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The eLitePhone 5S

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I’ve come to the conclusion that the iPhone 5S is too fancy for me.

With the gold-trimmed sapphire home button and the extremely high price tag – topping out at $1040* in Canada; it feels like a $1000 watch to me. I don’t just live a lifestyle (or have the taste for fancy things) that would accommodate a $1000 watch.

Granted the iPhone has always been high-end, but for a long time it has also been the only reasonable option IMHO. The 5C feels more my speed. I can only imagine this divergence in products is a conscious effort by Apple to continue to position themselves as an ultra-high-end retailer.

* including GST + MB PST

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3 responses to “The eLitePhone 5S”

  1. Tom Avatar
    Tom

    There’s definitely something to the elite feeling of the 5S. The 5C introduction creates that, because it’s the first time they’ve offered two *new* iPhones.

    Your chosen price point for the watch makes an amusing analogy, since the 5C tops out at more than $800. So you don’t feel like a $1,000 watch is for you, but an $800 watch is good to go. 😉

    Nice new banner design, btw.

    1. ohryan Avatar
      ohryan

      Maybe the watch price point was too low, or the watch comparison was not quite right. For me, a standard watch is a redundant unitasker. Paying anything more than $50 for a watch for myself would be hard to justify.

      The 5C/5S price overlap is interesting, probably indicates that the 5C is overpriced. To be clear, I’m not arguing that the 5S is overprice. I referenced the price to illustrate that the entire package is a luxury good. In the same class as a BMW or a 70″ TV.

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