An observer to estimate the price of a Apple product iPhone 8 will be the equivalent of a MacBook. He predicts at least the latest iPhone will be valued at US $1,200(approx. Rp16juta) per unit.
John Gruber, an observer who is famous as a big fan of Apple products, make simple calculations associated around the iPhone 8 in his personal website. According to Gruber, there are a number of aspects that are likely to affect the rise in the price of the iPhone 8.
The first factor is the price of the hardware components that are more expensive than usual. One of them is the use of technology for OLED screen them. As is known, Apple is rumored to ask LG to supply OLED screen for iPhone 8 is being produced.
The next reason is a profit margin that is pegged by Apple from one unit of the iPhone. Alerts you to the usual Apple, BGR site install profit 35-40 percent of a new iPhone.
Another likely consideration was taken by Apple is the iPhone production 8 levels of difficulty which exceeds the previous products. Even some rumors already mentions Apple is mengebut production process so that the iPhone could be introduced to the public 8 right in September.
Gruber also called trend is the price of the iPhone from time to time as influential factors. He is at least sure well that the latest iPhone is above US $1,000.
For if the price is below the price of the iPhone 7, will certainly erode the phones already sliding ahead of it. iPhone 7 with current top specification (256 GB) reachedUS $969.
But Gruber also assured that the price of the iPhone's 8 later not until touching figure of US $1,500 (approx. Rp20juta) as he predicted earlier. That's why he's assessthe price will fall in the range of US $1,200 to US $1,300 with a variation of the more expensive a little of his estimate.
"Let's look more serious. The starting price at US $1,500 may be too expensive. But I guess US $1,200 is very likely as the price initially, with the model of most high in the range US $1,300 or $1,400 US, "wrote Gruber in his website on Friday (7/7).
When guesses from Gruber is right, the price of an iPhone 8 will be equivalent toone unit of the MacBook Pro 13 inch latest, complete with 2 processors, 8 GB RAM, 3GHz, SSD storage and 128 GB, so BGR. For a smart phone, that price would exceed the other phones.
However, the above price is still limited to predictions. First, there is the possibilitythere is a promotion price of cellular operators in bundling.