just not for 40+ year olds ha.
If your in Bern/Fribourg your welcome to view it.. have a play. works well on sunrise/orange 4g for me so far. thanks
Will be released on October 25 here. Pricing is pretty much the same as everywhere else - 899 for the 32gb version. Switzerland beat Albania by almost a week - apple must like us!
a general question ....are you buying these the phones without contracts ? They seem incredibly expensive. Considering that phones used to be changed every couple years, though they may have now changed to 3 or 4 years as smartphones have got to the level of development where the difference between this year's product and last year's is getting smaller and smaller.
If you are paying nearly a 1000 CHF I assume you are intending to keep the phone for a long time.
Am I missing something ? This question is valid for all smartphones.
Have fun
Martin
Of course, 1000CHF is a lot, but it's keeping in line with the general standard/cost of living compared to the US/UK/Germany. For the 16gb model, 779CHF vs 700 EUR (860CHF) in Germany. If you can get the VAT refund worked out, only then does it become cheaper to buy from Europe than here, and most people are happy to pay that small premium.
I assume the mobile providers will have subsidized costs alongwith their contracts, but they haven't revealed their pricing yet.
Sure an old smartphone will still do the basics, but you don't buy a smartphone to do just the basics.
So 1000 chufs for a phone, sure it's expensive, but if it's the phone that does what I need it to then I'll buy it fully aware that in 2 - 3 years time it'll probably be on it's last legs and I'll be looking to buy again.
The irony is is that if a dumbphone is all you need than you can pick one up for peanuts and probably expect at 5 or more years out of the thing. (My GF's last phone lasted 8 years, and her current one is now on year 7)
You pay your money and take your choice.
Smartphones sing and dance, but personally, I never listen to music on mine, for example, because the battery will then likely be down before I can charge it, and the primary point of it is to be able to make calls.
Talking of battery life, I am always amazed at the number of people I see watching videos on their tablets on planes, for example. 3 times in my life I have been diverted (twice after emergency landings) to strange and distant airports, and have needed internet access to make other plans, and the phone to contact my nearest and dearest. Remembering this, I try to conserve battery as much as possible in my technology whilst travelling.
Heck, you can even get a Nexus 10 tablet for 250 right now
The iPhone costs the same as previous editions did when they were launched *IN THE US* - which is their biggest, and most targeted market most likely anyway. Switzerland doesn't make it any easier for the customers with all the massive duties it charges on practically everything.
The difference between Apple and the other phones you've mentioned is that Apple does not allow its retailers variable pricing - they must offer it at a fixed price (maximum discount allowed is 10% I believe), while Nokia/Samsung/LG etc are "free-float" offers. The Nexus 5, while a phenomenal phone, will never reach the market penetration as an iPhone 4s/5/5s - since most tech-unsavvy consumers will buy subsidized phones from their carrier as opposed to from Google direct. Also, the Nexus 5 will most likely never be officially on sale via Google Play CH(the same way Nexus 4 wasn't).
The Nexus tablet is now technically the previous generation, hence the discount. The new editions are not for sale in CH via google play, only thru 3rd party retailers.
At the end of the day, some people will find reason in the premium for the iPhone - whether because of the product, the status, the style, or simply because "it's Switzerland, everthing is more expensive". Others will find it overpriced, and they won't buy. Everyone's correct, no one is wrong.
Maybe I should have more specific. My impression is that there quite a few people this forum who buy a new phone or tablet every year. If you are doing that then you are paying the full price and not the subsidized price. That is a lot money to spend each year on a phone. Do you just use the old phone for a year and then sell it?
My own rule is a phone or tablet should be cheaper than a laptop and I have never been able to fill 8gb the lowest memory models are sufficient.
By the way the 64gb iPhone bill of parts is about $218 so that is an incredible margin
Have fun
Martin
Like Castro said, one can easily sell an iphone and buy another without paying much because the iphones do not loose value like...nokia. I am a freak when it comes to maintaining my iphone and for example I paid back in January 700 chf for an iphone 5 64gb and I sold it last week for 650
I googled this word...nokia...but did not get a hit...do you mind explaining it