened to sub $1000 phones?
- yes there’s a lot of improvements over the 6. But the 6 still functioned perfectly - albeit a bit slowly
- the only improvement I can tell as a user over the CDs max is the cameras. They are arguably better. Otherwise it’s the same phone.
- the software is nearly identical on all three versions. There’s not many “ooo this one does xyz like this, and that’s an improvement”
Bottom line: there just isn’t a reason to upgrade a phone anymore, unless they break. Sales HAS to go down if the price point stays the same or goes up.
fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
capital@lemmy.world 6 months ago
What happened to sub $1000 phones?
They exist. You just didn’t buy one… wtf?
Plopp@lemmy.world 6 months ago
But where did the $2k phones for sub $1000 go? They’re all like twice as expensive.
neo@lemmy.comfysnug.space 6 months ago
If you want a good sub $1000 phone you need to go android.
runjun@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Not even that, the iPhone SE is $430 and is the closest phone they’re claiming to want but then going for the top of the line phone instead.
Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
They said “good”. I phones are not my cup of tea, but the she is particularly bad.
kayazere@feddit.nl 6 months ago
No one says you have to buy a new phone, used iPhones a usually a lot cheaper.
capital@lemmy.world 6 months ago
No you don’t. But also, define “good”.
neo@lemmy.comfysnug.space 6 months ago
That definition depends on the person, but for me
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Works as a phone
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Can play my phone games (Blue Archive)
capital@lemmy.world 6 months ago
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nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 6 months ago
My iPhone 14 Plus was sub $1000 last year. Even an iPhone 15 Plus is sub $1000. And the 15 Pro Max with 1TB of storage from Apple directly is $1599 (this was the most expensive I could find on the Apple site.)
Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 6 months ago
Why didn’t you buy an iPhone SE? I have the 2022 model and it started at $429. I upgraded from an iPhone 6S.
Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
The iPhone she sucks though, my mom has one and every part of it (especially the battery) is worse than my cheaper android phone (that’s about the same size)
Jessica@discuss.tchncs.de 6 months ago
Mine permanently lives in a battery case, and I’ve never had any performance issues. # ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Blisterexe@lemmy.zip 6 months ago
Yeah it has a good SOC, but “I use a battery bank” is a pretty weak argument. My point wasn’t that you should feel bad for having it, just that other ppl should know it isn’t good value right now.
helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Was the 6 the one with 3D Touch? If so, you actually lost a feature.
Mbourgon@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I believe the hardware for the touch was on the X and Xs
helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Seems we’re both right.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force_Touch
The 6 and 6s had 3d touch, while 10 has Force Touch
porksoda@lemmy.world 6 months ago
$1000? I have a hard cap at $600 on principle. Just get a phone one generation old and it’s easy.
tsonfeir@lemm.ee 6 months ago
My iphone still has Touch ID 🥰
simple@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Brother you are the one who bought the most expensive phone on the market. You realize that you’re reinforcing the market you don’t like, right? Your purchase sends a message to Apple that “Yes, we want crazy expensive phones because people keep buying them”
Kongar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
I get that, I do. I wanted the phone I wanted, bent over, and let Apple give it to me with no lube.
But in my defense-I did go an entire decade not buying a phone. ;)
potustheplant@feddit.nl 6 months ago
There’s no need for a defense, buy what you want. However, there are lots of sub-1000 phones that are very good.