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A flagship should be no more then double its bill of materials cost, so for the S23 Ultra and iPhone 14 Pro Max base models it should be around $900, this would put phones like the Fold Z5 and competing foldable phones in the $1300 range for retail.
In an ideal world a phone really shouldn't be costing more then $800 given that most of the hardware is cheap as chips and most of the software is simply carried over with a few tweaks to it, but then again, chip makers are absolutely creaming smartphone makers, Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor was selling for around $180 per unit which is just bonkers Vs apple A16 Bionic at $110 per unit
A flagship should be no more then double its bill of materials cost, so for the S23 Ultra and iPhone 14 Pro Max base models it should be around $900, this would put phones like the Fold Z5 and competing foldable phones in the $1300 range for retail.
In an ideal world a phone really shouldn't be costing more then $800 given that most of the hardware is cheap as chips and most of the software is simply carried over with a few tweaks to it, but then again, chip makers are absolutely creaming smartphone makers, Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor was selling for around $180 per unit which is just bonkers Vs apple A16 Bionic at $110 per unit
Given how companies are spamming models each year (sometimes twice a year), they can't expect us to keep throwing $1000 every year or every two years. In my opinion, a flagship phone should cost $599–$699 at most, while midrange phones should be around $300-$399.
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A flagship should be no more then double its bill of materials cost, so for the S23 Ultra and iPhone 14 Pro Max base models it should be around $900, this would put phones like the Fold Z5 and competing foldable phones in the $1300 range for retail.
In an ideal world a phone really shouldn't be costing more then $800 given that most of the hardware is cheap as chips and most of the software is simply carried over with a few tweaks to it, but then again, chip makers are absolutely creaming smartphone makers, Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor was selling for around $180 per unit which is just bonkers Vs apple A16 Bionic at $110 per unit
Do you believe foldables are here to stay?
A flagship should be no more then double its bill of materials cost, so for the S23 Ultra and iPhone 14 Pro Max base models it should be around $900, this would put phones like the Fold Z5 and competing foldable phones in the $1300 range for retail.
In an ideal world a phone really shouldn't be costing more then $800 given that most of the hardware is cheap as chips and most of the software is simply carried over with a few tweaks to it, but then again, chip makers are absolutely creaming smartphone makers, Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processor was selling for around $180 per unit which is just bonkers Vs apple A16 Bionic at $110 per unit
Given how companies are spamming models each year (sometimes twice a year), they can't expect us to keep throwing $1000 every year or every two years. In my opinion, a flagship phone should cost $599–$699 at most, while midrange phones should be around $300-$399.
Do you believe foldables are here to stay?