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| Why the next iphone or Samsung will rub the 1,000 euros (and many pay) |
It
is one of the few aspects in which the analysts and the mill that
extends by the network seem to coincide: The next phones of Apple,
Samsung and Google are going to be expensive. Very expensive. So much so
that we talk about versions of some whose cost would be above the
thousand euros. Has technology advanced so much as to justify that
disbursement? Manufacturers believe they do, and pretend to prove it in a
2017 that should be anything but a year of transition in the mobile
market.
This
year marks the tenth anniversary of the launch of the iphone and, after
three years with the same design, is given for fact a change in the
design of the terminal attached to other characteristics that much is
speculated but little is known. One of the ideas that seems to have been
more powerful among market analysts is the notion that the manufacturer
will present three phones in his usual ' keynote ' in early September:
the iphone 7s, the 7s Plus and a new one that could have the name of
iphone edition.
That
new model is the one that, if we listen to predictions, would be placed
at a price quite above the usual. Several reasons would explain this
decision: the inclusion of OLED screens, provided by Samsung and whose
availability is not going to be very high; The emergence of new
technologies among which is speculated with a screen without frames that
integrates the home button in the ' Display '; A chassis designed in
ceramics (as one of the latest watch models) ... If we stick to the
clock, it is worth remembering that the company sells an exclusive
edition, called Apple Watch Edition, whose price is above 1,400 euros.
What
other elements would justify that price increase in this new iphone
model? The screen would go at 5.8 inches (although a design without
frames would not exceed the size of the 7s plus) and even speculated
with the disappearance of the buttons lock and volume control in
addition to 3d technology similar to the Google Tango project.
According
to the information published to date, we discussed that the model
edition would arrive somewhat later to the market (and not in the usual
window at the end of September) and that it will have a limited stock.
Pure Apple.
The Galaxy S8 will not be affordable either
There
are many months to know exactly what Apple is bringing in hands but in a
matter of days, the 29th of this month, it will be Samsung who shows
the planet the new features of the S8. Nor do we need to keep the halo
of mystery: a glimpse of the leaks published in the last few weeks will
leave little room for surprise, at least in the design terrain. What
does seem to be a surprise will be the price.
The
Galaxy S8, as has happened with the Xiaomi my mix or the LG G6 is going
to be a phone in which it primes the screen. We talk about the two
versions of the phone having 5.8 and 6.2 inches but its size will not
surpass the previous generation. This time both models will have the
curved screen and the difference between each one will be the size.
In
addition, it is taken for granted that Samsung will remove the home
button from the front (it does not appear in any of the images filtered
to date) and will include the Iris reader that already debuted in the
deceased note 7. The price? The leaks point to a fork between 950 and
1,050 dollars depending on the model.
The
idea on which the price increase is based, as is the case with the new
iphone, is that the models of this 2017 do not suppose a continual line
but they break on the tecnoglogía known to date. The large screens, the
disappearance of physical buttons and the integration of sensors in the
display is the reason that manufacturers will use to justify the rises.
Even the pixel will be more expensive
In
Spain we have not been able to taste the pixel, the phone with which
Google has inaugurated a new stage as a ' hardware ' manufacturer, but
the second version of the phone will appear before the end of the year.
Rumors, again, point to a phone that will be even more expensive than
the previous and not to forget that one of the criticisms he received
was the $750 that cost in the stores.
A
renovated camera that will take even better images in conditions of low
luminosity (a point in which the original pixel already highlighted),
improvements in processor, possible certification to make it resistant
to water ... It does not seem that the changes that are going to
introduce the phone justify an increase of $50, as indicated by the
sources of industry.
What
seems clear is that if you have decided to change your phone in this
2017 and if you want to opt for a high-end terminal, you probably have
to scratch your pocket more than you had anticipated. Will that
disbursement be worth it? When Samsung reveals the S8, in a matter of
weeks, we will have the first facts about it.
Raises the average price, Samsung Beats Records
Why
does Apple and Samsung feel strong enough to launch such expensive
phones on the market? With the data in hand, it is not possible to say
that both copañías have had problems when selling terminals that
approach the thousand euros. The average selling price of an iphone was
in the last quarter at $695, a significant increase over the 615 that
had been recorded in the previous three months.
The
price of the phone has also risen over the years. The iphone 4 went on
sale in the United States for $499 while models 7 and 7 Plus can be
purchased from 649 and 749 dollars. In the Spanish case, the most
expensive model of iphone 7 Plus, the 256 storage, is for sale for 1,129
euros.
Samsung
can't complain either. After putting on sale the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge
in March 2016, the Korean company recorded a record numbers even though
it put on sale two terminals whose prices were between 729 and 819
euros. Will they also achieve with telephones whose price will
approximate the four digits?
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