I get that for some people swappable disks are great, but those people couldn’t really use pre-M1 macs. The only change is that instead of two different interfaces for non volatile storage, now there’s one.
Because apple products hold value so well, I just sell me 2 year old stuff and it can really knock down cost of the new stuff.
Apple devices will stop holding value so well the less repairable they get, which in turn will also increase your costs.
This is really the proof point.
This is a combination of apples total system engineering and software update story. You don't need applecare to get updtes on an iphone.
For example, looking at recently sold items on Ebay - Iphone 5S 32GB is going for $100. That's an 8 year old phone.
Take your 8 year old HTC - nothing close to that.
A 2021 iPhone will hold less of its initial value in 2029 than the mentioned 5S holds today.
For those of your who suspect that these types of claims are a lie, they basically are. If you have elderly relatives, they often DO NOT want to upgrade their phone once they've got it working. A great gift is actually to take it into an apple store and pay for the "impossible" battery replacement for them.
It's $49-$69. You get a fresh new battery, all labor as well. OEM parts. My wife also doesn't care about the new phone, this is a nice and pretty cheap way to keep her old one ticking over.
Happy to do a comparison in 6 years on a Huawei vs Apple phone in terms of resale.
One thing to be careful of. I've been burned by used apple phones with second hand batteries in them. Apple now gives you a warning - worth checking for that if you buy used.
Screen repair increased from 150€ to 360€.
Independent repair shops even used to offer these services at 25-60€ (old iPhones, screen repair) to 25-50€ (old iPhones, battery replacement).
Going from 60€ to 360€ for a screen repair is a steep ask and significantly harms resell value.
Storage tech is still advancing at a decent clip. In 5 years, there will probably be 4-6TB drives on the market with 2-4x the throughput for the same price as 1TB drives today.