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Why are i phones so expensive?

I need a new one because my screen is cracked and the battery is now shitty.... I have owned it for two years but it is viewed to me as a luxury, one i adore but I can't spend money on at the moment... WHY ARE THEY SO EXPENSIVE?!?!?!?!?!?!?!??!

Sorry this is more a rant than an actual question!!!
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SW-User
Cuz they know we need one they jack the prices up
SW-User
@JustGoneNow I'm sorry 😓
SW-User
@wildbill83 lol idk
NCCindy · 36-40, F
Because there is an amazing amount of technology in the phone.

They do make low end phones that are pretty cheap. If you need a phone and can't afford a better one, they do work. I have one as a spare.
wildbill83 · 41-45, M
@NCCindy yep, amazing technology that could overheat and explode at any moment... 😉

SW-User
Because people are willing to pay that much.
silver1sil · 26-30, F
@SW-User Sadly that is true!
SW-User
it's the Apple tax
@SW-User Hey babe. 🖤🤗
SW-User
@JustGoneNow 🖤💕 Nice to see you 🤗
Prisoner619 · 26-30, M
Seriously I have always used android phones
SW-User
My guess is that it is one of those products where the price is based on the maximum they can get away with charging for it, rather than what it actually costs to make.
wildbill83 · 41-45, M
Because stuff being affordable and costing what they're actually worth would make too much sense...
silver1sil · 26-30, F
@wildbill83 Sorry😒 this bitch is broke and decided she wanted to complain this right now 😭
wildbill83 · 41-45, M
iphones costing $500+ is just outright absurd imo. can buy a desktop pc for what many of the damn things cost...
silver1sil · 26-30, F
@wildbill83 it is absurd. I still pay it though so I'm just as nutty because of it
JoyfulSilence · 51-55, M
Can you spread the cost over 24 monthly payments? That might make it not bite all at once. That is what I did.
silver1sil · 26-30, F
@JoyfulSilence I know I did that last time and it just felt like it took too long ...
JoyfulSilence · 51-55, M
@silver1sil Don't some plans give away free phones? Can you get a free phone by being added to somebody else's plan?
silver1sil · 26-30, F
@JoyfulSilence I can but I have my own plan.
496sbc · 36-40, M
Well thats the new phones for you
MrBrownstone · 46-50, M
Get yours repaired.
silver1sil · 26-30, F
@MrBrownstone I would but I also want to update I have little to no memory on it left... I know its very superficial of me but.. I can wait a bit longer 😭
Brand recognition
........... Brand recognition
MrBrownstone · 46-50, M
Did you get a new phone?
Goralski · 56-60, M
Because slave labor isn't all that its cracked up ta b
Picklebobble2 · 56-60, M
It's all junk.
Market conditions exist to the benefit of Apple and Samsung.
The really cheeky thing is when the start shutting down older versions of phones so you have no choice but to buy an upgraded version at hyper cost.

You can bet if Apple wasn't American they would have complained about 'restriction of trade' practices !
silver1sil · 26-30, F
@Picklebobble2 I bet. I happen to like it So as much AS i WISH TO TRASH IT they still make me their bitch . 😓
DDonde · 31-35, M
Because they can get away with the pricing with brand recognition.
HannibalMontanimal · 26-30, M
Mine stopped working all of the suddden it wouldn't charge anymore it kept giving me this error message even though I never had that problem before. So instead I bought the moto e5 for $60 from boost mobile. Way cheaper fuck an iphone

 
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