€1,179 for an iPhone

Permabear · 13-09-2017 10:38AM #1

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McMurphy · 13-09-2017 10:40AM

(Stolen from the joke thread)

But....

How do you milk a sheep?

Release another iPhone.

osarusan · 13-09-2017 10:41AM

I bought a phone that cost me €105.

The main reason I bought it was that it fit in my pocket - many phones are just too long these days.

I have a desktop at work, a laptop at home, and a tablet I bring around with me. I don't need to spend a lot on a phone.

GLaDOS · 13-09-2017 10:41AM

I'd never pay that amount of money for a phone, no matter how good it is.

I usually drop back a generation with phones and get a damn good phone at a reasonable price.

Let the fanboys work out the bugs :pac:

Really Interested · 13-09-2017 10:43AM

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It's 1349 for the 256 GB and yes I will order one.

NewApproach · 13-09-2017 10:44AM

What's the purpose of this thread?

TommyKnocker · 13-09-2017 10:44AM

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Prefer Android phones my self but there is no way I would pay that for any phone. Is the face recognition a optional feature you CAN use or is this the only way to unlock your phone. If an optional feature then I don't see the big issue once it is clear if/how this data can/will be used by apple.

Kimbot · 13-09-2017 10:45AM

No, i dont like apples.

McMurphy · 13-09-2017 10:46AM

NewApproach wrote: »

What's the purpose of this thread?

to get an apple v android war in full swing.

Typed on my iPhone running Android version 8.0

Boom_Bap · 13-09-2017 10:46AM

I'm not an anti government protester in Russia so I'm getting one.

mahamageehad · 13-09-2017 10:46AM

Isn't not that much more expensive than previous iPhones, plus who even buys an iPhone? Everyone I know with an iPhone got it for free or heavily discounted on their contract.

Don't like it, don't buy it. It's not like it's mandatory. There's plenty of cheaper phones out there. There will still be queues for this when it comes out regardless of price.

The face scanning thing is scary though. Saw a tweet yesterday that said something along the lines of "Due to our corporate password policy, all employees with the new iPhone will be required to surgically alter their face every 90 days." :P

Wheety · 13-09-2017 10:47AM

Move to Bargain Alerts

Senna · 13-09-2017 10:47AM

NewApproach wrote: »

What's the purpose of this thread?

Detect people with more money than sense?

Richard Hillman · 13-09-2017 10:48AM

All the features seem to be knocked off from other phones.

I remember an I Phone came out a few years ago and some of my friends were raving about a swipe keyboard. I had a swipe keyboard on an €80 phone about 2 years before it.

This new phone seems to be championing themselves on facial recognition, finger print scanner and wireless charging.

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GavRedKing · 13-09-2017 10:48AM

Fanboys will, they'll probably que up too and be some of the first to get their hands on them.

Apple has some of the most dedicated fanboys around but that price for a phone is insane, if they want to spend their money, let them, its not going to have any effect on my life.

13-09-2017 10:50AM

I'd be happier buying the newer OnePlus phones, which would have specs as good, but for half the price.

ct5amr2ig1nfhp · 13-09-2017 10:50AM

From experience, people are happy to spend 500-1000 EUR for a laptop that most of them rarely use. Yet the same people balk at spending similar money on a phone that they would use 3-4 hours per day. :rolleyes:

I wouldn't spend that sort of money on a phone myself because iPhones are absolute dog s**t.

Pintman Paddy Losty · 13-09-2017 10:53AM

Facial recognition may be a downside to anti government protesters in Russia but it's a God send to the man who worries his wife knows his pass code and is always on the cusp of unlocking his phone while he's in the shower and discovering his deeply shameful browsing history.

Pac1Man · 13-09-2017 10:54AM

Does this one have a headphone socket?

gramar · 13-09-2017 10:54AM

A Ferrari 458 Spider costs about €225,000. In the same way I don't give a toss about how much this model of car costs, I don't give a toss about how much the new iPhone costs.

Permabear · 13-09-2017 10:55AM

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tomwaterford · 13-09-2017 10:55AM

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Fair fcuks if your going your kids an iPhone each

SteM · 13-09-2017 10:56AM

Lets be honest, 1% of the purchasers in Ireland will buy it outright. Everyone else will sign up for for a 24 month contract and get it heavily subsidised.

The Samsung S8 Plus is €780 off contract ffs, hardly cheap but there was no outrage thread on After Hours when it was released.

Permabear · 13-09-2017 10:57AM

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SteM · 13-09-2017 10:57AM

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From reading the blurb in the techie wankfest pieces online today, my guess is they will not.

Permabear · 13-09-2017 10:58AM

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donegal. · 13-09-2017 11:12AM

mahamageehad wrote: »

Isn't not that much more expensive than previous iPhones, plus who even buys an iPhone? Everyone I know with an iPhone got it for free or heavily discounted on their contract.

:P

no you didn't.
nobody you know did either.

there is no phone company giving out free or discounted iphones. Paying by installments is the most expensive way to pay for your phone.

now the next bit might come as a shock but the bank didn't give you a free house either.

donegal. · 13-09-2017 11:14AM

SteM wrote: »

Lets be honest, 1% of the purchasers in Ireland will buy it outright. Everyone else will sign up for for a 24 month contract and get it heavily subsidised.
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see above

fecking edgits

Hammer89 · 13-09-2017 11:15AM

Yep I'll be buying one. Myself, Brian and David have set up a few a fold-up chairs outside the Apple Store in Henry St and plan on being here for the five months.

Pelvis · 13-09-2017 11:19AM

Richard Hillman wrote: »

This new phone seems to be championing themselves on facial recognition, finger print scanner and wireless charging.

I think the face scanner has replaced the finger print scanner, rather than being an addition.

Loada ****.

GhostyMcGhost · 13-09-2017 11:23AM

mahamageehad wrote: »

Isn't not that much more expensive than previous iPhones, plus who even buys an iPhone? Everyone I know with an iPhone got it for free or heavily discounted on their contract.

Free?.... Unless you won it in a competition it's certainly nowhere near free

€1,179 for an iPhone

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