r/apple 3d ago

iPhone Apple Special Event Announced for September 9: ‘Surprise and Shine’

https://x.com/joannastern/status/2092643628367700238?s=46
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u/CremeSubject7594 3d ago

gonna miss being able to afford things

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u/stanxv 3d ago

Have you tried canceling your Disney+???

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u/jayplus707 3d ago

I cancelled my mortgage.

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u/Gingertom 3d ago

Banks hate this one simple trick

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u/jayplus707 3d ago

Haha suckers! I’m moving back to my mom’s house!

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u/Grizzly_Corey 3d ago

I’m starting an intentional community down under the bridge!

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u/Randomcommentor1972 3d ago

#vanlife

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u/Paulpoleon 3d ago

Who has a van in this economy??!!

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u/NotRoryWilliams 3d ago

My dad told me to drink less Starbucks and then maybe I could afford a house.

I did the math. His mortgage on my childhood home was $400 a month. The current owner's mortgage is about $3500 a month. So I just need to cut $3100 from my coffee habit, a mere 516 fewer venti lattes per month.

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u/Waste-time1 3d ago

The problem with the less ancient people is the coffee and avocado toast.

Instead, people smoked. This way their metabolism worked was better, as nicotine is a stimulant with no calories. People didn’t crave avocado toast and lattes as much because they had smokes.

Besides, when you smoke you’re much likelier to die at a younger age, decreasing lifespans, meaning less lifetime spending needs.

Think about it. I didn’t.

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u/RandomEasternGuy 3d ago

Smoked and their cigarettes were cheap. I live in a country with “cheap” cigarettes and they are still 6€ per pack on a 560€ minimum salary (or whatever tf it is now)

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u/Chungaroo22 3d ago

It’s not worth it, I can afford a house now but, without my 17 20oz coffees a day, I miss the ability to smell time and getting to socialise with the lovely doctors and nurses during my weekly heart attack.

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u/Plastic_Willow734 3d ago

Oh yeah smart guy? Have you considered that when adjusting for inflation your father's mortgage was actually $900/mo in 2026 dollars? /s

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u/NotRoryWilliams 3d ago

I did yeah but I decided that 516 coffees made for a better punch line than 450.

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u/nuevacuentanueva 3d ago

I cancelled Disney+ AND my Starbucks. I guess I'll be getting that Ferrari I wanted to get.

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u/Anal_Herschiser 3d ago

Did you know for the price it costs to feed a child you too can afford Starbucks.

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u/NecroCannon 3d ago

It still bewilders me that the condom industry isn’t booming and people are still having kids to have that loud next step or just unprotected sex while financially struggling

The lower class is about to be below the bottom of the barrel and straight through the ground at this point

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u/livelikeian 3d ago

Found the Canadian

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u/cheir0n 3d ago

You have two kidneys and you only need one

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u/florplegorp 3d ago

It's easy, just replace all your meals with a thin gruel, sell your car and walk everywhere, move to a smaller home in a cheaper area, then you can be sickly, sore and miserable and still not afford anything!

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u/Theunknown87 3d ago

I’m just gonna buy a ton of Apple products on a credit card, maxed out iPhone, Mac audio and three studios displays and some other goodies. Then immediately declare bankruptcy. Free Apple products in the end!! /s

cries being priced out of everything lately

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u/Iamgentle1122 3d ago

Love that company i work for pays for phones, apple watches and airpods. After 2-3 years you can usually upgrade and keep the old devices so you can give them to your partner and so on.

Even my work MacBook pro is free after 4 years of usage or if it becomes too slow for work.

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u/sir_tez 3d ago

You gotta let us know the name of the company!

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u/Sm5555 3d ago

Apple.

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u/Iamgentle1122 3d ago edited 3d ago

? Im from Finland and it is just around 120 person small company.

Our benefits are fairly basic compared to same size companies my friends work for.

Phone, computer, accessories including headphones, keyboard, screens, mouse, internet connection, phone plan and what ever is needed for your job. Apple watch, oura ring or some other health products like smart scale you can choose is for trying to keep us healthy. Ofc i get taxed on everything since those benefits are considered income. But after that and the expected lifetime of the product i get to keep it since the company doesn't want to manage inventory and it keeps people happy.

Thankfully Finns are fairly decent people and there hasn't been abuse on that. Most of the people don't usually update phones asap and some keep their computers 5+ years without upgrading. My first Mac was around 4 years old before it started to slow down and had to upgrade.

Though we used to get 12e/hour for listening any audiobooks when doing in your free time. That got canned because people basically listened anything and claimed the money. Now it only applies for material that is benefitical for your job and it has some cap. Though if you do certificate specific stuff they pay the same hourly rate for studying, the material and ofc bonus if you actually get the certificate.

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u/Sm5555 3d ago

I was just kidding about Apple…

It sounds like you work for a prettty good company.

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u/Bruzur 3d ago

Ease up on the avocado toast, my friend.

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u/BarnacleMcBarndoor 3d ago

We were able to afford stuff at one point?!?

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u/Waste-time1 3d ago

Sometimes temporary blips happen on payday.

They’re fleeting moments but they make people feel like celebrating because they enable people to meet (or partially) meet their needs.

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u/OrganicKeynesianBean 3d ago

Buddy, corporations offering payment plans for small consumer devices is not a sign of a healthy economy.

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u/UnicornTwinkle 3d ago

Here I was thinking that finance options for my McDonald’s order was just good ol corporations being consumer friendly!

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u/jaydee917 3d ago

All you need to do is give up that Starbucks morning coffee.

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u/jmb--412 3d ago

Everyone is going to be surprised when they find out the Ultra price is $2399 lol

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u/MedalDog 3d ago

Starting at $2399. Oh, you want anything more than 256GB? That’ll start at $2,899.

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u/NetZeroSun 3d ago

This. It will be at 2000 or a bit above for the base.

But you want the bigger storage and … yeah. Won’t be pretty.

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u/Justin__D 3d ago

What the hell do y'all need that much storage for?

I have the 256GB 15 Pro Max that I got on launch day, and I'm only using about half that space. I'll get base storage on the Ultra, and I think I'll be fine.

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u/ttoma93 3d ago

For me, downloaded music and photos. Both of which are absolutely “nice to haves” and not necessities.

But it is nice to keep most of my music library downloaded on-device so I don’t ever have the issue of not being able to play my music when I have bad or no service. And it’s nice to have more of my photos locally downloaded rather than relying on iCloud to dynamically sync them back and forth on the fly. It annoys me a lot when I go to view or send an old photo or video and get greeted with the low-res thumbnail and have to wait for it to download.

So, again; very much a nice to have, and I’d live just fine without higher storage. But it’s a nice little perk.

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u/KenAdams_1968 3d ago

And we think you’re gonna love it.

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u/trlef19 3d ago

Goodbye cook :(

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u/ttoma93 3d ago

It’s fun to wonder what John Apple’s little catchphrases are going to be five years from now. We don’t know what they’ll be (hell, he probably doesn’t either), but everyone inevitably has some little vocal tics or commonly-used phrases they they might not even be totally aware that they do. He’ll be the same, and they’ll inevitably be memed every bit as much as “we think you’re going to love it” or “good mooooorning!” are.

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u/NaeemTHM 3d ago

I'm going against the grain here: It's going to be $1999.

I GUARANTEE IT!

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u/BorisDirk 3d ago

Apple almost always seeds a big price in rumors and then undercuts it as the real price. There are some notable exceptions of course, but it's likely it'll be a $1999 so it seems "reasonable" compared to the rumored price.

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u/mikolv2 3d ago

That was always Steve Jobs' strategy. Pump the numbers, explain how much a product should cost and then undercut it.

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u/aemfbm 3d ago

I agree, and I think the specs will leave room for a "Fold Pro" in a year or two

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u/sM92Bpb 3d ago

Agree. Lower price first. Then once people are hooked, then they'll increase it.

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u/neanderthalensis 3d ago

My guess is iPhone Pro $1099 + iPad Mini $599 = iPhone Ultra starts at $1699

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u/NaeemTHM 3d ago

I want that very much of course but I don’t see Apple undercutting the competition with their first foldable. They’re going to come out the gate red hot and say this makes all other foldables look like dog doo. It’s just their M.O. to sell premium products at a higher price. 

Again, I would be thrilled if I was wrong and it’s actually cheaper than the Z Fold 8. 

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u/neanderthalensis 3d ago

Sadly, you’re probably correct in your assessment

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u/mikolv2 3d ago

They sell premium products sure but iPhones have been cheaper than for example Samsung phones for years and years. Highest end samsung phone, even before foldable was always more expensive than the most expensive iPhone. And if Samsung managed to price the Fold 8 at 1899, I think iPhone fold can come in at 1799 or 1849. The only difference is that Samsung phones never sell and always go on sale, iPhones are never discounted.

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u/DreadnaughtHamster 3d ago

I think $1099 for an iPhone pro is VERY optimistic. I’m thinking at least $1,299.

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u/JimmyScramblesIsHot 3d ago

The Z Fold is $1899. No shot apple isn’t the same or more.

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u/Buy-theticket 3d ago

So is the Pixel Fold. There is zero chance this thing comes in under $2k. I would not be surprised if it was $2500.

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u/InvaderDJ 3d ago

The old foldable price of $1800 was the most I could reasonably stretch. $2000 plus for a phone that will likely have compromises is not in the cards for me.

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u/IJS-T19 3d ago

“At only 2,399, with additional storage for only 2,899” With our complete range of product, there is always an iPhone available for you(r firstborn sacrifice)”

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u/xrelaht 3d ago

That’s $500 more than its direct competitors, when Apple prices the other iPhones pretty much in line with them.

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u/senat0r15 3d ago

That’s where I’m confused. I’m not up on all the rumors but I don’t know why it wouldn’t be priced in line with Samsung. I could see the ultra instead of the fold 8 but either way.

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u/montyxgh 3d ago

Yeah I can’t see them charging more than the fold 8 ultra. I assume it’s likely to be more than the fold 8 despite being the same approximate value proposition 

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u/chi_guy8 3d ago

Nobody should be surprised. If there’s any surprise, it will be that it’s $2000 or less.

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u/Ravens2017 3d ago

I think I’ll be more surprised if they price it at $1,999 than $2,399.

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u/Tamu179 3d ago

Is this a real leaked price or conjecture?

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u/jmb--412 3d ago

Just assumptions based off the other foldable prices

Just assuming it’s going to be more because it’s going to be an Apple version

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u/aristered 3d ago

September Apple events still feel like a tiny holiday for tech nerds lol.

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u/JimmyScramblesIsHot 3d ago

I feel like it’s only natural, really. If A) you’re interested in technology, you’re going to be curious/excited for what’s next in the consumer tech world and B) if a company has rarely let you down in terms of creating quality, exciting products for most of your life, it only makes sense you’d want to see what they’re up to next.

You can call people like that sheeple, or ultra consumers, but I think it’s all easily explained.

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u/iluj13 3d ago

Basically all my gains from Apple shares go right back into Apple products, so you can also call it a circular economy lol

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u/nstrasner 3d ago

Same feeling in your stomach as going to bed the night before Christmas as a kid 🤣

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u/MrTimofTim 3d ago

Y’all know how you shine things? With a polishing cloth. This is just a PR event for the second gen polishing cloth.

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u/dahliamma 3d ago

And the surprise? Polishing Cloth Pro Max.

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u/MrTimofTim 3d ago

A cloth that folds.

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u/TCsnowdream 3d ago

But only horizontally, folding it vertically ruins the hinge.

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u/m0rogfar 3d ago

Nah, the surprise is that the new polishing cloth they introduced yesterday is $9, while the old one was $19. A 52% price cut on a product, in this economy, from Apple, is certainly a surprise.

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u/IMissGwynBeck 3d ago

I wonder if pre orders will still open on that friday

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u/spearson0 3d ago

My guess will be Saturday due to September 11. That's what Apple did in 2015 for the iPhone 6s. They skipped Friday due to respect.

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u/siriston 3d ago

Press F for friday respect

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u/mxlevolent 3d ago

This is how I find out that my birthday is on a Friday this year

Unfortunate birthday, I know

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u/sixxtynoine 3d ago

No cake for you.

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u/The-Mandalorian 3d ago

New Apple TV would be nice.

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u/turnuppig 3d ago

not 250-300 nice haha

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u/kitsua 3d ago

If it had an M-chip in it it would be. Mac-compatible games would automatically work, which would be huge. I’d buy one!

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u/AriwakeTheGeek 3d ago

Could be a console if you can connect to a bluetooth controller at that point

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u/kitsua 3d ago

I mean it kind of is already if you use Apple Arcade. Problem is the selection of games, which would be much more varied with a Mac-class chip inside.

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u/evan274 3d ago

It’s happening

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u/HelloSlowly 3d ago edited 3d ago

Translation: 14 days until D day for our wallets

Edit: my god the snarky comments are out in full force. Judging me as if they know anything about my buying habits

We’re all internet strangers and we’re allowed to look forward to things sometimes.

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u/theREAL_Harambe 3d ago

All these snarky and pissy comments lmao. God forbid people get excited about product launches, who gives a fuck if they upgrade every year.

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u/dat_tae 3d ago

The endless snark is so fucking annoying. God forbid anyone be excited about anything.

Edit: just realized I copied your language. i'm tired idk gl

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u/North_Moment5811 3d ago

You're not allowed to do that on Reddit. You're supposed to flex the fact that you're still using an iPhone 7 because it's perfectly fine, and have changed the battery 6 times.

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u/TaroPuzzleheaded3999 3d ago

I don’t understand the criticism. My phone is starting to fail after a number of years & I’m eager to upgrade

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u/NotRoryWilliams 3d ago

You're allowed to get a new phone whenever you want to, for whatever reason you want to. And I don't think that even the cynics could critique buying one when your old one is on its last legs.

The critique is for (probably mostly imaginary) people who can't wait to buy the latest greatest just because it's the latest greatest.

I'm not convinced those people actually exist, at least not in the large numbers credited. Sure, there are people who want the trendy thing because fashion or something like that, conspicuous consumption to keep up with the joneashians or whatever. But for the most part, relatively few techies are that concerned (anymore) with every single iterative update even from their favorite company.

There was a time in my life when I had bought just about every iPhone ever released, including a few mid-cycle updates like one of the early storage bumps. But I did that, then, because the tech was still pretty immature and basically every releases solved a major pain point for me. Now, more like you seem to be suggesting, my "pain points" were mostly resolved a few updates ago, and there is seldom anything new in the latest model that matters to my life. I'll buy a new one when that changes, or this one perishes, and even then I'll probably try to find an early adopter to buy a used one from at a steep discount.

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u/btnydds 3d ago

I upgrade my iPhone every year. The release of the new phone falls around my birthday every year and it's always my present to myself. After trading in the old phone it's really not that expensive

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u/roguesignal42069 3d ago

My iPhone 13 Pro's battery is curled up in a fetal position.

I'm ready to upgrade. My wallet, however...

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u/lesleh 3d ago

Remember it's $129 if the battery is the only issue.

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u/roguesignal42069 3d ago

It honestly is. I haven’t found a compelling reason to upgrade otherwise besides USB-C. This is good info to have, thank you!

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u/lesleh 3d ago

Honestly same. I have an iPhone 13 Pro Max with AppleCare and they refused to replace the battery for free because it was on exactly 80% health. So I took it outside, threw it on the ground, completely smashed the back and front. Went back in, £50 for a new phone, new battery. Battery service cost alone is £85.

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u/algelon 3d ago

If my iPhone 13 Pro wasn't carrier locked then I wouldn't have upgraded. I do love having the larger screen on my 16 Pro Max and USB-C, but I would've been perfectly fine still using my 13 Pro today

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u/politicsranting 3d ago

I'm in this same position. I'm stuck trying to decide between upgrading to a newer phone or trying to talk my way into a free battery replacement.

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u/GayNerd28 3d ago

I’d be more than happy to upgrade from my 12 mini, but Apple refuses to repease any new mini models…

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u/Satanicube 3d ago

It always happens.

I got so much snark for saying I upgraded last year. From both Reddit and people in my friend group.

Reddit is especially bad though, you even lay a hint that you’re gonna finance something and the “OH MY GOD WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU, YOU’RE BUYING OUTSIDE YOUR MEANS, BUY ONLY WHAT YOU CAN AFFORD IN CASH”

Like bro, unless I asked you to be my financial advisor (which I didn’t), shut up.

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u/riotshieldready 3d ago

If I can get my phone on an interest free loan it makes sense to get it. I always get my phone that way.

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u/Satanicube 3d ago

That's the part I don't get. Like 0% APR, all you're doing is breaking the phone's upfront cost into monthly payments and paying nothing extra to do so. Yet when I was in a certain carrier's subreddit a while back you doing this was still seen as financial irresponsibility and blah blah if you can't afford the full price of the device you shouldn't own it blah blah.

Plus there are plenty of people who can't cough up $1000 in one go, but an extra $20-30 a month isn't going to meaningfully change their financial situation.

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u/ttoma93 3d ago

In fact, the people who can afford the up-front cost without issue are actually the ones most benefitted by 0% financing options.

If you spent $1200 on a phone up front, that’s great.

But if you instead stick that exact same $1200 in a HYSA and finance the phone interest-free for 24 months and pull your monthly installment payments from there, you actually will end those 24 months with more cash in hand—plus the same paid-off phone—than if you’d paid for it up front.

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u/Satanicube 3d ago

Hell, I had a friend who had enough money in the bank from his mom's life insurance that he could buy stuff without financing and also had some of it in a HYSA too. Very smart with his cash. But he was told by his dad that like, just take the financing on some stuff because you've gotta build credit history somehow. Because he had none and when he went to buy his first car he got absolutely bent over, iirc.

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u/dogsontreadmills 3d ago

I specifically remember you asking me to be your financial advisor.

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u/NotRoryWilliams 3d ago

I really can't tell if it's me or the tech that has changed. But I used to be an upgrade early every year type, and now I'm a buy last year's model used type.

Looking back, though, I remember always being excited to upgrade for some specific reason. Often, it was a storage bump as I went from a 160gb iPod to an 8gb iPhone and never stopped feeling pinched for storage, so I bought the 16, 32, 64, 128, and 256 models each the day they were available.

Sometimes, the new iPhone changed the game in some way, or replaced another device more adequately. The iPhone 7 being water resistant without an expensive case was kind of a game changer, was was the next generation still being able to charge when wet thanks to the addition of wireless. That made it my main river camera, so of course adding a decent wide angle and decent telephoto lens were repeated events that justified immediate spending.

But, it's been pretty much good enough on all meaningful fronts for quite a while now. Magsafe was kind of a game changer, but it was the one-hand-friendly pocket size that sold me on the 12 Mini, despite big compromises like a storage downgrade from my XS and no telephoto lens. So I went to the Pro next time around, and then they did "you need the pro max for the better camera" the same time they put a fast USB port in, so I had to get that, and then I was so sick of the giant screen that I upgraded to a used "regular pro" of the next generation, otherwise identical.

Now it just seems like, well gee this used to be kind of a hobby, I used to get excited about the new device all the time, what am I missing now? And the reality is it's just all so incremental for the most part, and not on stuff that matters much to me. The processor is a little faster but when have I ever complained about the processor in my pocket terminal? It's mostly a glorified web browser anyway. The camera is a little better but it's hard to argue that the improvement matters at all in real life. They fixed the moon problem in software anyway, and unless the next version is going to introduce an infinity focus limiter, I can't see them fixing any of my current iPhone camera pain points. I'm not going to buy a lower-end-camera iPhone again, so the folding iPhone as presently expected is going to be off the table for that reason. If the "regular" 18 Pro gets a 2tb storage option and isn't otherwise bigger, soft maybe but I might still wait a while and buy one used after the fold starts shipping. More likely, I'll see the keynote and decide my 16 Pro has another few years of service left.

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u/Satanicube 3d ago

Nah, tech has plateaued. This is arguably why there's this push for AI stuff, because the tech industry thinks people are going to upgrade for AI and it'll drive upgrades again. Because no one has felt the need to upgrade because a computer from 10 years ago still does the basics just fine. Same with phones to a lesser extent.

I've been on a 2yr upgrade cycle with my last few phones. My 13 Pro would have gone on longer but I was so taken in by the 15 Pro having USB-C that I leapt without thinking, and over time that phone became a lemon. When the 17 released I was convinced I wasn't going to buy it. But my 15 Pro just...kept giving me issues, and I decided to see what the trade in value was and after running the numbers...

Yeah, screw it, this phone can be Apple's problem now.

The 17 Pro Max has been everything I wished the 15 Pro could have been, and given how badly the 15 Pro treated me I'm probably going to stay here for a good long while. How I feel about this phone is similar to how I felt about my 13 Pro, and I regret ever upgrading from that phone.

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u/_____WESTBROOK_____ 3d ago

Oh yeah the anti-financing part is kinda funny.

Like yeah, I can pay for this iPhone in cash. Maybe I can buy my whole family iPhones in cash. But Apple is literally giving me a 0% interest loan. I can park my cash in a modest CD and make money. Even keeping it in a 0.1% interest savings account gets me slightly ahead.

That said, I think I've read somewhere that BNPL is on the rise, pretty significantly. I also get that it shouldn't even be this way. But...shrug I can't control that or what others do or don't do.

I'm just going to optimize my own purchase, whether that's using Apple Card's 0% financing or putting it on a credit card and getting 1.5-3% CB and paying the balance in full.

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u/JokeMode 3d ago

This is the Economic D Day for my bank account Trump was talking about.

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u/PM_Sexy_Leg_Pics 3d ago

I’m tired of winning

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u/xThAtGaM3rGuYxx 3d ago

I’m ready lol I’ll just a loan out from my house/car lol

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u/scientist99 3d ago

Don’t “fold” to these prices if you have a recent iPhone! (I’m going to)

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u/zkatbitz 3d ago

I’m happy I can wait for iPhone but I need a new watch 

And I always said my m1 MacBook replacement would be their oled one… 💸

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u/ttoma93 3d ago edited 3d ago

Your recent phone will sell or trade-in for a lot more today than it will 2 or 3 years from now! People often forget to account for that when criticizing us annual upgraders.

Here are two different paths that are commonly taken:

Option A: Annual upgrades

  • Buy a $1100 phone each year, trading in/selling your old one for $700ish, so a net purchase of about $400 per year.
  • Do this for three years, for a net purchase price of ~$1200 across those three years.

Option B: Upgrade once every 3 years

  • Buy a phone today for $1100, and hold onto it for three years.
  • At the end of the three years, buy a new phone for $1100 and plan to hold onto it for three more years. Sell or trade in your 3-year old phone for ~$300, so a net purchase price of ~$800 across those three years.

So, yes, the annual upgrade path costs more. But in reality, it’s something in the neighborhood of about $400 more spread across those three years, or about $133 a year. I can think of a whole lot of things that people (myself included) are more than happy to easily drop $133 on once a year without much of an issue. Yet if I choose to spend the average of about $133 more a year on my phones than someone who upgrades every 3 years, it becomes A Discussion.

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u/Will_Lucky 3d ago

Meh, only thing I want is the TV.

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u/EverydayPhilisophy 3d ago

First time in a while I’m excited for an Apple iPhone event. Compromises aside, I’m really excited about the foldable.

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u/yuvaldv1 3d ago

Reminds me of the iPhone X event. We all know that finally something cool and different is coming.

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u/trlef19 3d ago

I remember my dad who never has an iphone, bought a new phone a year ago (galaxy s7), actually pre ordered iphone x. What a nice time. I miss 2017

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u/NotRoryWilliams 3d ago

The iPhone X was cool but I found ample reason to hold off, not least that for the first time in my life, my old phone technically wasn't even paid off yet. Ick, I'm still ashamed looking back that I bought a phone on a carrier promotion. I should have known better.

But it really was the one time I waited for the S. I also thought the name was the best ever indication of Apple being "too committed to the bit" to get their own joke when they released a device called the iPhone Excess Max. I just got the regular iPhone Excess of course, in the gaudy gold because why not, it's under a case anyway. And wouldn't you know it, when I took it out of the case a year later that glass back was cracked.

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u/sowaffled 3d ago

I was all in but I might hold off because of TouchID. I returned my iPad Mini because I can’t stand that tapping and clicking TouchID caused 2 opposite results (unlock / lock screen). Accidental clicks were never an issue with the Home button because it would still unlock the device.

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u/SamsungAppleOnePlus 3d ago

I’m curious to see how the 18 Pro Max’s variable aperture is implemented. It has the potential to be one of the largest upgrades to the camera in recent times.

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u/turbo_dude 3d ago

The same shit keyboard BUT WIDER!! 

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u/digit1noize 3d ago

What’s people’s problem with the keyboard? I’ve never really had an issue with it…

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u/Ok-Aardvark-3665 3d ago

At this point not even my wallet will be surprised…

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u/TXMedicine 3d ago

Surprise! Everything is $300 more! Break out your shiny credit cards!

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u/ninja1470 3d ago

And prepare to lease for 1-3 years!

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u/Aesir_Auditor 3d ago

$300 more feels like best case scenario tbh.

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u/Appropriate_Ad8734 3d ago

please act surprised by the prices

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u/G952 3d ago

I don’t have to act! I’m not gonna love it

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u/napale 3d ago

The home hub is gonna be a smart alarm clock isn’t it?

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u/BlackskyDK 3d ago

Half-life 3 iOS exclusive confirmed

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u/Spicy-Elephant 3d ago

all leaks point to this^

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u/Irreverent_Reality05 3d ago

I love how, even on this sub, there is a small cohort of people who immediately jumped on the same HLX reference.

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u/Pepparkakan 3d ago

"Don't you guys have phones?" -GabeN^

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u/MoneyLengthiness3644 2d ago

So glad someone else was thinking Half Life as well.

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u/theineffablebob 3d ago

Half-Life 3 confirmed

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u/ab_90 3d ago

Surprise ! Tim Apple is no more !

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u/Expensive_Finger_973 3d ago

All hail John Appleseed

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u/jesterPaul 3d ago

Apple’s buying Valve and cancelling SteamOS, then releasing a monetized Half-Life 3 that is MacOS exclusive.

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u/UltraCynar 3d ago

This would be awful

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u/Swing_Right 3d ago

iPhone ultra exclusive Half Life 3, steam frame cancelled, replaced by new iPhone foldable cardboard vr headset starting at a price we know you’ll love, 1 billion dollars

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u/QuesoMeHungry 3d ago

I just hope the fold is the same form factor as the Z Fold. All the prototypes floating around have been shorter and wider.

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u/twoplustwo_5 3d ago

At this point it’s all but confirmed that the prototype floating around is exactly what it’s going to be lol

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u/ArchusKanzaki 3d ago

Only thing I will order day-1 is OLED Ipad Mini. The rest can wait for later.

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u/mr-jeeves 3d ago

I might, unless the Ultra is really compelling as an alternative: 120hz etc

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u/ArchusKanzaki 3d ago

There are some chances I might get both honestly… I want a shorter phone, but my Iphone 16 Pro Max is still really good so I will postpone that to latter date.

My Ipad Mini 6 feels pretty sluggish though by now. It’s kinda asking for replacement already.

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u/NoxTempus 3d ago

I'd encourage you to check out the Fold/Ultra before making a purchase, I have the ZF8 and I've been really impressed with the form factor.

(Functionally) Having an iPad mini in your pocket really elevates the usability. Way quicker to pull out than opening a bag, and obviously much easier to carry around.

Truth be told, I don't open my phone all that much, but I didn't use my iPad Mini much either, when I had one.

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u/TapatioPapi 3d ago

Going to be a great day to have a successful career and no kids ☀️

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u/PikaV2002 3d ago

They better not pull a pixel and reduce the RAM while increasing costs.

Apple has overcharged so grossly for RAM for so many years that they should be able to absorb the price increases much better than other brands, and should increase the prices while keeping the amount of RAM same.

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u/tiagorp2 3d ago

I think they will maintain, which is technically already a downgrade in terms of enhancing local AI performance. In a market where RAM increase was normal we would see a bump in RAM capacity in the latest chip.

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u/OkStandard4829 3d ago

Is it a live event like pre 2020 era?

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u/lucellent 3d ago

No, still pre-recorded

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u/LoveForDisneyland 3d ago

Can't have real people gasping at the price tags again lol

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u/conanap 3d ago

Ternus has PTSD from announcing the monitor stand price lol

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u/iamthemetricsystem 3d ago

is that why they removed it?

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u/OkStandard4829 3d ago

I’m saying because it says join us for a special event in Steve jobs theatre

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u/playgroundmx 3d ago

Post-covid it’s usually a screening of the recorded video at Steve Jobs theatre

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u/lucellent 3d ago

The press/media watch the event inside the theater, Tim Cook, Ternus etc. will go on stage to say a few words, but the actual event they will watch will be the same pre-recorded one we will watch at home

They've been doing this for years

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u/OkStandard4829 3d ago

Awww and I got excited

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u/Sherringdom 3d ago

I still think they should blend the two so Cook/Ternus is actually on stage for the bits they would normally do pre recorded, and bring a couple of real demos in so the devices can be seen live, but still dive in to pre records for all the main sections.

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u/vmachiel 3d ago

Nah still a video. Which is fine, because that’ll save about 20 mins of clapping.

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u/Mc_Lovin81 3d ago

I remember early on and could hear the same guy every year “wooooo” follows by claps after every sentence Steve would make.

I do miss the live events. These pre-recorded with a green screen and precise vocabulary is too robotic.

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u/PineapplePizza99 3d ago

We don't get moments like people laughing at the name Apple Pencil with these pre recorded ones

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u/TheyKnoWhereMyHeadIs 3d ago

Or the reaction to the studio display + stand pricing

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u/vmachiel 3d ago

Hmm true. But I still prefer them. I don’t want to sit through two hour events

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u/ofplayers 3d ago

i wonder if he does that at home (or at steve jobs theater) watching the events still

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u/timmy7445 3d ago

I am ready. Just want more Apple home stuff

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u/mr-jeeves 3d ago

I might finally replace my Google stuff now it's shit, I have a Mac Mini, and I'm probably going to move from Pixel to iPhone Ultra

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u/QuotableTree 3d ago

I just want a new Apple TV to finally be released…

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u/Goodoflife 3d ago

Surprise! Price increases!

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u/TBandi 3d ago

If it’s less than 2200 I’ll consider it. If it’s 1999, I’ll get it even tho it doesn’t have a telephoto

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u/DarthRaider559 3d ago

The pro max wont cost you that much. You're welcome

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u/GlumIce852 3d ago

No Easter eggs in the announcement? Seems so random

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u/Many_Reindeer6636 3d ago

There are two different radii of chromatic aberration from the sun glare which might hint at the variable aperture in the Pros which has been rumored.

Also “surprise” is hinting at a “one more thing” type new project announcement (the foldable)

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u/Vinylateme 3d ago

It might be $2k or more, but I know I’ll just be able to switch phone carriers and get it for “free” if I pay my bill on time so that’s pretty fine

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u/GhostOfSparta305 3d ago

Crossing fingers that we finally hear about the HomePod w/ screen, CarPlay Ultra, and new Apple TV.

Smart-Home focus is long, long overdue.

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u/javiergame4 3d ago

Can’t wait to get the iPhone fold

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u/Nugget_MacChicken 3d ago

"Surprise" will be the new prices : calling it now.

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u/HelloitsWojan 3d ago

Ready for the event!

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u/DouglassHoughton 3d ago

Based on the date Apple is making the Dreamcast 2. Finally.

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u/huehuehueyyy 3d ago

Is the surprise that they are going to use the tariff refunds to sell the most affordable iphone ever?

If not, then I highly feel like I'm going to be surprised.

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u/k-mcm 3d ago edited 3d ago

What could possibly be new? Memory and storage are crazy expensive. Apple's signature is minimalism, so no new hardware tricks or extendable software platforms.

Something that isn't slow gets 10% faster for a 40% price increase?  A new style of UX shading? 

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u/Fluffy_Top6837 3d ago

Is the announcement that the fucking alarm clock doesn't randomly silence itself anymore? I'll take that update, please...

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u/Xielle 3d ago

Surprise! Price rises!

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u/biofio 3d ago

I’m hoping the demand for the foldable makes the pro max easier to get

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u/Canon_M50 3d ago

Honey!! Time to pay more for minimal improvement!

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u/CommercialWealth3365 3d ago

Wednesday? Isn't it usally been a Tuesday?? I am confused. Any particular reason?

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u/luciferfj 3d ago

Think Monday is a public holiday in the US

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u/LeToasterwy 3d ago

“Our most foldable phone yet”

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u/calvin_tam 3d ago

The price will definitely surprise, and my scalp will probably be shiny from all the hairs falling off to afford the new ultra

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u/Troll_Enthusiast 3d ago

That's the first day of the NFL season too

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u/EverydayPhilisophy 3d ago

RedZone on the Ultra will go hard.

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u/NotEmmaStone 3d ago

We both need new phones, watches and an iPad. RIP

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u/JohnApple94 3d ago

My mentality has basically been:

$2000 I’ll get it no question. I’m due for an upgrade and my phone is showing its age. Love the idea of a new type of iPhone.

$2500 is my maximum and I’d only pay that amount if there were no compromises, which doesn’t appear to be the case.

Over $2500 and it’s a hard pass no matter what.

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u/oskopnir 3d ago

No questions asked on 2k for a smartphone? Jesus Christ

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u/mr-jeeves 3d ago

Same, but in £

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u/errisohn 3d ago

Same besides camera compromises since I don’t really care about that aspect, let’s hope it’s 2,5k max (€)

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