Boo.

Just like with some car manufacturers, if you want e.g. increased safety or radar cruise control, you also need $10k of leather seats and sunroofs; by removing previous Pro models, Apple basically adds a massive price premium to the zoom lens.

As this is honestly the only thing I would need from a new phone, my wife and I stay on our iPhone XR year after year. I just can't pay $1500CAD merely to get more optical zoom than my existing phone :-/

Or just buy used.

Right, but my point is that this particular artificial market segmentation is keeping Apple from getting my money. Buying used won't help them.

You can still get previous Pro/Pro Max versions as refurbs from Apple. Not the same as buying new, but still nice that they have them.

They were selling the 13 Pro after the 14 Pro came out? I was pretty sure they always removed last year's Pro from the lineup when the new Pro comes out. Meanwhile last year's baseline models will stick around at a reduced price.

They always remove Pros after a year. See: https://daringfireball.net/2023/09/apples_two-pronged_annual...