Posted on 09/21/2017 2:14:55 PM PDT by dennisw
Apple's new iPhone X $999 price tag only looks expensive, according to Apple chief Tim Cook.
Asked by ABC's Good Morning America presenter Robin Roberts whether the iPhone X's price tag was "out of reach for the average American", Cook replied that it was "a value price actually for the technology you're getting".
After explaining that most people pay don't pay the full sum upfront and often receive carrier subsidies and trade-in discounts, Cook also suggests that whether the iPhone X is out of reach for most people is beside the point.
That's because Apple's goal has never been to sell the most phones. The technology it packs into its phone, which explains the price, merely reflects what phone addicts want.
"The iPhone in particular has become so essential in our daily lives, people want it to do more and more, and so we built more and more technology in to be able to do that," said Cook.
"Apple has never been about selling the most of anything. Our objectives aren't big revenues. Our objective is to make products that enrich people's lives. We want to help people."
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Will their next CEO be a transgender?
OOOOOOOOOK
So he can give more money to the Southern Poverty Law Center BS.
Space alien.
*PING*
A phone should two two things well.
Transmit calls and receive calls.
Everything else is unnecessary....................
If you must have an iPhone. Buy a new iPhone 6.
You can buy THREE brand new iPhone 6’s for the price of a ONE new iPhone X.
I always buy the last years model. Why waste your money. There is little to no difference.
I recently saw a generic smart phone for sale at WalMart for less than $40.
They're just in it to "help people"? What a crock of bull dung.
When the time comes, I’ll probably buy another 6, because I’m not doing the Bluetooth headphones thing.
Gotta have my headphone jack.
Or get FIVE Brand New iPhone 5’s instead of ONE iPhone X.
That actually makes more sense than what I said.
Three things. Transmit and receive calls, and post to FR. ;)
This message sent by my iPhone.
“A phone should two two things well. Transmit calls and receive calls. Everything else is unnecessary....................”
Then you grossly misunderstand what a “phone” is in the 21st century.
I would almost have to take out a loan to buy one, it’s crazy.
Smart! On the headphone jack!
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