You see.. its even in your head already. See how effective this type of marketing and product branding this is. Sorry I cant help it because Im a marketing/sales guy in real lfe.

Buy buy lor. One time pain only.

This post has been edited by TOMEI-R: Oct 6 2015, 09:17 AM

People should remember that those buying the 64 GB and 128 GB models are helping to keep the existence of the 16 GB model. The higher prices keeps the 16 GB model affordable, as it's designed for people who don't use their smartphones much.

That being said, do I think Apple could do better by upgrading the base model to 32 GB? Absolutely. But Apple has to think about the profit margin also. iPhone is their biggest seller, and they have to keep a comfortable margin on it to prevent company revenue from being reduced. The US$100 difference goes a long way when we're talking about ~90 million iPhones.

one time pain every single year

Correct correct correct!

super super expensive!!!!!

Nice one

As expected the retail price will be high due to our weak Ringgit. It'll now be interesting to see if telco releases any interesting contract plans with it especially Maxis with their Zerolution, hopefully the 6s/6s+ will be the first Apple device to be on the Zerolution list of devices.

if the price is correct, then is still cheaper than SG Set, for example 6S+ 64GB, 1388SGD * 3.075 (Today's Rate) = RM 4,268.

worth the waiting

4099 a bit high of course but there will be people still buy it...hopefully on the day of launch can get mine Iphone S Plau 64gb...rose gold

RM4K for a phone? this is coming to the era when mobile phone first launched. About RM5K - RM10K each. Only for the rich... Think about it, RM4K is could be more than the salary of a lot of people. I hope the next gen will be cheaper..

for the current pricing of iPhone, i would say only those who are rich will be get it. middle class will soon go to Android or stay put with their current iPhone. Even if you go for telcos, it will still be a burden, getting the most expensive plan to get higher subsidised. For those whose plan are paid by company, still ok la... but those who have to pay themselves, better think twice. it's a wastage if you take an expensive plan but under utilise the value of the plan.

GSMArena just published its review of the 6S Plus. After reading it I think I may hold off upgrading till iPhone 7 next year. From the summary page: -

"If you're coming from the iPhone 6 Plus, the dilemma hinges on 3D touch and the future-proof 4K videos recording. For stills, the new 12MP camera isn't indisputably superior to the old one. You will also get a slightly better battery life, but the old Plus wasn't too bad in this department either."

For me, 4K Video Recording is not important, and I think we'll only see the full potential of 3D touch in the next 6 months or so

http://www.gsmarena.com/apple_iphone_6s_plus-review-1316.php

This post has been edited by attw: Oct 6 2015, 10:55 AM

I guess, if you're an existing iPhone 6 user, hold on before upgrading.

If you are from iPhone 5 era, it's due time for an upgrade

For some of us, it's not a matter of "die die keep wanting to buy", but because we made substantial investment over the years in Apple's app ecosystem so no choice lor...

Good point. Which is why I will only consider buying iPhones on contract coz company subsidizes phone bills... With the prices skyrocketing each year, I think it will also eventually come to a point when the phone can't be considered anymore, even on contract...

Maybe next year.

Another option to get iPhone is from used item, but not mentioned about the latest one (iPhone 6S/6S+), should be iPhone 6/6+

Ya, don't chase the latest but go one gen behind. That said, still much cheaper to buy previous gen Android flagships

its become leasehold item liao... lease from gomen apple..

Or finance it like how you would a car... 5 year instalment plan...

I look at it this way:

Bought last year iPhone 6 Plus RM4200. Resold it last month for RM3200. TO get the 6S model, since the price is the same, it should be around that same price IF currency didnt fall this bad this year. Technically, I should be only spending another RM1000 to get my new 6S Plus, but I now had to top up another RM500 to get the model that is priced the same because of depreciating RM. So it's additional RM1500 to get a new model, in which if saved for a year, that's around RM125 a month.

The only tough part was coughing up the initial RM4200 to get the 6 Plus last year, IF that is your FIRST time getting one, or you are moving from the Android ecosystem to Apple. But in my case, I've been buying and selling iPhones of every generation, and only had to top up for depreciations of price around RM1000-1200 because iPhones hold price well when sold compared to their Android counterparts. In my case, you'd probably have to trace back when Apple decides to hike up the price, and unlocked versions price hikes are in the modest range of USD100-200 only as well.

To keep things in perspective, I still remember 7 years back, to get the highest end 16GB model iPhone 3G, we still needed to pay more than NZD1000+ and that's already inching towards RM3000 based on currency exchange as well at that time. I know this, because I helped 14 other people got their unlocked iPhone 3G phones from NZ, and I was carrying their cash around in envelopes separately marked for this.

Bear in mind, the very first iPhone too wasnt cheap either, it was USD599 http://aaplinvestors.net/stats/iphone/pricing/, although for veterans, we all knew how to take advantage of the AT&T purchasing loopholes: buy contracted AT&T version online from Apple, pay USD199 for the 8GB model and throw away the AT&T simcard, WiFI unlock it (it wasn't termed as jailbreak that time) resell it at USD599 or higher, at that time there were no pricing indicator for iPhone, it's the first of its kind.

The pinch is felt nowadays not so much because the iPhone has increased in price to near a good laptop, it is because the price of a good laptop has dropped so much that the iPhone looked overpriced in comparison. You add in scalpers and opportunists selling them as status symbol (just look at pink iPhone prices) and it's easy target for people to make fun of Apple users calling them sheeps.

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