ha but the real question is when will enough be enough. When they decide to charge 2000 or 2500 for a phone. THe leasing option is pretty much the same as getting you in a contract for 2 years. I do like that you now have stereo mics, but I am still thinking if you are someone that really wants to upgrade waiting until next year might be best.
On 9/13/18, Christopher Chaltain <chalt...@gmail.com> wrote: > I was able to get pretty nice Nokia phones for much less then $400. I > think my Nokia N-75 cost me $100. I only paid $300 for Talks the first > time I purchased it, and I only paid $100 to have it activated on > subsequent phones. Therefore, it only cost me $200 to get my 3rd Nokia > phone with a screen reader, and I did this five years before Apple had > an accessible smart phone. > > > Note I'm just correcting some information here. I appreciate what Apple > has done and my iPhones, and I don't begrudge what I pay to get my > accessible smart phones these days. That's not to say others wouldn't > appreciate more affordable options, but then you can still get older > iPhones that have a few more years left in them and of course Android > phones which have various price points. This is all with accessibility > built in off of the shelf, which is a good thing. > > > > > On 09/13/2018 05:30 PM, 'Kliphton Miller' via VIPhone wrote: >>>> I think apple has appealed to all audiences here. There is a high cost >>>> phone that has all the great video and photo taking tools. And even has >>>> stereo microphones and speakers, and a great looking stainless steel >>>> body. Then you have the XR that is priced at the same price that the 6 >>>> and above was. And your not losing much quality, it’s even a bit larger >>>> than the X and XS, has longer battery life, and even comes in different >>>> colors. And let’s be frank here. A little under 10 years ago, you had >>>> to spend 400 bucks for a phone, and then spend 300 more bucks to get >>>> mobile speak or talk back or whatever the Nokia version was. That >>>> equals 700 bucks, and low and behold, the low priced iPhone for the last >>>> 5 years is 700 bucks, 50 bucks more if you want more storage. So I >>>> don’t think this is a bad price point for apple, they are making sure >>>> everyone can get the latest and greatest in there hands. And all the >>>> carriers let you pay for your device monthly, and apple even let’s you >>>> trade in devices for instant store credit. This is just my opinion, but >>>> I think just like the low cost iPad that came out this past spring is a >>>> great price point for us as consumers. I think the XR is going to be >>>> the better selling phone this year. I don’t think paying an extra 350 >>>> bucks for a better camera, video recorded in stereo, and a stainless >>>> steel back is worth it. Again, this is my opinion, not fact. Your >>>> thoughts? >>>> > > -- > Christopher (CJ) > Chaltain at Gmail > > > -- > The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone > list. > > If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if > you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or > moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. > > Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: > mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at > caraqu...@caraquinn.com > > The archives for this list can be searched at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "VIPhone" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Lenron Brown Cell: 985-271-2832 Skype: ron.brown762 -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor. Mark can be reached at: mk...@ucla.edu. Your list owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
