Apple, Samsung, and Google will each be offering you a variety of ways to spend MYR 4k on your next phone. Why Samsung thinks it can get away with the escalation in price.

The three key factors are that
(a) it’s not a huge rise from last year’s Note model,
(b) it’s padded out with immediate bundles and sweeteners that get you extras like a DeX desktop dock, and
© Apple’s making the same move, which normalizes it.

For Apple, the iPhone X’s OLED screen from Samsung is surely a pricey component, especially when you consider Samsung’s likely reluctance to share an exclusive piece of hardware (no one else does bezel-less OLED of this quality, not even LG) with its biggest mobile rival. And as to Google and its new Pixel XL? I’m not going to prejudge that product, though it too is expected to have a hard-to-manufacture OLED display with reduced bezels.

The unifying threads between the three companies pushing past the MYR 4k marker are the desire to have an unmatched display (however briefly) and the depth of brand goodwill to convince consumers to come along for the ride. The loyalty of iPhone users is legendary, rivaled only by the degree of dependence that most of the world has on Google apps and services. And with Samsung having sold a few hundred million smartphones of its own, many people have grown attached to that brand too. To push people to spend more than they’ve previously been comfortable with, a strong brand is essential.

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Agree?

The point is, consumer keep on buying those product, thus they continue innovate and increase pricing. If none or little of us buy them, they will start to looking into cheaper phone.

even Pixel are doing the same..

People are not going to stop buying overpriced, overhyped phones...

Is only going to get more expensive...

well said..

people keep spending and overprice phone
for:
status
feels premium
feels the world is his/her

plus phone will keep increase price due to crap tech they put in the phone and source become limted everyday

yup. the need to use the latest tech.

dont need publicity.....let them use their common sense.....sure they will refuse to buy overprice not innovative phone(speaking against apple here)

they already lost their mind, imagine spending few hundreds more for feature that you rarely use..

How expensive it is, consumers will still buy a new phone. Just a matter of now or never. Some might save up to buy a flagship, some might settle for a mid-entry.

I thought many sarcastic remark of making more than 10k to 20k per mth in this forum, does price sensitive an issue?

If rich, all this means ntg ... Just saying

the phones are getting pricey, while other like notebook, TV etc etc..getting lower

I had stopped purchasing high-tier phone since several years back
More or less the features are boring

Hahaha!!! I actually start purchased used flagship phone few years back. Couldnt now afford even that time flagship phone cost rm2.4k.

But if you buy new, you'll be entitled for tax rebate for your income tax

Up to RM2,500
(every year)
+
Printed newspaper, smartphone,
tablet, internet subscription &
gym membership


Up to RM7,500 over 3 years

But thats only started since this year right? Anyhow, i dun feel worth it even with tax rebate. With rm7500 brp rebate u can get? Then u minus off ur flagship phone price with the rebate u get and what will be the final price of ur smartphone. Assuming all the rebate goes to ur smartphone.

You think its expensive cause the Ringgit is garbage.

Not to mention overseas their phone + line package is MUCH more attractive compared to what Malaysia is paying for.

Well better get some than nothing

Hahaha. Thats y i buy used phone. But of coz it is becoz im poorfag la..

It's like a bubble. It will burst.