Adjusted to inflation, the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X was over $9000. XR is $749(not 800 by the way). $8251 difference, not too bad considering the technology is superior in every way to the DynaTAC 8000X.
As someone who used to like getting the latest and greatest by Apple their current prices baffle me. Or perhaps I'm the oddball that doesn't use my phone enough to warrant spending that much money.
Twist it the other way around. What used to get you the top of the line, now only gets you the lower-cost model.
Re:The Apple iPhone XR Review
by pchristensen on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @03:15PM
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That's because a higher end model was introduced. A 2019 Toyota is more advanced than a 2009, even though Lexus exists.
That seems like a weird way of looking at it.
As a price-conscious Corolla purchaser, I don't really care if Bugatti's latest highest-end car costs $2 or $3 million dollars. It's not what I'm buying.
There are also many more additional services that someone in the Apple ecosystem has access to vs. when the 4S came out, which can account for a portion of that $27 marginal difference.
Example (that I serendipitously learned about recently): free (!!!) workshops in Apple stores that you can learn advanced techniques for things like video editing on iPad, among other things.
free (!!!) workshops in Apple stores
I’m pretty sure those were around before the iPhone, certainly when the 4S was new.
Re:The Apple iPhone XR Review
by JustSomeNobody on Tuesday February 05, 2019 @02:53PM
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What about when you adjust for stagnant wages?
By definition stagnant means there’s no change and nothing to adjust for.
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