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[deleted] t1_jeb0v3e wrote

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Major-Cardiologist-3 t1_jeb61s0 wrote

It costs 464 dollars in materials to build the iPhone 14 pro max 128 Gb, and sells for 1099. The remaining 635 dollars after tax is about 400-300, and they still have to pay for the research & development, shipping, customer acquisition, sales, legal, and overhead. This leaves them with a 25% net profit margin of sales.

Then, because they are a publicly traded company, their profit is split between the shareholders (the U.S. public where anyone can invest and profit) or reinvested in the company, providing growth and jobs.

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Material-Ad1949 t1_jebvt3c wrote

Bro do you understand how much technology and amazing shit is in your pocket for $1000? The fact that these things aren’t $2000+ is amazing, considering how expensive technology has historically been. Also, you don’t have to buy a new one every year. I usually go 3 or so years before upgrading, which really negates the cost.

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Winjin t1_jec2awv wrote

I'm still at XR I got as a present. Only thing I did was paid some hacksmiths to install way more memory in it.

The camera really lags behind in comparison to newer models, but other than that it's still really good.

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Pikcle t1_jecnhq8 wrote

Did they download more RAM for you?

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Winjin t1_jedsbxp wrote

I had 64 gigs and now I have 512 gigs of hard drive memory. I mean they're both "memory", let's say long-term vs short term

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lkn240 t1_jec9rpv wrote

I mean buy a pixel then - they are pretty easily the best bang for the buck out there, esp on sale. My wife is a photographer and gets the pro version - the camera is seriously amazing.

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paltset t1_jed4th8 wrote

The periscope zoom is cool but shot for shot, as a camera professional, I prefer what comes out of the iPhone.

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Upper_Decision_5959 t1_jecneua wrote

You don't have to always buy the latest and greatest. Just wait a year or 2 and you won't be charged 1000+ dollars.

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