Re: Apple tacitly admits their CPUs and new Modem are merely a marketing gimmick

From	badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.system, comp.sys.mac.advocacy
Subject	Re: Apple tacitly admits their CPUs and new Modem are merely a marketing gimmick
Date	2025-03-06 21:00 +0000
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sms <scharf.steven@geemail.com> wrote:
> On 2/22/2025 3:38 AM, -hh wrote:
> 
> <snip>
> 
>> In any event, there's more things than just geekery to criticize the new 
>> iPhone 16E about.  Since the Apple modem is to not pay Qualcomm's high 
>> chip licensing costs, then why did the price jump up by so much?  For 
>> the $170 increase from $429 to $599 is a whopping +40%.  Tariffs?
> 
> It's a certainty that the pricing reflected careful research of what the 
> believed would generate optimal profit. If they are wrong, they can 
> lower the price to $499 or $459, or whatever.
> 
> The 16e is going to be purchased by a lot of corporations that provide 
> iPhones to their employees, and that see the $599 price as a good deal 
> because previously they were not forcing employees to take the SE, with 
> the smaller screen, and were paying more than $599 (or whatever 
> corporate price they negotiated). At my wife's company, a lot of her 
> colleagues took the SE despite being allowed to take a larger screen model.
> 

I got a new corporate phone about four months ago and had the choice
between SE, 14, 15 models and all their variants. I chose the regular 14 to
match my personal phone because I didn’t want two different chargers
(lightning, usb-c) at home, work, car.

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  Re: Apple tacitly admits their CPUs and new Modem are merely a marketing gimmick Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-02-20 20:49 -0800
  Re: Apple tacitly admits their CPUs and new Modem are merely a marketing gimmick badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> - 2025-02-21 11:36 +0000
    Re: Apple tacitly admits their CPUs and new Modem are merely a marketing gimmick Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-02-21 15:02 +0000
      Re: Apple tacitly admits their CPUs and new Modem are merely a marketing gimmick "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> - 2025-02-21 15:06 +0000
        Re: Apple tacitly admits their CPUs and new Modem are merely a marketing gimmick Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-02-21 15:13 +0000
          Re: Apple tacitly admits their CPUs and new Modem are merely a marketing gimmick Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-02-21 15:43 +0000
      Re: Apple tacitly admits their CPUs and new Modem are merely a marketing gimmick Rick <rick@nospam.com> - 2025-02-21 10:15 -0500
        Re: Apple tacitly admits their CPUs and new Modem are merely a marketing gimmick Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2025-02-22 10:08 +1300
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            Re: Apple tacitly admits their CPUs and new Modem are merely a marketing gimmick -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2025-02-22 06:38 -0500
              Re: Apple tacitly admits their CPUs and new Modem are merely a marketing gimmick Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2025-02-23 09:57 +1300
                Re: Apple tacitly admits their CPUs and new Modem are merely a marketing gimmick -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2025-02-22 18:05 -0500
                Re: Apple tacitly admits their CPUs and new Modem are merely a marketing gimmick Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2025-02-23 13:26 +1300
                Re: Apple tacitly admits their CPUs and new Modem are merely a marketing gimmick -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> - 2025-02-22 21:24 -0500
                Re: Apple tacitly admits their CPUs and new Modem are merely a marketing gimmick Marion <marion@facts.com> - 2025-02-24 02:47 +0000
                Re: Apple tacitly admits their CPUs and new Modem are merely a marketing gimmick "badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> - 2025-02-24 03:03 +0000
                Re: Apple tacitly admits their CPUs and new Modem are merely a marketing gimmick Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-02-23 19:05 -0800
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                Re: Apple tacitly admits their CPUs and new Modem are merely a marketing gimmick badgolferman <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> - 2025-03-06 21:00 +0000
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    Re: Apple tacitly admits their CPUs and new Modem are merely a marketing gimmick Alan <nuh-uh@nope.com> - 2025-02-21 09:17 -0800

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