Apple Thread II | WWDC 2018 Mon 6PM

[Errkal]

EE have just released their prices for the iPhone X. The cheapest monthly cost is £73 a month with £100 upfront and that gets you 15gb of data.

Couldn't find an answer, but do you know if these are 12/18/24 month contracts?

I'll be 24 months as that the standard for everyone everywhere.

[addsy0]

EE have just released their prices for the iPhone X. The cheapest monthly cost is £73 a month with £100 upfront and that gets you 15gb of data.

Couldn't find an answer, but do you know if these are 12/18/24 month contracts?

24 month contracts, you can get 100gb of data for £83 a month.

[Mafro]

I'd like to get an iPhone X, but I am happy with my current iPhone 7 Plus and I will leave it until next year.

Same. Waiting to see what revisions it has and I don't really like buying first versions of a new Apple product or major redesigns.

High Sierra GM is out now if you're in the beta software program. Gonna give that a download later.

[massimo]

EE have just released their prices for the iPhone X. The cheapest monthly cost is £73 a month with £100 upfront and that gets you 15gb of data.

Couldn't find an answer, but do you know if these are 12/18/24 month contracts?

24 month contracts, you can get 100gb of data for £83 a month.

That's crazy.

[Return_of_the_STAR]

EE have just released their prices for the iPhone X. The cheapest monthly cost is £73 a month with £100 upfront and that gets you 15gb of data.

Couldn't find an answer, but do you know if these are 12/18/24 month contracts?

24 month contracts, you can get 100gb of data for £83 a month.

That's crazy.

It's crazy but there will be thousands of people who will pay it.

[KK]

Quidco and Carphone Warehouse offering £80 cashback on the iPhone 8 on contract; £20 if purchased outright.

[No:1 Final Fantasy Fan]

No way I'm paying that. Will rather get the iPhone 8 instead

[Ad7]

Is this the first time the majority of Apple fanboys have said 'strawberry float this' to pricing? Normally I'd expect.a flood of people saying they've pre-ordered but all the chat I'm hearing is how disgustingly expensive it is.

[Skippy]

When No:1 Final Fantasy Fan thinks it's too expensive you know they've done strawberry floated up

[massimo]

Is this the first time the majority of Apple fanboys have said 'strawberry float this' to pricing? Normally I'd expect.a flood of people saying they've pre-ordered but all the chat I'm hearing is how disgustingly expensive it is.

I don't think this place is a reliable gauge of public perception, but I would buy one outright instead of getting one on contract.

When No:1 Final Fantasy Fan thinks it's too expensive you know they've done strawberry floated up

Was thinking the same thing.

[Finish.Last]

I don't like to think of myself as a 'fanboy', but i have a lot of Apple stuff and I have always found it to be excellent and capable of doing a lot of stuff that other brands/OS's either can't do or do as simply (I know that simplistic isn't for everyone!). I've had Blackberry's and Android phones over the years, and I have a Windows PC alongside my Apple stuff.

The price is a big deal, but it's not the biggest factor for me; it's more that the phone just...well, I don't really like the looks of it! I don't really like the Face ID stuff, I don't like the daft 'notch' at the top of the screen, the bezel still looks kind of, well, noticeable around the edges. Added to that, and I've never minded paying the Apple premium, but when you can get, say, the Galaxy S8 (as I have ordered the other day) for literally half the price, and it looks a lot better and does pretty much everything the iPhone X offers....

I don't know. It just doesn't seem that good or look that good in a way that, in my opinion, prior iterations have done. I've no idea if my thoughts are common, or even if I won't be backpeddling in a few months on all this, but as a long-time Apple customer this just doesn't seem worth it.

Hey, maybe it never was?!

[Mafro]

Yeah I'm not a fan of the design of the X at all yet.

the notch sticks out like a sore thumb
bezels look thick
glass back
stainless steel sides (it just looks too shiny because of this and the above)
no Touch ID (fair enough if Face ID works as good as that but I'd need to try it myself)

And there's the fact you'll have to wait on devs updating their apps for the new screen size. When the 5 and 6 came out some of the apps I use a lot weren't updated for months (some over a year) with proper support for the larger screens.

I still think the 7 and 7 Plus are the best looking phones they've ever done, the matte black just looks sooo good.

[Mafro]

btw Safari blocking autoplaying videos in High Sierra is

[Harry Bizzle]

iPhone X looks ok. It's gonna have its issues but will still probably be a lovely device.

Paying £999 for a smartphone is just telling Apple that you're ok with that, though. Who knows, if enough people give it a miss they might rethink the next one. But I doubt it. Too many people who just buy regardless.

[massimo]

btw Safari blocking autoplaying videos in High Sierra is

I've seen a lot of the add supported websites and advertising companies complaining that the new safari feature to limit ad tracking removes choice from consumers. Sure, removes choice. That's what we want. Not less privacy invasion, but choice.

[No:1 Final Fantasy Fan]

Anyone going to try and preorder an iPhone X to sell on for profit on eBay?
I'm sure they will be very sought after on the international market could make a tidy profit

[BID0]

there are far better ways to invest money that would see you get a better return per £ and without the hassle

[KK]

Just to sell this at cost price, eBay are going to nabble £100 out of you and it's going to cost about 20 quid to post it.

Factor in PayPal fees and it'll have to sell for about £1150 just to break even.

Forget it.

[bear]

Anyone going to try and preorder an iPhone X to sell on for profit on eBay?
I'm sure they will be very sought after on the international market could make a tidy profit

The US price is $200 below the UK price once you include the US sales tax. Adding in the eBay, PayPal and postage fees KK mentioned then you'd need the X to be rarer than rocking horse gooseberry fool in order to turn a decent profit.

[KK]

If you're buying the X you really are better off booking a weekend in New York. Yeah it would cost you more once all is said and done, but still better value than the piss take pricing Apple are charging throughout Europe.

£1 is currently $1.36 too, though who knows how long that'll last.