cm0002@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoA 'US-Made iPhone' Is Pure Fantasywww.404media.coexternal-linkmessage-square262linkfedilinkarrow-up11.13Karrow-down120
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minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoThey’re more often subsidized by carriers here (in the US), too. I didn’t really want an iPhone, but $400 new for a Plus, with a plan discount, just makes an Android set not worth it.
minus-squareCorkyskog@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoAt that point I would start questioning why that particular phone is subsidized so much. Seems sus.
minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoExcess carrier inventory they can write off as a loss since the Plus didn’t sell as well, or so I was told.
They’re more often subsidized by carriers here (in the US), too. I didn’t really want an iPhone, but $400 new for a Plus, with a plan discount, just makes an Android set not worth it.
At that point I would start questioning why that particular phone is subsidized so much. Seems sus.
Excess carrier inventory they can write off as a loss since the Plus didn’t sell as well, or so I was told.