Can a smartphone ever be worth £1,000?

The interesting issue is how we regard the iPhone in question. Essentially, you’re buying a small computer – not simply a ‘phone and a computer, it should be said, with significantly greater processing power than its predecessors.

Now, I don’t want one, despite being a loyal Apple advocate, mainly because we have no mobile signals whatsoever and also because neither of us work anywhere outside of the house, so we have all the computing power we need at our fingertips. But Apple is adept at creating products that fulfil needs people weren’t aware they had. So I suspect the market will decide whether this is a valuable tool for the travelling professional or simply a status gadget for pulling out at night clubs. Will be interesting to see which.

I might go for a cheaper model in due course but for the time being I’m happy with my three and a half year old iPhone at present. It’s disappointing that the iPhone X does not have a replaceable memory card.

As Ian says, a smartphone is a powerful small computer and many people use their phones more than anything else they own, so maybe buying a good one (of any brand) does make sense. It’s peanuts compared with buying an expensive car that will depreciate to 60% of its cost with breathtaking speed.

If its over £9.99 I simply do not want to know

I don’t do phone contracts. I buy my phone outright. I would never spend £1,000 to buy one. I’ll continue to buy ‘almost as good’ smartphones at a much cheaper price.

Overhyped overpriced junk,never been interested in owning an iPhone!I can afford one Ive just never had the desire to own one!the price is ridiculous,more like outrageous,but as I saw another guy here say,like with anything,somethings only worth as much as people will pay,and I suppose millions of (gullible idiots)can’t be wrong!

Well some did ask –do you REALLY want to know how much it costs manufacturers to BUILD a smartphone , and by the way the profit margin is approx 70 % more if its the top model . : https://www.techwalls.com/production-costs-of-smartphones/ Apple iPhone 6S Plus- production cost= $236–Retail price =$749 and what makes it worse ?? prices in the UK are always higher than the States.

The answers are predictable…. didn’t need to read them

I can’t be bothered looking it up, but I did rather wonder why the i-phone X was released at around the same time as the i-phone 8. Both are too expensive for me to be interested in. I would not dream of using them for emails. I have no interest in the inane babblings of the lower brained, so face book and Twatter etc are out for me. As cameras the smart ‘phones are not very good.
My wife uses them, too much for my taste, and in bed whilst I am reading or watching the TV she keeps nudging me with for example a poorly conceived and poorly executed photograph of some long forgotten relative. The ether seems to be full of mindless photographs taken regardless of quality and of risk (I saw a woman in the Plaza d’ Espanya in Barcelona standing in the middle of the road with her back to the traffic taking a badly lit photograph of the central monument from an impossible distance) last week. Then we have the incredible pieces of news which are all too often rubbish.
Not for me.