Earlier this week, Apple launched three new iPhones: the iPhone XS, the direct follow up to last year iPhone X; the iPhone XS Max, a larger version of the iPhone XS; and the iPhone XR, a cheaper model that is larger than the iPhone XS but with lower end hardware.

Apple revealed that the pricing for the iPhone XR will start at $749 while the most expensive variant of the iPhone XS Max with 512GB of coque iphone 6s selena gomez storage will cost $1,449. In other words, unless you want to buy an iPhone that is coque iphone herbier a year old or older, the least amount of money you can spend is $749.

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Believe it or not, what Apple does with its pricing has amazon coque iphone 4 star wars a large effect on the smartphone industry as a whole. Sometimes, its pricing strategy is a boon for Android, like in India where Apple phones are far too expensive for the majority of citizens, leaving the market wide open for Android to sell millions of phones in the sub $500 price range.

Other times, however, Apple pricing pushes the upper limits of what Android OEMs will charge for their phones, which results in more expensive flagships each year.

The big coque iphone 7 motocross question is, what will Apple new pricing strategy for 2018 mean for Android for the coque huawei p8 lite 2017 robuste immediate future

It could be good news

The example above about smartphone pricing in India applies to other countries as well. In China, for example, Android phones dominate the market, and most of them are mid rangers with good specs, interesting designs, and relatively low prices. The iPhone makes it into the top ten, but Apple wares are more of an anomaly than in countries like the United States and Japan, where Apple phones dominate the entire list.

Then take coque iphone 5c samsung a look at these figures for Japan and the United States in 2018:

The general takeaway from charts like these is that Apple has a firm grip on wealthy countries where the majority of citizens can afford to spend over $750 on a smartphone each year. But in countries where that not the case, Apple barely has legs to stand on.

What this does is create a huge hole in the smartphone market coque iphone 4s motif that other OEMs are eager to fill. That why companies like Huawei, Xiaomi, OnePlus, Oppo, Vivo, etc., are all releasing innovative and interesting Android smartphones with prices in the average range of $500 or less.

This year, Apple is doubling down on the fact that its customer base is wealthy. Four years ago, Apple released the coque huawei p10 lite 52 pouces iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, which went on to be one of the best selling iPhone lines coque iphone 7 plus mont blanc yet for the company. The starting price for those two phones its highest end available models was $649 and $749 respectively.

Flagship Mid range Budget Find the best phone for you Picking out the best phone to buy is tougher than ever these days. coque huawei p10 It’s not just because we’re spoiled rotten with decent choices, but also because top tier products now cost upwards of $1000. That’s

Let that sink in for a minute. coque huawei p30 Four years ago, thestarting price of the biggest, most expensive iPhone of the year was $749 the same starting price for the iPhone XR this year, which is Apple lowest priced (new) model.

What Apple is clearly trying to do is to push consumers to spend more and more money on the iPhone. Each year, it raises the price a little so that no one gets sticker shock, coque iphone 6 chevron until in just four year coque iphone 6 plus femme sexy time the pricing for the low end and the high end have completely coque iphone 5 bonne qualité switched.

This could be great for us Android users as Apple is moving further up in price leaving more of a hole for Android OEMs to fill. In other words, the mid range market is going to get bigger, which means more innovative phones with great specs and relatively low prices.

Or, it could be bad news

Although Apple new pricing strategy essentially makes the mid range larger, it can be denied that it also moves the high end further up. coque samsung a10 This could result in premium Android flagships like the Samsung coque huawei p8 lite 2017 motifs Galaxy Note line moving up into the same pricing tier.

This year, we already saw the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 start at a whopping $999, with its highest end offering coming in at an insane $1,249. coque huawei p20 Sure, the highest spec iPhone XS Max is still $200 more expensive at $1,449, but it clear that Apple is going to make Android OEMs feel like they can charge coque iphone 5s diable that kind of money for their ultra premium flagships.

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Now, the Galaxy Note line is the most expensive general Android smartphone on the market (if you ignore ultra niche phones). It makes sense that its pricing would be close to Apple But we also seeing other Android OEMs release devices at ever higher prices, like the Huawei P20 Pro ($1,100), the Sony Xperia XZ3($899), and the LG V35 ThinQ ($899). Even OnePlus one of the kings of the Android mid range coque iphone 5 s swarovski market is pushing its pricing coque iphone 7 microfibre ever coque huawei p10 lite noel closer to the pricing of something like the Samsung Galaxy S9.

It very well could be that Android OEMs will see Apple pricing for the new iPhones and think to themselves, now we have permission to keep pushing the limit. will likely be a little bit of both

In my opinion, both things are going to happen simultaneously. Android OEMs will continue to release flagship devices poised as iPhone competitors with sky high pricing to match, while also releasing very capable mid range devices that come in under the iPhone XR price of $749. Certain features will move out of the mid range and into the premium market, like glass and metal builds, premium cameras, and device specific novelties coque huawei p8 lite ale 21 like Samsung S Pen and Apple latest Face ID technology. Meanwhile, other features will stay in the mid range like the fastest chipsets, high resolution displays, large batteries, etc.

The result might even be similar to what we have now with laptops, where a budgetto mid range model (anything less than $500) will essentially be a bare bones affair, a midto high end model coque iphone 6 champion pas cher (anything between $500 and $1,000) will probably do everything you need, and a premium model ($1,000+) will be the best of the best with coque iphone 8 plus fila a few extra bells and whistles (or an ultra expensive gaming machine).

We might want to brace ourselves for the smartphone industry to look a lot like the laptop industry.

While people feelings coque huawei p8 lite ete towards laptops are much different than their coque iphone 5c tomb raider feelings towards smartphones, it entirely possible that people could start to approach buying a smartphone in the same way they approach buying a laptop:

Buy something super cheap that barely gets the job done and replace it after a year or two of use with a similarly priced budget model. But for Android OEMs, it could be disastrous. If we only buying mid range devices that we have no passion towards every few years, that could decimate the market and eventually leave only a few prominent OEMs standing.

I extrapolating here but you see the issue: smartphones paul and joe coque iphone 5s can only be so expensive before the entire perceived value of smartphones starts to disappear. Luckily, OEMs (including Apple) still have carrier subsidies on their side. coque huawei nova It easy to hide the shock when consumers only see a monthly payment rather than the full, unlocked price. coque huawei pro But that can only go so long as well before even the monthly payment is out of reach.

Hopefully, I wrong. Hopefully, what will actually happen is that Android OEMs will see Apple price increase and say, them have it, and instead focus on delivering awesome phones that always stay below $1,000.