iPhone 6 price...ridiculous

[FairladyZ]

Why would we pay 700 dollars for 1GB of RAM and a slow dual core CPU? Why would we pay for a barely 720p screen? Why would we pay for a phone that's paper thin and bends like a squished piece of cardboard? I'd value the iPhone 6 at $250. The only thing it has going is the build materials. A similar phone to the 6 that probably performs better for the price would be the BLU Life Pure. It's $299.99 I believe, and has 2GB of RAM and a 2.0GHz quad core CPU. However, it's mostly plastic, but it's not the glossy crap that we saw on the Desire 610 from HTC.

People that reply to this are going to be pretty mad at me for hating on their favorite device. And I will admit, the new iPhones are a delight to use, but their price is ridiculous.

[Aniallation]

Cause Apple.

[terrytek]

Because iOS with that hardware even still runs smoothly, because it's simple. And plus, i think the GPU is still pretty good in it.

[thekeemo]

looks over function is apples policy and people will buy anything that has apple on it thats about it

[MrKickkiller]

I don't own any Apple product, but I would like to shwo this :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odNBcLB1xVk

[maazster]

Why would we pay 700 dollars for 1GB of RAM and a slow dual core CPU? Why would we pay for a barely 720p screen? Why would we pay for a phone that's paper thin and bends like a squished piece of cardboard? I'd value the iPhone 6 at $250. The only thing it has going is the build materials. A similar phone to the 6 that probably performs better for the price would be the BLU Life Pure. It's $299.99 I believe, and has 2GB of RAM and a 2.0GHz quad core CPU. However, it's mostly plastic, but it's not the glossy crap that we saw on the Desire 610 from HTC.

People that reply to this are going to be pretty mad at me for hating on their favorite device. And I will admit, the new iPhones are a delight to use, but their price is ridiculous.

The dual core CPU of the iPhone 6 is pretty powerful, because its a dual core doesn't mean its slow. As for the screen, it is vibrant and sharp even though its sub 720p.

[Aniallation]

Because iOS with that hardware even still runs smoothly, because it's simple. And plus, i think the GPU is still pretty good in it.

It's not really that it has a powerful GPU, but that 750p is nowhere near as demanding as the 1080p and 1440p that we're seeing on Android.

 

As for the screen, it is vibrant and sharp even though its sub 720p.

Honestly, 720p/750p still annoys me at 4.7". It's not "retina" display when there's a noticeable improvement going from the iPhone 6 to the Galaxy S4.

[terrytek]

It's not really that it has a powerful GPU, but that 750p is nowhere near as demanding as the 1080p and 1440p that we're seeing on Android.

 

Honestly, 720p/750p still annoys me at 4.7". It's not "retina" display when there's a noticeable improvement going from the iPhone 6 to the Galaxy S4.

Yeah, so less stress on the CPU, which leaves it for other tasks, such as video watching, Netflixing, gaming, etc.

[Sauron]

Don't question it or you'll go crazy. I have asked the same question over and over again to people defending the iphone, and we never got anything useful out of that. Aside from those that don't know any better, there are people for whom a "fashion statement" is more important than price/performance ratio. I, too, have a hard time understanding why anyone would pay almost 4 times the price of a zenfone 2 for essentuially the same performance and features. But they'll tell you design makes all the difference, and is worth paying a LOT more for.They'll tell you the software is much better (on which I call bs, but a big part of it is personal preference) and is worth the missing features or overblown price. For me it's nonsense. But apparently for others it's not. Most people here know what they are talking about and exactly what they are getting. If they still want it, good for them I suppose.

[LancerBG]

it costs that much because people are willing to pay that much. You are not who they are after. They like customers who are more drone like. 

[Aniallation]

Yeah, so less stress on the CPU, which leaves it for other tasks, such as video watching, Netflixing, gaming, etc.

At the cost of overall niceness of the display when you're only doing basic things like web browsing or social networking, which pretty much everyone I know does more of on their phone then media consumption or gaming.

[terrytek]

Don't question it or you'll go crazy. I have asked the same question over and over again to people defending the iphone, and we never got anything useful out of that. Aside from those that don't know any better, there are people for whom a "fashion statement" is more important than price/performance ratio. I, too, have a hard time understanding why anyone would pay almost 4 times the price of a zenfone 2 for essentuially the same performance and features. But they'll tell you design makes all the difference, and is worth paying a LOT more for.They'll tell you the software is much better (on which I call bs, but a big part of it is personal preference) and is worth the missing features or overblown price. For me it's nonsense. But apparently for others it's not. Most people here know what they are talking about and exactly what they are getting. If they still want it, good for them I suppose.

But really, they really do pay attention to detail. For example, the Galaxy S6, which looks a lot like the iphone, has a speaker grill like it, but it isn't even centered, whereas the iphone has a centered speaker and same goes for the charging port and the headphone jack. In the end, it's all these tiny attention to details that make the iPhone a lot nicer than the S6 IMO.

[mrswagbhinav]

wut... duncan stfu lol

[ZetZet]

Don't question it or you'll go crazy. I have asked the same question over and over again to people defending the iphone, and we never got anything useful out of that. Aside from those that don't know any better, there are people for whom a "fashion statement" is more important than price/performance ratio. I, too, have a hard time understanding why anyone would pay almost 4 times the price of a zenfone 2 for essentuially the same performance and features. But they'll tell you design makes all the difference, and is worth paying a LOT more for.They'll tell you the software is much better (on which I call bs, but a big part of it is personal preference) and is worth the missing features or overblown price. For me it's nonsense. But apparently for others it's not. Most people here know what they are talking about and exactly what they are getting. If they still want it, good for them I suppose.

Zenfone 2 or the new Alcatel Idol Touch 3 5.5 is where android phones shine, great performance/price ratio. At the top you over pay for build quality which is exactly the same as what happens with appel.

 

 

But really, they really do pay attention to detail. For example, the Galaxy S6, which looks a lot like the iphone, has a speaker grill like it, but it isn't even centered, whereas the iphone has a centered speaker and same goes for the charging port and the headphone jack. In the end, it's all these tiny attention to details that make the iPhone a lot nicer than the S6 IMO.

s6 speaker grill is not centered? http://si.wsj.net/public/resources/images/BN-HE197_Samsun_P_20150227185757.jpg

[terrytek]

At the cost of overall niceness of the display when you're only doing basic things like web browsing or social networking, which pretty much everyone I know does more of on their phone then media consumption or gaming.

I watch a lot of youtube on my phone though, but i've done it mostly on an iphone, and it still looks pretty good. I admit, when Retina first came out, i thought it was pretty swell, but then android took over with more dense screens, so i think apple better step up their game. At least the 6+ has a full HD screen.

[LegacyStijncat]

One thing (and probably the only thing), that Apple does good, is protecting you. If you get a virus on an Ios device, than you are lying or jailbreaking.

 

For the rest? Fast breaking s*** on a stick.

[MrSuperb]

Why would we pay 700 dollars for 1GB of RAM and a slow dual core CPU?

it is not a slow dual core.

it beats even those fancy octa-core phones.

Why would we pay for a barely 720p screen?

because although it is 720p, it still beats the hell out of many other much higher res screens.

Why would we pay for a phone that's paper thin and bends like a squished piece of cardboard?

it doesn't.

[mrswagbhinav]

YouTube on iPhone is so bad when I compare it to my OnePlus One. You can barely watch it at 720p and it's very sluggish. 

[Sauron]

But really, they really do pay attention to detail. For example, the Galaxy S6, which looks a lot like the iphone, has a speaker grill like it, but it isn't even centered, whereas the iphone has a centered speaker and same goes for the charging port and the headphone jack. In the end, it's all these tiny attention to details that make the iPhone a lot nicer than the S6 IMO.

 

Man, you aren't going to convince me a centered speaker is worth 600$ ^^ but I agree with @ZetZet, higher end android phones are just as overpriced. I would still place pure performance over tiny details, but I would never pay more than 350 bucks when there are things like the zenfone 2 and idol touch 3 around. It just doesn't make any sense to me, blowing signficant amounts of money out of my own laziness when it comes to pressing a weirdly placed lock button and loosing features and performance in the process.

[ZetZet]

One thing (and probably the only thing), that Apple does good, is protecting you. If you get a virus on an Ios device, than you are lying or jailbreaking.

 

For the rest? Fast breaking s*** on a stick.

galaxy phones are nsa approved m8 if it's good enough for them it's good enough for any person. http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/22/nsa-approves-samsung-galaxy-knox/

[Maslofski]

what else would yo use those 700$ for? a gtx 980? lol

[GarnetDevil]

Why?

1. Apple doesn't give a fuck if their opponent's phone have better spec, they win the customers by the design

2. Software-wise, iOS is very optimized for apple's hardware, so basically even with a sub-$200 spec iphone can still run as smooth as $500 android phone

3. Service

4. The logo, doesn't matter if an iphone is $1000, people will still buy and complain nothing about it

[Peter Vaughan Truslow]

Why would we pay 700 dollars for 1GB of RAM and a slow dual core CPU? Why would we pay for a barely 720p screen? Why would we pay for a phone that's paper thin and bends like a squished piece of cardboard? I'd value the iPhone 6 at $250. The only thing it has going is the build materials. A similar phone to the 6 that probably performs better for the price would be the BLU Life Pure. It's $299.99 I believe, and has 2GB of RAM and a 2.0GHz quad core CPU. However, it's mostly plastic, but it's not the glossy crap that we saw on the Desire 610 from HTC.

People that reply to this are going to be pretty mad at me for hating on their favorite device. And I will admit, the new iPhones are a delight to use, but their price is ridiculous.

because when you look at it from a percieved performance standpoint, it performs just as well as the best of the android phones. in the IOS ecosystem, they have proven time and time again that the performance of a phone is not just a function of it's specs, but also of the software ontop of it. I'll admit that I love android and would not use an iphone as my primary phone, but I can't deny that the iphone has superior build quality and is overall less buggy.

I wouldn't value the iphone at $700 but I'd say that a 32 or 64gb version at $600 would be a fair deal even though I know they're pulling massive profits.

[Aniallation]

I watch a lot of youtube on my phone though, but i've done it mostly on an iphone, and it still looks pretty good. I admit, when Retina first came out, i thought it was pretty swell, but then android took over with more dense screens, so i think apple better step up their game. At least the 6+ has a full HD screen.

6 Plus screen is nice. Around 400ppi is the line where you start to not see pixels and fuzziness, not the 326 that Apple had previously imposed. 

 

You know that I go through a lot of phones, this is my "benchmark" video for media consumption experience between devices

 

 

As I stated earlier, between the iPhone 6 and my S4 I was using at the time (me and my friend switched for a week for lols), there was a noticeable decrease in general "quality" going to the iPhone 6 in media consumption. And it's even more noticeable when reading text.

 

 

it is not a slow dual core.

it beats even those fancy octa-core phones.

Well yes, it's like the Intel vs AMD argument on PC, except that there's only 3 apps on Android that can actually take advantage of all 8 cores well (Asphalt 8, Modern Combat 5 and the Riptide GP series)

 

because although it is 720p, it still beats the hell out of many other much higher res screens.

It doesn't.

[Sauron]

it is not a slow dual core.

it beats even those fancy octa-core phones.

because although it is 720p, it still beats the hell out of many other much higher res screens.

it doesn't.

 

well, for one thing they are not actually octa cores ^^ they are two quad cores advertised as an octa for the awe factor... the atom in the zenfone 2 pretty much wipes the floor with an A8 cpuwise.

 

Frankly, unless it's oled (and it isn't) I wouldn't place the iphone's screen 400$ above other ips screens, even the worse calibrated ones.