**** Apple Media Event - 'See you on the 7th' (7th September 2016) ****

[Rooky007]

where the upgrade program

 

[VaderDSL]

****ing hell applecare has gone up. Even on the 6s it's £119. Might as well just get a 2 year contract for the protection.

Have they changed the excesses though? £25 for screen damage and £79 for the device, before it was £79 across the board?

 

[Peg]

£100+ price increase on the 6s+, No upgrade for me. The Watch series 2 has had a serious price hike as well

 

[blairw]

I expected this pricing but seeing it written down makes it hard to stomach - think I will try and keep going with my 6+ 128GB.. it has just been insurance replaced so is in brand new condition at the moment.

 

[malachi]

Brett, weak pound

And UK getting screwed over.

 

[dannyjo22]

Have they changed the excesses though? £25 for screen damage and £79 for the device, before it was £79 across the board?

I wasn't worried about that just the extra warranty on the thing in the first place. I only paid £60 odd for apple care on my ipad air 2. It's now £89. Still cheaper than the phone.

 

[Marky]

I blame Brexit

 

[Rimsy]

And UK getting screwed over.

We've always been getting screwed over.
Just from more than one angle now

 

[pioneer2000]

Not sure what they're playing at really, the S7 has a far better screen and nice features like wireless charging / quick charge.

 

[jamoor]

...
A grand... for a mobile phone....

I realise its not just a mobile phone but... just say it out loud....

To be fair ten years ago you would have to have,
Satnav - £300
Digital Camera - £250
Mobile phone - £150
mp3 player £200

+ more I suspect.

 

[Terminal_Boy]

Not sure what they're playing at really, the S7 has a far better screen and nice features like wireless charging / quick charge.

And setting things on fire.

 

[ajf]

This is an option rather than AppleCare I guess:
https://www.insurance2go.co.uk/iphone-insurance/

Includes damage etc.

 

[pioneer2000]

And setting things on fire.

Only the Note does that!

 

[Cosmic182]

wheres the one touch buy on apple store app hmpfff

 

[Mr_Cool]

Quick charge?

 

[thedoc46]

I spent $999 on my stainless steel with link bracelet when it first came out. I wonder how much it'll be worth now ?

Really could do with the waterproof. I do like to go for a swim every week.

 

[squerble]

Well the iOS 10 GMs are out - free blozza to anyone trusting a link to a drop box upload etc...

 

[Vertigo]

OMG, even the "basic" iPhone 7 32G is £599, which is not enough room these days, especially with a 12mp camera. The 128G model will be the optimum storage but that is £819!

You're comparing apples and oranges. It's £599 for the 7 32G and £819 for the 7+ 128G. The 7 128G is £699.

The 7 and 6S 128G models are the same price but the 32G slots in far nearer to the 7 64G price than the 7 16G.

7 128G jet black is clearly going to be the most in-demand model.

 

[Psycho Ned]

It's the usual bait and switch technique from Apple, getting rid of the 16gb and 64gb makes it harder to compare like with like so they've basically snuck in a big price hike under the cloud cover of doubling the storage.

 

[Vertigo]

And people was stupid to think UK price would say the same as before.

The 7 128G is the same price as the 6S 128G. The 32G slots in between the price of the 6S 16G and 64G models, albeit far closer to the latter.

Not bad at all really considering how much weaker the pound is than a few months ago.

Of course this requires that you ignore their claims of "double the storage for free".