The low end doesn’t understand why people pay so much more for fit and finish.
Except automobiles. Everyone seems to accept and even approve of the high end for cars.
The dashes split apart, all the clear coat on the carbon elements falls off, the paint oxidizes.
Park a 2003 Murcielago next to a 98 Lexus or Toyota (of any kind). You'll be real surprised which one weathered better.
Anyway, I digress, but I can agree with the point that 'high end car' is a lot different than 'high quality car' or 'long lasting car'.
Edit: That was overly sarcastic but it went from talking about italian cars, to Ferrari specifically, to implying that the Italian brand is fine as long as it has Italian owners. Discussions are pointless if everyone's going to be arguing different points
It seemed like either you knew what the other poster meant by Italian high end cars, the Ferrari brand, and chose to defend it despite knowing that it was bad for other reasons. Or you thought he was discussing Italian owned Italian brands when it turns out some famous Italian brands are not Italian owned.
Either way that looks like you two were using different definitions for the same words to my third party view
As for FaceID, I am not convinced yet. I would be more impressed with an under the screen fingerprint sensor.
But I guess I will try it in a couple of weeks, when I get mine, and form a better opinion.
IMHO component costs are not the reason Apple increased the price; they increased it because they could.
You haven’t used faceid yet are not convinced... Maybe wait until you’ve used it? I am using it right now, and so far there are very few times I’ve missed touchid, and I’ve been reminded of all the times that Touch ID would fail, like getting out of the shower etc...
I don’t understand the longing for an underscreen finger print scanner, does the computer in Star Trek require thumb print? Does the UI in minority report? If you imagine futuristic computer interfaces the computers just know who is using them, this is one of the first steps along that road...
As to the price, Apple price there phones where they want to price them to make sure they have high profit margins. I’m not sure why people complain about this. If they don’t do this they don’t make as much money. I do believe this phone costs significantly more to make than others, and the price fairly reflects that, though it is only £200 premium over the 8+...
How do you think Apple should price there products? A lower overall cost?
That was happening every year and marginal at best.
What does Apple have to do to impress people? Do all this then give the phones away for free?