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0 pointsmsoad9y ago0 comments

I buy a new iPhone every year. I think phone utilization is so high that around $1 a day is nothing for it.

Compare it with cars clothes and other things

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ctz9y ago

Very long years or cheap iphones where you live.

kylec9y ago

He's probably referring to the iPhone Upgrade Program, which is $32/month and gets you a new iPhone every year.

lucb1e9y ago

Commercial space travel shares things up a bit.

hashberry9y ago

It's interesting how you didn't compare it to buying a new computer every year, but rather to cars/clothes, i.e., as a form of conspicuous consumption, a way to enhance social status. But this makes sense as this is how Apple markets its products.

msoadOP9y ago

If you sell your old phone the math works out fine

enjo9y ago

Where are you getting a $365 iPhone from?

fredleblanc9y ago

At the end, there was a slide about the Apple iPhone upgrade program for $32/mo. That's just about $1 a day.

adt2bt9y ago

$32/month for the unlocked iPhone every year program from Apple is $384/year, close to $1/day.

p8donald9y ago

Does it mean you're just renting the phone?

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twblalock9y ago

The high resale value of Apple products means you only pay full price for the first one.

kennell9y ago

If you don't break it, that is (or you run into issues after the warranty is over)

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hatsix9y ago

$700 new - $350 selling old one on Craigslist?

I just looked up prices on CL, and it looks like the used-iPhone market is approaching saturation... The going rate for 1-year-old iPhones is 150-200.

Karunamon9y ago

Craigslist in my experience is full of lowballers and hagglers (and objectively, zero safety for buyers/sellers).

eBay probably has a more accurate picture of price for the average person.

ceejayoz9y ago

Reselling the older model, most likely.

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