Correction: the OnePlus 6T costs $549, not $350, and the Moto G6 costs $250, not $180

@fehmisolmaz805

5 жыл бұрын

The Verge moto g6 $180 at Costco you are right

@jeafninja4187

5 жыл бұрын

Where i can oneplus 6t for that price?

@dravago17

5 жыл бұрын

Jeaf Ninja tmobile was selling oneplus phones for around 350

@jeafninja4187

5 жыл бұрын

@@dravago17 in with state ?

@glendmd666

5 жыл бұрын

Ha!

because midrange phones now are actually very decent, so flagship phones is more luxury than a must.

@fyre1307

5 жыл бұрын

"Good phones are getting cheap, and cheap phones are getting good" - Marques Brownlee

@9yearoldepicgamersoldier129

5 жыл бұрын

@@fyre1307 -Markass Brownie*

@thetechconspiracy2

5 жыл бұрын

But mid range phones are also rising in prices. The Moto G4 cost $200, but the Moto G6 now costs $250. The OnePlus 3 cost $400 , but the latest 6T costs $550, almost as much as a flagship did a few years ago. The rise is a little slower, but it is still noticeable, especially as mid range phones start adding the "luxury" features as flagships such as a "bezel less" screen and multiple cameras.

@MsLia32

5 жыл бұрын

@@thetechconspiracy2 I don't know what data you are using, but it's wrong

@TechMonkey253

5 жыл бұрын

​@@thetechconspiracy2 I think the 6T counts as a Flagship of sorts.

:because people want to make money, and consumers are paying

@bradfox7997

5 жыл бұрын

This is the comment for which we have clicked on this video

@SEANTSEANT

5 жыл бұрын

DJ 6113 i got you

@metaitachi

5 жыл бұрын

So companies didn’t want to make money years ago?

@SEANTSEANT

5 жыл бұрын

metaitachi no they did that’s why they made phones and marketed them and profited

@xerethas

5 жыл бұрын

​@@metaitachi Big companies are in a situation where they need to make *more* money every year. If they made 100 million this year, they have to make MORE next year in order to keep shareholders satisfied. So if they manage to make 110 million next time, than THAT will be the new expected minimum. And so on and so forth. That's why a company like Activision can announce record profits of $1.8 billion in 2018, and then lay off 800 employees in early 2019.

"Apple is running out of people to sell iphone to.." *Raise the price to $1000*

@carholic-sz3qv

5 жыл бұрын

i totally agree with you

@superstarDJ537

5 жыл бұрын

And people saying but I can't leave the ecosystem!

@silentfoxbestofasmongold2177

5 жыл бұрын

Meanwhile Samsung raises to $1700 and no samsung user can afford that LOL

@Young_Dab

5 жыл бұрын

@@silentfoxbestofasmongold2177 That's for the foldable phone tho, a mass majority of people are still content with regular smartphones

@silentfoxbestofasmongold2177

5 жыл бұрын

Young Dab-A-Roosa samsung s10+ 1tb is $1700 in Sweden

Ok folding phones don't count. They use brand new technology and are available in limited quantities.

@vaibhavthamman

5 жыл бұрын

True.

@Andres_Acosta

5 жыл бұрын

Suspect folding phones still use the same operating system as other phones so what brand new tech is making it worth 2K plus? The hinge? Inferior screen to most phones?? You’re paying 2k to be a first adopter of potentially the next fad and that’s it. Making it no different to other phones

@hibye-by3yb

5 жыл бұрын

folding screens were around in the 90s lmao

@radroroscam3770

5 жыл бұрын

@@hibye-by3yb did they have touchscreen display? OLED display? Were they durable? Did they have the same resolution? I guess not, so it is new tech

@hibye-by3yb

5 жыл бұрын

@@radroroscam3770 oled in itself is flexible, and touchscreens work by having your finger disrupt an electrical field around your screen, both of which were around in the 90s. All that stopped it was the costs, so no it's not new tech

Why phones are expensive? Well, don't buy the flagship phones, problem solved.

@shaku_maku

5 жыл бұрын

or flagship phones for less money (OP6T, ....).

@aravindr4986

5 жыл бұрын

Courage 🤑

@shrinivaspatil299

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah !

@ransom182

5 жыл бұрын

Ghost noone yes that’s what the video concludes with. Thanks.

@bigmaxcc

5 жыл бұрын

Fei Han 🤔 tell that to the apple fanboys

did the verge just say the oneplus 6t costs $350?? maybe thats the tmobile price or something with more monthly costs but mine was $580 from oneplus's website

@alang9480

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah pretty sure that was some sort of big mistake.

@peterski1

5 жыл бұрын

$760 in Australia!

@karaage7926

5 жыл бұрын

$900 New Zealand Dollars!

@mdrahman6732

5 жыл бұрын

@@karaage7926 Jesus does New Zealand have an insane tax?! How much does a Note ( cost over there(new and 3rd party)? I can only imagine the price of iPhones over there. I am just curious and I am from the USA.

@Vladm557

5 жыл бұрын

The had a promotion with t mobile if you turned in an older one plus the new one is 350

What's with the BS prices? A OnePlus 6t is $550, not $350. A Moto G6 is $250, not $180.

@TheCharleseye

5 жыл бұрын

The G6 price is for the 32GB Amazon Prime version. It's $179 and comes with Amazon bloatware installed.

@pixelbat

5 жыл бұрын

@@TheCharleseye No, that's for the G6 play, not the G6. They're not the same phone

@frankov_83

5 жыл бұрын

He's clearly an iPhone fan. Tries to downplay the rest, just putting the OP6T in the same category as the Moto G6 shows you he doesn't know much.

@jevonsims900

5 жыл бұрын

Depends on where and when you purchased your phone.

@frenzy07_

5 жыл бұрын

US

I miss the days when smartphone flagships were 600-700 dollars...

@SirExtreme15

5 жыл бұрын

If you get a 700 smartphone, it will perform better than older flagships

@linusmlgtips2123

5 жыл бұрын

That was just 2016 lol.

@mdrahman6732

5 жыл бұрын

@@SirExtreme15 But you won't have some of the flagship features. If you just want speed then you could just buy the pocophones. Just trying to point that out. And the speed increases compared to previous years are now kind of slowing down and becoming less relevant. You should buy a thousand dollar phone if your use case needs it, you can afford it and can use some of its features. Most people would be fine with 300-400 dollar phones for their use case scenario. But some need and want a bit more for their specific use case scenario. Sorry for the long comment.

@Charles-fo1js

5 жыл бұрын

I think the fact that I see you so often means that we just have similar tastes in content. Hello, pal

@MechaMeister

5 жыл бұрын

i miss the day when we dont have smartphone

In India The Redmi Note 7 Pro starts at $200 The iPhone Xs Max starts at $2000 Average person earns $450 per month Has to pay rent/loans $120 Has to pay for food $100 Has to pay bills $50 Misc- $50 What will he most likely buy? Does he get 10x the phone for 10x the money? Even if one buys an iPhone today. By the times he finishes paying for it in EMI's it will be outdated and even the cheap midrangers easily outperform it with more features

@rohit47virdi

5 жыл бұрын

So true 😮😮

@nipunsharma5351

5 жыл бұрын

The iPhone xs Max doesn't start at $2000 in India. It is more like $1550.

@kabirsingh1000

5 жыл бұрын

Come in Punjab my friend 😆. People are crazy for iphones. A person might own a splendor bike but will have iPhone X 😆 . I saw an Auto Rickshaw driver with iPhone 6s

@spandanghosh_

5 жыл бұрын

@@kabirsingh1000 i also own 6s plus bought broken for 5k fixed by swapping parts with icloud locked device😂

@spandanghosh_

5 жыл бұрын

@@nipunsharma5351 i won't buy a 64gb device for that amount though

This guy is acting like he discovered the mystery of the universe while stating the most obvious simple facts

@israellai

5 жыл бұрын

The art of presentation

@arjun-kz2gu

5 жыл бұрын

@@israellai well said

@royaltyfreebeats-galaxima9976

11 ай бұрын

U sound mad he was making an entertainment video and has subscribers 😂 try going outside sometime

Market stopped growing they trying to squeeze the customers that still upgrade all the time. Last time I upgrade. I'm keeping my phone until it breaks than buying the cheapest one I can find!

@adogsupreme1739

5 жыл бұрын

I got the same plan hoping to get 5+ years out of my current phone if im lucky

@ericdodson3630

5 жыл бұрын

I purchased a Pixel 3 XL because after the 3 years of security updates i know i can flash Lineage OS on it and keep it for at least another 2-3 years so that $999 over 6 years is roughly $14 a month, as long as the battery can be replaced by a knowledgable technician I might be able to get even more life out of my phone. What i really believe needs to be done to justify these prices is offering 4-5 years of updates like Apple does (you can run iOS 12 runs on the iPhone 5s released in 2013) so your ROI is better. That's why i will only buy unlocked devices with unlocked bootloaders from now on.

@ericdodson3630

5 жыл бұрын

@@hwfq34fajw9foiffawdiufhuaiwfhw yeah but you don't have to deal with the US carriers

@MrAyybee2cold

4 жыл бұрын

Elvin deSouza have a iPhone 6 that I’ve had since it came out replaced the battery last year before I bought the XR and I still use it as a backup lol

Because the flagships need reasons to prevent people from going to the midrange or even entry-level phones, which do 90% of the stuff.

@shrinivaspatil299

5 жыл бұрын

🤣 Correct

@mdrahman6732

5 жыл бұрын

At that logic, people shouldn't buy phones beyond $300-$400. That would even make the coveted OnePlus phones bad for most people in terms of value.

@Mr._Doge

5 жыл бұрын

Actually mid-rangers do 100% of the stuff, just 90% as good. It's very sad that people are willing to pay a grand for this.

@rockhardmemes2203

5 жыл бұрын

Mr. Doge thanks for your input Mr. Doge

Anything over 400$ seems OP to me. Except OnePlus IMO.

Phones got expensive because... Apple could not sell more phones and yet could not cut down profits and let investor feel bad... So they began increasing prices to keep the profit up... That's the reason prices got high..!

@thotasrujan2555

5 жыл бұрын

True..!

@aravindr4986

5 жыл бұрын

They are not going to last forever

@finntran1672

5 жыл бұрын

Not all smartphones are iPhones

@stephangreen2070

5 жыл бұрын

Skylake81 I disagree. They purchase millions of units there’s no way each unit costs $500

@brychjakub

5 жыл бұрын

And what about samsung?

The OnePlus 6T is actually $550, not $350 as mentioned in the video

My phone is $100 and I won't cry if I drop it accidentally 😂

@ANUJGROVER01

5 жыл бұрын

but you'll cry when it lags

@jevonsims900

5 жыл бұрын

@@ANUJGROVER01 Some of us don't mind a little stutter.😊

@charlesgaster4432

5 жыл бұрын

Samsung galaxy sky $100 and still going strong 2+ years later.

@otk88403

5 жыл бұрын

Just got the s10+ 1 tb at $1600. I won't cry if I drop it either because I'm not broke like those peasants buying iPhones 😂😂😂

@otk88403

5 жыл бұрын

@ಠ_ ಠ Not a fan of the Fold's look.

That's why brand like Xiaomi are growing 🤑🤑🤑

@hbudiman14

5 жыл бұрын

Their device bloated with ads. Yeah users can turn it off but for how long? they will change the rules.

@derVlogdahalt

5 жыл бұрын

@@hbudiman14 Just look at the MI A2/A2 lite. These are pure Android phones, so they are not at all bloated and they cost around 200€.

@Tofu3435

5 жыл бұрын

@Ens but a costumer why should care about xiaomi's stock? Good phone for normal price. If they raise price, the average costumers buying meizu.

@devilorchard

5 жыл бұрын

Samsung Galaxy M series is around 200

@FiveMinuteRamen

5 жыл бұрын

They're growing because they steal technology from the legitimate players.

I'm still using a Nexus 6. I'll upgrade sometime this year but my phone still does everything I want it to do, has a headphone jack, 64gb internal memory and a 4K screen.

@RayyanAshraf

5 жыл бұрын

Both the nexus 6 and 6p have a 1440p screen, which is 2k. But it is just enough for a smartphone.

If you think about it, a thousand a year isn't too much for something you depend on every single minute of the day and the fact is, most of us keep our phones within 3 feet ofbus all the time

Great video and it's very nice to hear other perspective other than 'companies are evil and greedy' I like a more professional, technical and accurate description of what's happening with prices and you just did that. Keep up the good work!

Yeah i stop buying flagships. Good phones might not getting cheaper, but cheap phones are definitely getting better.

@SweBeach2023

5 жыл бұрын

Another option is getting a lightly used flagship.Bought myself a Note 8 in perfect condition for $260 just a few weeks back. Had I not valued the pen a S8 can be found around the $200 mark with very similar specification. Ten years ago buying a year old phone meant getting far worse performance. Today the difference is almost non-existent. I have bought a few cheaper phones as well but they all seem to miss what the flagships offered a year before.

800 was my limit but I stretched it for the “anniversary edition“. I will never buy a more expensive phone again. After taxes and the insane conversion rates it is just prohibitively expensive in Europe.

In the end it all comes down to corporate greed. "Our economy is at war with many forms of life on earth, including human life. What the climate needs to avoid collapse is a contraction in humanity’s use of resources; what our economic model demands to avoid collapse is unfettered expansion. Only one of these sets of rules can be changed, and it’s not the laws of nature.” - Naomi Klein

Your reasons are valid only in USA, expected in global market

Yay i got the best out there! Oh wait, where's the headphone jack?

I think my upper limit, as a student whose phones mostly come from my parents buying them, would be about the price my mother paid for my current one: R$1000, which is about 250 dollars. It runs very smoothly, has a pretty nice battery life (often ending the day with 40% or so of the charge) and a memory good enough for what I use.

6:20 The Oneplus 6T is not 350$

@carterlynn9707

5 жыл бұрын

Immediately came here to find out who else is seeing that.

@grantapusdonald6105

5 жыл бұрын

Alex Korocencev - used it is

@brubbys

5 жыл бұрын

Mine was $280 with the trade in offer 😁

@leetrumbull3222

5 жыл бұрын

I wish it were $350!

@brychjakub

5 жыл бұрын

Are you talking international prices, US prices, EU, Asia?

After a year the prices drop, got a new s9+ for 467$

Low competition is also the reason companies like Apple can do whatever they wants.Let Oppo and Huawei operate in us and you will see prices going down.

Excellent video. Accurate and informative. One of the Verge’s best!

"two dauson dollars"

Don't buy new phone often to save environment

@bruxi78230

5 жыл бұрын

Vuthy Va ---- When I get a new iPhone every year, my old iPhone continues to be used by someone else often for a long time because Apple continues updates for 5 or more years. Apple is committed to recycling materials and eventually getting to a point where no minerals are mined in the making of Apple products.

It's a simple answer: corporate greed

@alexk1418

5 жыл бұрын

Headphoneguy96 exactly. They are not satisfied even with billions of dollars

@therealnoodles7638

5 жыл бұрын

They make billions of profit a year. Shareholders will also throw a tantrum if their profits don't grow. So they must grow perpetually. This is the economic system we have.

It's about the camera, it's one of the main selling points. Most low end and high end can perform task pretty much the same, but camera is where you see where the money is worth

Great video! It’s so hard explaining to my family why flagship phones are so expensive.

Forgot to mention tech also gets less expensive as time goes on. You can't tell me Apple 720p LCD screen still costs as much to produce as it did over 6-7 years ago. Hardware components are also removed in some models which should account for the new parts added. This substitute should not account for such a price increase. And lets not forget the 5W charger that should be upgraded to 9W or 15W for fast charging. Profit is the main goal here.

Where can I get the OP6T for $350?

@mdrahman6732

5 жыл бұрын

I think they messed up the pricing.

@nickgenardi6019

5 жыл бұрын

You can get the lg g7 for like around like 300

@fyre1307

5 жыл бұрын

@@nickgenardi6019 But, that isn't a OP6T, so why would we care?

Great explanation and summary. Very well done 👍🏽

Along with buying a low cost phone and keeping it longer you can buy an expensive phone and *_know_* you won't be buying a new phone for 4+ years - once you get top of the line most improvements are incremental and many years later it's still _good enough_ - it's when you buy a cheap phone that you live with compromise and fall behind faster. The manufacturers charge what they think people will pay, then a few months later the price drops to adjust for expected sales, you _might_ get the same phone for 25% less a year later. Another factor is that the younger generation of workers wants to be paid fairly and advance themselves - to one day be able to afford the phone that they make.

@grenwodirishwica

5 жыл бұрын

Till they roll out an update and slow down your programming. Just ask apple about how they do that so you buy a new phone every year

@LowLightVideos

5 жыл бұрын

@@grenwodirishwica That's why I bought an S9+, and am not tempted to buy any of the S10's. My phone is no slower after Pie and I'm still getting over 20 hours off a charge with several hours of heavy use per day - it's no different a year later, except I've got 15 GB of memory left; time to buy a microSDXC.

@GiaoDinhVN

5 жыл бұрын

I bought the poco f1, everything is at top level and the replacement for any part is cheap af, and yeah, it cost 300, and will be still good after 3 years for sure. So, why and expensive iphone or samsung device?

@ProfessorJohnny69

5 жыл бұрын

Even low cost phones last a decent amount of times these days. Most people get a new phone just because they want to.

@LowLightVideos

5 жыл бұрын

@@ProfessorJohnny69 - Buy the best and keep it, and you're stuck with the best. Buy the cheapest and keep it, and you're stuck with the cheapest. I have a 10 year old Nokia N95 (with 5MP sensor and Carl Zeiss lenses) that still works perfectly, and an HTC M7 with a ballooned battery - they don't make 'em like they used to. I hope that in 10 years I don't look like a fool with my S9+ as a backup phone.

Because people won't buy a cheap phone They always want an overpriced phone with popular brand 😒😒

@ashleysleepyy

5 жыл бұрын

Not really for most people its quality and we are using technology more so yeah.

TMO still has contracts. They just cleverly renamed them as "bill credits".

I lived in Portugal until 2005. When I came to Canada I hate that my only options were to be locked into a 2-year plan or pay a stupid amount for pay-as-you-go. I'm glad change happened.

Jake Awesome Video really enjoyed.Thanks so much for sharing Deb 👍✌

I'm still with my Pocophone F1 for $300 and honestly, it's soooo goooood

@johnozzy9474

5 жыл бұрын

Me too.... There's no reason to for Apple or Samsung... I live in Texas... Can just laugh at friends for spending so much money... My whole family uses xiaomi unlocked phones on an no contract plan.... Never gonna be sucker for their sponsorships or fanboys

Cheap phones keep getting better & better, flagships are just putting more unnecesary things so they can excuse the crazy prices.

Loved the content! Thank you for making this video

I got 190mps down today on my tmobile phone. I think tmobile is number 1 And when you call them they connect you straight to a person. That alone is priceless.

We got the coolest phones in Southern Asia for dirt cheap prices.

@owengee7415

5 жыл бұрын

lol omw to southeast asia.

@mikeoxlong6351

5 жыл бұрын

Dirt cheap in exchange for installed spyware 😂

@superstarDJ537

5 жыл бұрын

@@mikeoxlong6351 In the US, the majority of your broadband and cellular service providers know pretty much everything you do and sell that data.

@mikeoxlong6351

5 жыл бұрын

@@superstarDJ537 you mean analytics and tracking? well of course, I'm sure of it. But I'm talking about REAL spying not tracking how long you are in specific websites or certain interests for targeted ads and stuff

@namankalra4807

5 жыл бұрын

@@mikeoxlong6351 Bro I got a MI A2 device for ₹11500 with the Android one programme installed on it. And, you can get several others with stock Android. Even Samsung makes mint phones for cheap prices in our region. Just look at the new M series and A series.

This video on OLED looks awesome

I bought my HTC U11 2017 new in March 2018 for $350. Newer phones are incremental updates. I buy the previous year's flagship for a fraction of the original price and get a great phone for it.

2:12 Yep. I remember in the age of the iPhone 7 or 8, I think, you could see prices around $800 unlocked.

Cool video but maybe ditch the sideburns... actually definitely ditch the sideburns

What’s your price limit for a smartphone?

@dineshkarthik6155

5 жыл бұрын

600 €

@Nishith8

5 жыл бұрын

600$

@invisiblely

5 жыл бұрын

Note 8 600$ 😂

@pospisil_filip

5 жыл бұрын

4000 Czk = 180 $

@MrGERiarza

5 жыл бұрын

About 500 to 600 euros. I buy a flagship a year after it has been out and with cashback deals.

Great content, thank you for sharing!

Anyone else notice Jake says "Thousand" wierd

@pro-ballers5559

5 жыл бұрын

Zaowzand

@mickyumm

5 жыл бұрын

@@pro-ballers5559 lol. Almost.... Commendable effort.

Phones aren't expensive. I have a computer in my pocket that is more powerful than my desktop I had 10 years ago. The fact that smartphones are accessible to as many as they are is a modern miracle of technology and production.

@Young_Dab

5 жыл бұрын

Underrated logic! This is so true. Phones are doing so much more nowadays. They essentially are like laptops in our pockets with professional grade cameras and of course they're phones. All this combined into 1 device it's really almost underappreciated honestly.

The only one qualified to tell me why something is something from the verge is Dieter Bohn

@PHlophe

5 жыл бұрын

Dieter Bohlen doesn';t do stats and market analysis. he reviews products

i live in europe and have owned 3 phones in the last 8 years. Always payed for them outright. First an s1, then an iphone 6 plus, now and xsmax.

Thanks for including the sources!

Well mostly because they are removing support for phones,for example I have 5S and with iOS 13 they are removing support for 5S,SE,6S so most of the people that has those will upgrade including me.And that's A LOT of people since 6S is most selling Phone ever with old Nokias

@samhipps8435

5 жыл бұрын

Paco I don’t think iOS 13 will end support for phones with A8 or A9 chips. iOS 12 still supports A7 devices, so those will probably be dropped with iOS 13

@DannewK

5 жыл бұрын

just dont upgrade. who needs the newest ios

Iim still rocking a LG v30 unlocked does what I need to do I'm done buying these expensive phones for them to do the same thing as last year 😅😂🤣

@alinpetrescu2309

5 жыл бұрын

Same

@jevonsims900

5 жыл бұрын

Same here, they lose value too fast for me to justify spending over $300.00 for one.

@icymayne

5 жыл бұрын

@@jevonsims900 yea people hopefully wise up and save money because technology updates too fast i use to work in the cell phone industry and when I really notice I left because people bend over backwards for the new shiny phone

@alexanderg1935

5 жыл бұрын

Good choice. Superb DAC.

@icymayne

5 жыл бұрын

@@alexanderg1935 definitely that's why I got it I love it

Love this video,really informative ☺

Suprsingly good analysis. Well done.

just mention that as usual, this is damn american centric study vid in the title.

@brychjakub

5 жыл бұрын

Vishal Bhandure in what way?

@nikita.mp4

5 жыл бұрын

@@brychjakub Probably because the host only mentioned US statistics and not stats from all over the world (which would be time consuming to research, in my opinion)

@rj.charles

5 жыл бұрын

Vishal Bhandure Well it is an American based channel. Plus if you discount the stuff about subsidized phones it still explains why phone prices have gone up in the past couple years

@XX-pp3bx

5 жыл бұрын

This channel is American centric.. because it's literally centered in America. Every host I've seen from them is American and the majority of their audience i could safely assume is also American. If you don't like American centric viewpoints, watch a channel based in your area of residence

@bruxi78230

5 жыл бұрын

Vishal Bhandure ----- Hey my man, don't like it? Start your own channel. KZread is a democracy.

Why does he look like Dr. Doofenshmirtz from Phineas and Ferb?

@andrewprasanna9323

5 жыл бұрын

No he doesn't. Enough said.

@GauravSharma-dy8xv

5 жыл бұрын

No. He doesn't look like him

@goofybear574

5 жыл бұрын

You're high

@andrewprasanna9323

5 жыл бұрын

@@goofybear574 lol dude

@GrantisSquarepantis7

5 жыл бұрын

I also vote no

extremely clear intelligent presentation, this is good work for you to be doing. Some people are all charisma, or smart and boring, you are a good face for new media, good job.

What a great video! Thanks man.

More profit is the main motive for increasing phones prices.

@kevindwarka8209

5 жыл бұрын

haider hlsk with a speck of intelligence you'll realize there's more to it

Got mi 8 lite, 250 USD, 128rom 6ram, nothing to envy from iPhone

Have had my 5s since launch. Replaced the battery last year. Does everything I need and the money I save goes toward stuff like travel, investing, a 4K tv. When this dies I’ll buy a couple gens back from the latest at a discount. Latest and greatest is a scam.

My dad and I got 2 iPhone XRs for $750 (for two) and about 3 years of use until the next upgrade comes out to $125 per year. Not bad in my opinion

Just buy older models. Honestly, there aren't much innovations.

The smartphone market is saturated, thats the main reason. look up Porter

@sidmate13

5 жыл бұрын

But if the market is saturated, won't the prices decrease? Excess supply leads to fall in prices.🤔

@olasogaolu7011

5 жыл бұрын

Sidharth Manakil my thoughts exactly. In fact, the market is over saturated and prices should begin to fall but for some reason that isn’t the case.

@jackyyo1998

5 жыл бұрын

@@olasogaolu7011 well cost of making phones are going up

@RackaApps

5 жыл бұрын

@@olasogaolu7011 i think it's because they know people won't upgrade even with slightly reduced prices. So they keep relying on the few to upgrade and charge them more to compensate the loses

Thank you for the great analysis.

I have a BlackBerry KEY2 LE. It was only 339 euro. Very happy with it

TMobile's CEO is great. He has a Facebook live stream every Sunday calls slowcooker Sunday. He cooks when wearing a ridiculous apron. Just the best.

@TheJudge064

5 жыл бұрын

Reminds me of Norton

I know why iPhones are so expensive Because the damn logo

I've been rocking a $130 Moto E4+ and it's honestly good enough. 720 Led screen,junk camera but what won me 5000mAHr battery. It lasts two days with medium use.

one of the best verge videos

Yeah phones are expensive but having a flagship is dope as hell

@Seskoi

5 жыл бұрын

Flagships aren't as impressive as they were before nowadays..!

*512 GB iPhone Xs Max costs $2000 in India* Yes people still buying xD

@nottherealRohaNNNN

5 жыл бұрын

@Drug Dealer Ftw no sir , 512GB costs 1.44 Lakh INR = $2000(apprx)

@SK-cm1hn

5 жыл бұрын

@@Perfect_setup The taxes are not the reason it's apple. Note 9 costs 960$ in India .. And the samsung phones have similar pricing(+ - $30)..

@sahajmamgain2297

5 жыл бұрын

Saransh Bibiyan Samsung manufactures in India. Apple doesn’t

budget phones are closing the gap between premium ones so since all phones are great the most compelling factor is the devices price which will push the other companies to lower their prices

I bought an infinix note 5 with android one when my moto g6 got broken glass New phone cost some 130 USD. Inner peace

Big Picture? Only for folks from US

My phone cost me $200 of my own money, thank you very much.

Really cool video, thanks! :)

Well explained, thank you.

I use a Samsung Galaxy S8 and I'm very happy =D

It's expensive because it's an overpriced product I don't think it's a mystery. 🤷🏼‍♂️

@grenwodirishwica

5 жыл бұрын

Just like all apple products

@grenwodirishwica

5 жыл бұрын

@@skylake8123 to be fair they charge $300 for a $20 pair of headphones. and the material cost on an iPhone tops out at 350. So they grossly overcharge everyone make up for a lack of sales. When the sales were high they had a $99 dollar option. Now that sales have dropped, we have $1000 phones again.

Hey I like that you have adjusted the cost for inflation, can you or someone please explain how it's done? Seems like good thing to know?

2:30 that’s why it’s good to just save up and pay off the phone in full at once

The Verge: **swears in the title** KZread: *_D E M O N E T I Z E D_*

@darrenalexander5993

5 жыл бұрын

They're not even swearing lol but i agree

@InefficientElectron

5 жыл бұрын

Damn is only a swear word if you're Ned Flanders.

@Legority

5 жыл бұрын

Darren Alexander I know, but some people consider it bad, and I didn’t know what else to call it. A semi-swear word? A non-PG word?

first and only reason: apple started doing it

Interesting, but good video. Thank you Verge!

Question is do we need that much features? I'm using OP5 and only thing I miss is waterproofing but other than that ..I can easily go another year with that especially with ports and mods and root

@anthonyt425

5 жыл бұрын

Nah, I suspect most people don't need these features which end up feeling gimmicky. Companies just add them to differentiate themselves from the competition while also justifying a price increase.

Good review. I'm satisfied with my HTC 10.

@anthonyt425

5 жыл бұрын

That phone is a trooper.

Laughing while watching this on my Nokia 3310

What this video fails to mention is plans still cost just as much if not more than before. So even if carriers want to play off like the phone price was baked into service, at least you got a discounted phone out of it, sometimes significantly. Now you pay full price, maybe slightly discounted

They should really bring back the trade in programs for the new iPhones but like you get the phone for half off and you pay the rest monthly in your contract.