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Re:The Phone That’s Failing Apple: iPhone XR by michaelt on Monday January 07, 2019 @08:49AM (#18845013)
Apple will sell you a new iPhone 7 32GB for $449 [1]

So they already have an offering in that price band. Sure, it's bigger than the iPhone SE, and naturally it doesn't have the prestige of something that costs twice as much, but if you want a new iPhone today and you've got $450, Apple has a product for you.

[1] https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-iphone/iphone-7

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Re:The Phone That’s Failing Apple: iPhone XR by zamadatix on Monday January 07, 2019 @09:46AM (#18845482)
It's also burned through roughly half it's support lifecycle already meaning it's about the same as buying an actually "new" $900 phone over time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_iOS_devices#iPhone
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Re:The Phone That’s Failing Apple: iPhone XR by beerlord on Monday January 07, 2019 @10:50AM (#18846092)
Still a hell of a lot better than an Android device!
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Re:The Phone That’s Failing Apple: iPhone XR by michaelt on Monday January 07, 2019 @12:44PM (#18847662)
Sure, unless you drop it and have to replace it before the support lifecycle ends.
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Re:The Phone That’s Failing Apple: iPhone XR by eeeeeeeeeeeee on Monday January 07, 2019 @11:51AM (#18846841)
But you’d only make that choice if you really, really want to be in the Apple ecosystem. Especially in China, there just doesn’t seem to be the same drive from consumers, even if it’s likely affected by Chinese government policies regarding cloud services.
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