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Re:Why Should Americans Be Grateful for $137 Insulin? German... by medof on Friday March 22, 2019 @06:55AM (#19461268)
> To be fair, Apple already does this. If you buy a refurbished Apple device, you are essentially getting an iPhone with slightly worse packaging.

This is not the same, because the device will still be Apple with the same design and logo. But the article is making different point that if Apple would sell also yPhone with same technical specs and slightly different design and half the price then it would be outragous.

P.S. They are paying that price the same reason why they pay 20x more for university than Europeans. It is the system that they live in.

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Re:Why Should Americans Be Grateful for $137 Insulin? German... by leereeves on Friday March 22, 2019 @06:59AM (#19461290)
> if Apple would sell also yPhone with same technical specs and slightly different design and half the price then it would be outragous.

Would it? Companies do this all the time; it's called differential pricing.

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Re:Why Should Americans Be Grateful for $137 Insulin? German... by saagarjha on Friday March 22, 2019 @07:05AM (#19461338)
> But the article is making different point that if Apple would sell also yPhone with same technical specs and slightly different design and half the price then it would be outragous.

iPhone SE?

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