Since the price of new iphones is obviously rising faster than inflation, it begs the question; where is the market willing to go?
Are most people okay with monthly payments on phones when they were never at that point with computers?
Obviously they could have just taken a hit to their margins instead, but that wouldn’t be Apple-like.
(I’m an Apple fan, but they love their margins)
They have been so far.
And anyone who pays attention to Apple knows that they have a target margin on their hardware (non-cable, non-accessory), and it's immovable. They will not budge on it.
It's frustrating. I have no doubt current RAM prices also contribute to the MBP's overpriced feeling, and it's also why 32GB is seemingly unimportant to Apple at the moment.
Huh? Do you think people don't use minimum monthly payment financing on laptops and desktop computers?
There are people who use that option for anything that costs in the 3 digits. How is a phone any different?