{"id":7870,"date":"2018-12-13T15:24:10","date_gmt":"2018-12-13T15:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=7870"},"modified":"2018-12-13T15:24:10","modified_gmt":"2018-12-13T15:24:10","slug":"linked-washington-post-story-on-apples-product-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2018\/12\/13\/linked-washington-post-story-on-apples-product-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Linked: “Washington Post Story on Apple\u2019s Product Prices”"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You can certainly argue that Apple is making a strategic branding mistake by making more expensive products. But it simply wasn\u2019t an option to sell the iPhone X\/XS as it exists for iPhone 7 prices.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I disagree. It is true that Apple isn\u2019t allowing prices to dictate the limits of innovation and it is true that Apple is allowing its 3 year old products (iPad mini 4, AppleTV (non 4K) and iPhone 7 to stick around for buyers who can\u2019t justify or can\u2019t afford to buy Apple\u2019s 2018 products but to say Apple couldn\u2019t sell an iPhone XS for less is not true.<\/p>\n

If I wasn\u2019t making what I make per year, I couldn\u2019t remain an Apple Fanboy. Apple has priced itself out of affordability for those of us who always bought everything it made. Buying everything Apple released in 2018 would cost someone 14-18K dollars more than most people spend on housing, transport and food for their family. It used to be that you could spend 4-5K a year and stay up to speed with what Apple released. I spent all of my disposable income on Apple this year and am still running an iMac from 2 years ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Apple\u2019s products were always premium. Apple\u2019s cutting edge products are luxury.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"You can certainly argue that Apple is making a strategic branding mistake by making more expensive products. 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