New Apple Lust Objects for 2010 and onward

yeah, and i don't think i'll regret buying an 8+, mainly because i won't be paying a premium to beta test a load of apple's new tech. also i think everyone knows there'll be an x+ along in a year or two, by which time supply chains will be keeping up and the price might drop to a reasonable amount.

i mean here the difference between the 8 and the 8+ is ~$150 (for which you get better screen/battery/camera/speakers), but the jump to an x is ~$350 for face id and an oled panel that's longer but slightly narrower. that's kind of insane.

better battery life too

Price to me is only $11 more a month since I am on the iPhone upgrade plan. Which will only last a year when I get whatever is brand new next year. So the whole $1000 phone doesn’t really bother me, since I just lease.

you've nailed it there, imo most x purchases will be on plans which will find ways to absorb the cost.

spottie: cheers, i forgot battery life. pretty significant tbh.

SE battery life remains incredible, I’ve gone two days wo charging, w normal city usage

i just backdated to a new SE, i'm so happy about it (from a 6+)

my reasoning was that they will never make a small phone again

backdated? whatever the opposite of updated is.

jumped consumer tiers sideways

into a frontside 360 ollie

downgraded

rollback

Rollback that's the word I wanted

deteriorated

disembiggened

dumbed

as in i dumbed my phone

ha

I think the X pricing will just become the regular pricing for new phones from now on. Doubt there will be a successor to the 8

ugh hope not, it’s ridiculous

This thing costs as much as an iMac. No fucking way.

It is alarming when I look at it like this...

http://i63.tinypic.com/10cknl4.jpg

This thing costs as much as an iMac. No fucking way.

― stet, Friday, October 27, 2017 7:16 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark

hella expensive but i easily use my phone 3x-4x more than my computer for personal stuff now. i think this may become the new normal for most people.

yup, I think it's phone > work computer > iPad > home computer for me

I probably use my phone a hundred times a day. At least.

Yeah, phone as main hub is normcore

my last two home pcs have lasted 8+ years, i doubt an iPhone will

"After 11 payments, you’re eligible to upgrade to a new iPhone. Just trade in your current iPhone and simply start the programme again with your new choice of model, colour or storage capacity.It’s that easy".

What could posibly go wrong?

Compare car loans, allowing people to acquire a new car for a certain time period in exchange for a deposit and monthly fees, before handing back the vehicle, trading it in for another. Borrowers are stretched- figures from the US Federal Reserve Bank of New York show overdue car loan repayments have risen to levels not seen since the financial crisis.

I use my kettle more than my DSLR but I'm definitely not paying more for it.

Does your DSLR make tea?

Or even better, does your kettle take pictures?

If you're really afraid of getting underwater on phone payments, then that plan isn't at all for you -- get a prepaid plan and buy a cheaper phone outright.

At least in the last few years carriers have been forced into not doing the required subsidy plans

The upgrade plan is great if you get a new phone every year anyway and don’t want to deal with selling your old one.

I’d orobably do the upgrade plan if it were available in Australia, not so lucky. The best you can do is 12 months interest free and then you have to sell the phone when it’s time to upgrade, Apple will give me $255 for my 6plus which seems pretty paltry when their asking $2000+ once you factor in phone, case and apple care.

average life on last two macs has been 7 years. average life on an iphone 3-4?

Not sure AppleCare on this thing makes sense.

In my experience, Apple will replace almost anything in the 1st year for any reason. After that, even if you have to pay the screen fix out of warranty it's $40 more than apple pay + deductible. I guess it makes sense if you drive over things with trucks a lot? Worst case, I'd just get a refurbished 7 or something.

You are probably right. I have managed to go 3 years with the 6 plus and not break the screen and for other things we get a 2 year warranty in Oz.

I've broken one screen out of all my phones and it was about two months in. Dropped it face down on a rock! Never had a chance.

never buy warranties imo

I broke the screen of my phone at a bachelor party several years ago; since then, I've broken another phone screen and two iPad screens. It's like the dam burst and now these things shatter on me at the drop of a hat (or a phone or iPad). Having small children in the house doesn't help; one of them poured water into my laptop this week.

Yep, small kids are screen smasher extraordinaire.

I could blame the first screen smash on a salmon-flavored vodka hangover; the subsequent ones are all child-related.

total cost of ownership is lower if you just buy the things outright.

by all means pay the higher price of leasing so you don't have to deal with selling your old phone, and you get insurance bundled if that works for you.

but fwiw: if you're a regular phone breaker/loser, you can get cheaper insurance by buying it from an insurance company than you get bundled into the price of a lease from verizon or whoever.

generally though, insure events you couldn't afford to cover (health, life, etc. not your phone). insurance is a profitable business because insurance costs more than the odds of needing it imply.

I could blame the first screen smash on a salmon-flavored vodka hangover;

Did you smash the screen with your vomit??

total cost of ownership is lower if you just buy the things outright.

Even on the zero-interest installment plan?

yes on the apple one (since apple bundles in cost of applecare) - may not be as true for the carrier ones (i.e. i think ATT Next does not have that bundled in) but not sure what additional fees ATT etc. may try to sell you

leasing is appealing in that it's like you're guaranteed half the MSRP + the pro rated applecare when you upgrade and trade it in. idk i still buy my phones outright.

Did you smash the screen with your vomit??

Ha I wish it was that interesting a story; I blearily put my phone on a windowsill after plugging it in and it promptly slid off and landed face down on a concrete floor, splintering the screen all to be damned.

salmon flavored vodka? like the fish?

http://www.drinkmemag.com/smoked-salmon-flavored-vodka-from-alaska-distillery/

The bachelor party (of former ILXor Fluffy Bear/Austerity Ponies) had one condition; bring the most absurd/disgusting alcohol you could find. This was my contribution.

possibly relevant:
John Justen and Fluffy Bear Will Drink It