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COVxy posted...

halomonkey1_3_5 posted...

I guarantee you that the BOM cost is more than a quarter of the MSRP

Seems odd that other companies can sell the same technology at a third of the price and still make a hefty profit then.

The up sell phones because they can because the demand is so high. There's no reason for a phone to cost more than a top of the line computer.

But it's not an Apple thing. Sure, there's always a slight premium with them, but the costs are pretty much the same for the same level of mobile technology.

The cheaper stuff you're getting are in fact cheaper. I buy from all ranges and all companies, and there are definitely differences. The issue is that things have plateued, so to the normal person, it all looks and functions the same. I do not think that many people are upgrading their phones as often as people might think. Lots of people have been keeping their phones till the battery dies.

There's just so many people that there will always be enough early adopters and people up for a new phone every year to make it look like everybody is mindlessly upgrading.

Most of my friends are still on the iPhone 6 or Note 5/S5 and are still content, save for those with batteries that have gone bad.

Also, as mentioned before, the iPhone X is likely this expensive because of the various tech shortages.
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