Originally Posted by
YorkieRay I'd like to ask this question, why is the iPhone 5 so expensive?
Steve Jobs once called the iPod Touch, "the iPhone without a contract". I guess that this was because the iPod Touch and iPhone share many similar specs and features. The iPhone 5 has GPS, a better camera and can make calls. The screen is usually the most expensive part and the screen is identical on the current iPhone 5 and iPod Touch models.
The iPod Touch 64GB costs US$399, an iPhone 5 64GB costs US$849. We know that we can eliminate the most expensive part, the screen, so what else do you get for that extra $450 for the iPhone and why is it worth it?
Also, don't start saying that the 2 devices are very different, Steve Jobs didn't seem to think so.
You're trying to make an argument for your stance by grossly generalizing the differences between the iPhone and iPod Touch...the iPhone 5 isn't just a "better camera, GPS and phone", not by a long shot...the biggest difference falls in the fact that it has an internal ability to send and receive data, something the iPod Touch obviously does not. The ability to walk around and go on the internet (amongst the other thousands of things you can do with mobile data) makes it a WORLD different than the iPod Touch...and that's just one feature that I'm referencing, the other stuff is just frosting on the cake.
So Steve Jobs made the comment...big deal. He was trying to market the iPod Touch, he wanted people to buy it, and he needed a way to make it seem as close to the iPhone as possible (and it worked). He was a genius at marketing his products, especially since there are probably millions of people who own both an iPod Touch AND an iPhone.
Lastly...trying to justify worth and value between two people is just silly. My idea of value and worth could be a universe away from your own, so when i tell you the iPhone is worth MORE than what they charge for it, you might scoff and laugh and tell me I'm wrong...but who are you to address that? Value and worth are in the eye of the beholder.