Apple Set to Launch iPhone 15 Series Come September 13th

Yes, this one might have a charging port that will require me to retrofit my home/car/office/parents home with special charging cables just so I can charge my potential phone in the same locations as my current one.

If it means that much to you, why wouldn't you just buy a phone that has a USB-C port?

Are there no options in the smartphone market?

I'm all for being annoyed at iPhones having special connectors, but is plugging in a $10 lightning to usb in a usb port really "retrofitting"?

And will we finally see a transfer rate higher than USB 2’s 480 Mbps? If we got 5 Gbps, I would finally be able to do local backups easily and effectively…

Its not about how much it costs, its how much you make. For someone making 10x what I do its the same as choosing between $160 and $260 phone.

To quote my friend: "Things arent expensive, you are just poor"

And the Pro Max is supposed to be milking the most off its target class. They still make non-Pro, non-Max iPhones too.

And honestly I am a bit tired of people asking the same questions every time, now almost reduced to being rhetorical. Yes, iPhones are more expensive than most phones. Yes, people pay for it, for plethora of reasons. Every year since ~2010 called and want their question back.

It seems like a lot but on a per-hour usage basis, phones are actually quite cheap. Pretty much no other device gets as much usage.

The most expensive iPhone is $1,599 (Largest model with 1TB of storage capacity.)

The rumour that they'd just inch another thousand on the total price is obviously not grounded in any sort of reality and clearly pays no attention to how apple have priced their devices in the past.

When you buy it on a contract and spread it out over 24 months, and you also get monthly allowance from your company on mobile usage. All of a sudden the phone isn't so expensive.

Of course that is dependent on living cost etc. Living in US New York would be very different to someone from say South East Asia.

It is a lot and I certainly won’t pay that much but I also understand a bit. That was a price I would pay for a pc many years ago, which was my primary entertainment device , and phones have become primary devices for many people. Add in tv/music/authentication/work/email/communication fairly long term support and ability to resell it with decent value I am not judging too harshly.