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Happens every time. iPhone comes out, charges more, the other companies raise their prices based on that standard.
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I am in my gastroenterologist's office, inquire about replacing my touchy colon and am given a price quote:
ME: How much????!!!!
HIM: A hundred quid.
ME: A hundred quid for a goddamn bowel????!!!!
HIM: It's not just any bowel, it's Kelly Hoppen's bowel! It's amazing!
ME: What does it do that a non-Kelly Hoppen bowel doesn't do?
HIM: You don't understand - it's a Kelly Hoppen bowel!
ME: What do Kelly Hoppen's bowels do that normal people's bowels don't do?
HIM: It's the way that they combine form and function.
ME: Don't all bowels combine form and function?
HIM: Maybe, but not the way that Kelly's does.
ME: This really doesn't seem to be formatically or functionally different from a £2 bowel from ASDA, if I'm honest. You've been ripped for ninety-eight quid.
HIM: No, I haven't! It's a Kelly Hoppen bowel.
ME: Okay, whatever. Still sounds a touch pricey to me. Who the elephant is this Kelly Hoppen woman anyway?
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If you don't buy it the ghost of Steve Jobs will appear and demand an annual stipend and a large cut of all future sales of your software.
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics."
- Benjamin Disraeli
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I'm with you. I just bought a high end development laptop. I spent more than normal - usual budget is 1.5k, I spent 1.9. It will easily last 4 years, so good investment.
$1k on a phone? You have to have your head examined. Worse, I will go to my daughter's high school volleyball game and see all of her friends with these phones. Parents these days are insane.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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charlieg wrote: I just bought a high end development laptop. I spent more than normal - usual budget is 1.5k, I spent 1.9. It will easily last 4 years, so good investment. <Luddite mode> OMG! Who on earth would spend almost 2 thousand dollars on a stupid laptop? Idiots, that who. I have a $150 Chromebook that does everything I need. Anybody who spends more than $500 on a laptop is just doing it as a status symbol. Pretentious pricks every one!</Luddite mode>
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Must've been doing just web surfing. Me? A mere beefed up laptop won't cut it. I need a custom build desktop with liquid cool, with at least dual 1080 GPU card. Forget about the tablet and the phone.
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charlieg wrote: Parents these days are insane.
20 years ago I remember wandering through a department store looking for kids jeans and coming across some that were more than $100.
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You need a high end laptop, some would prefer having a high end smartphone instead of having a computer and/or laptop and/or tablet. Where I live only few people have computers, everyone has a smartphone.
As for 1000USD, if you're rich then the price doesn't matter, else, well, bragging rights of course.
Personally I'd never buy an iPhone, just too pricey, just like I'd never buy a fancy car
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So where does this leave the smartphone that can be plugged into a docking station?
I buy cheap laptops because they get broken very easily. I buy old models of phones because I don't need the latest whizz bang tech. The only thing I spend a lot of money on is sitting next to me.
We're philosophical about power outages here. A.C. come, A.C. go.
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Really?
4 average (at best) devices that probably use at least 3 different charging cables and you need a purse or backpack to carry them all with you. Data transfer between the 4 devices is crappy (at best). And there isn't a decent camera on any of them.
You really don't understand the idea of a really nice smart phone?
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really.
I think $1,000 for a phone, and right there, that is likely the problem.
Charlie Gilley
<italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape...
"Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
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charlieg wrote: I think $1,000 for a phone, and right there, that is likely the problem.
But he spent $1000 on 4 devices that even together in many ways aren't as good as the phone. I'm not suggesting that a high end smart phone is the right fit for everyone but I find it amazing that so many folks here (on a tech site) are so short sighted as to not see beyond their own personal situation.
Sheesh!
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So you are saying that a 15" screen notebook or a 10" screen pad is not better than a 5" screen smartphone? I can whip out that pad pretty much anywhere, although the smartphone is a little more convenient, like when walking down the street (I would have to stop walking to effectively use the pad).
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swampwiz wrote: So you are saying that a 15" screen notebook or a 10" screen pad is not better than a 5" screen smartphone? No, but it all depends on what you're doing. You may do things that warrant a 15" screen. Others may not.
Again...
My Quote: I'm not suggesting that a high end smart phone is the right fit for everyone but I find it amazing that so many folks here (on a tech site) are so short sighted as to not see beyond their own personal situation.
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Don't think a notebook and a smartphone have the same functions anyway. Spending 1K for a really nice smartphone that doesn't what you want to but, has a really good camera, awesome video quality and does everything else in the world. Good trade I'd say.
I am not the one who knocks. I never knock.
In fact, I hate knocking.
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A digital camera does not have as good of a camera as a smartphone?
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swampwiz wrote: A digital camera does not have as good of a camera as a smartphone? 1) Depends on the camera and the smart phone.
2) You didn't mention a digital camera in your post when I replied.
3) That's a 5th device to carry, charge and transfer data to & from.
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swampwiz wrote: So what is the point of having something that costs the same as all of these items in a small smartphone...
Someone that has really small fingers?
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I like the iPhone - it works well though I think it a tad expensive. Having said that, my iPhone 6 is still going strong and I see no reason to upgrade until the phone stops working - it's over 3 years old and still works without a problem. I tried an android phone and it was ok but lacks the finesse of the apple product. Buy what suits your needs.
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Because they can. The same could said about cars, breakfast cereal, pencils,... Let 'em buy whatever they want to, if they have the cash good for them. As for me I have a $12 flip phone, and I think that was $5 too much.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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As a Bay Area tech worker, I would totally spend that much on an smartphone. Maybe not an iPhone, but the new Pixels are coming out in October, and my current Pixel XL is at least 6 months old.
Maybe you should just give one a try? They don't all cost over $1000. Get an Android, as a developer you can easily put your own apps on it. Then maybe it will make sense.
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Hmmm....
Did you do the math???
HP Pavillion 15 Notebook = $500
ASUS Transformer 10" Pad = $250
Samsung Phone = $40
Sony Walkman = $170
Digital Camera = $100
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Total = $1060
Granted you cannot do pro stuff like you do on your Laptop, but Walkman and Camera (IPhone does have a really nice camera or so I've heard). Now given that most people are not devs and don't require that extra power behind their laptop and really need a full-blown laptop. Not to mention you can put it in your pocket use for a full day on a tiny battery compared to all the batteries required by all other gadgets. With no baggage and everything fitted into one place, for most people this is just a good purchase with little fuss.
Personally I'd never buy a $1000 Phone on principle. The best thing to do is wait a couple of months and all the companies will follow suite and make a competing powered phone for a little less. Wait a whole year and you can get same specs for half the price from a brand.
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I agree with you 110%! I have exactly what you have (are you my doppelganger?) except a trak phone for emergencies only. Apple does not need my hard earned dollars!
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It is more or less a fashion. Some people really like it while some do not care. I think that android have more functionalities and easier to navigate.
TOMZ_KV
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