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Priced out of it?

  • 07-10-2011 10:58pm
    #1
    maygitchell
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 843 ✭✭✭


    I would love to get my hands on an iPhone but couldnt justify the price which is a real shame as I love my gadgets, are apple pricing poorer individuals such as myself out of the market?


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  • #2
    gingernut79
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 961 ✭✭✭gingernut79


    3gs prices now dropped and 8gb version of iphone 4 coming too.


  • #3
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    Every company prices people who can't afford their products out of the market. A determined potential market responds with measures like saving up until they can afford it.


  • #4
    maygitchell
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 843 ✭✭✭maygitchell


    Is this where android is making up ground on iOS, I look at the price of an iPhone and think "I cant justify that, its a months rent" etc.


  • #5
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 41,691 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    maygitchell wrote: »
    Is this where android is making up ground on iOS, I look at the price of an iPhone and think "I cant justify that, its a months rent" etc.

    there free on contract, just like Android. people give out about the price of sim free iPhones, but forget to mention that comparable android hansets like the galaxy SII is just as expensive sim free, actually more expensive than a 16gb iPhone sim free.


  • #6
    Zonda999
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,534 ✭✭✭Zonda999


    In what way? Unless you're taking about the RRP, of course. In reality, a SGS2 from amazon is about 470€ delivered, 130€ less than a 16gb iP4. Unfair to compare based on RRP's, Apple is practically the only company i know that actually mean it!


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  • #7
    aN.Droid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,911 ✭✭✭aN.Droid


    kceire wrote: »
    there free on contract, just like Android. people give out about the price of sim free iPhones, but forget to mention that comparable android hansets like the galaxy SII is just as expensive sim free, actually more expensive than a 16gb iPhone sim free.

    Nope it is not free as you are paying a contract for 24 months that would cost way less on pay as you go with a sim free phone.


  • #8
    adamtj09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 209 ✭✭adamtj09


    iPhone 3GS is free now, once the 4s comes out and the 4 €99, or €350/400 PAYG respectively.


  • #9
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 41,691 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Limericks wrote: »
    Nope it is not free as you are paying a contract for 24 months that would cost way less on pay as you go with a sim free phone.

    Ohh i know that, see my post here to confirm - http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=74772076&postcount=33

    But the OP is complaining of the price of the phone, so im assuming he is talking about the sim free price, but in reality Android phones of comparable soecs, are the same price as Apple.

    Its like me complaining the BMW price me out of their market because i cannot afford a new M5.


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