XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone   
   From: arlenholder@nospam.net   
      
   On 17 Sep 2018 09:10:52 GMT, sms wrote:   
      
   > Yes, Applecare is expensive. But it probably is essential considering   
   > the high cost of repair without Applecare+.   
      
   One more astronomical expense to add to the total cost of ownership.   
      
   > The largest memory iPhone Xs Max will cost over $2,000 once you include   
   > sales tax and AppleCare+. Ouch. But we all choose how we want to spend   
   > our money and we are not obligated to always choose the most   
   > cost-effective products.   
      
   You're missing the key point, sms.   
   - Adults choose how to spend their money - and that's OK.   
   - Apple Apologists *claim* that iPhones aren't expensive - & that's a lie.   
      
   You have said in the past that I harp on price - but - what you have to   
   realize is that I harp facts.   
      
   If Apple Apologists acted like adults on price - you wouldn't hear me talk   
   about it since facts are easy to agree on for adults.   
      
   Facts are funny that way.   
      
   > If you're careful with your phones, use a proper case with raised edges,   
   > and don't stick it in your back pocket, you can probably forego   
   > Applecare entirely and use your credit card's extended warranty for a   
   > second year of basic coverage against defects. My wife is on her third   
   > work-provided iPhone and hasn't ever had an issue. I don't know if the   
   > company purchases Applecare or if they get some kind of a corporate rate   
   > for it.   
      
   I don't bother with extending a warranty for *any* electronic device.   
   The math never works out unless you know something they don't know.   
      
   Besides, when the company paid for my phone, on Verizon, long ago, they   
   extended the contract simply because they replaced a bad phone - which I   
   thought was criminal - so I dropped Verizon for AT&T the moment that   
   contract ran out.   
      
   Hopefully they don't pull those shenanigans anymore.   
      
   > You are never going to convince someone that adores iPhones that they   
   > should buy an Android phone simply because it is a few hundred dollars h   
   > less expensive than an Android flagship; price is just not an issue for   
   > them. An iPhone is a luxury item that they want to purchase. Nor are   
   > they interested in a mid-range phone for $250 or less.   
      
   You're missing the point completely, sms, on price (IMHO).   
      
   Price is meaningless (at least to me) and to many people.   
      
   What is meaningful to me is that the Apple Apologists spout that the phones   
   are not what you know them to be in terms of price.   
      
   I'm only here to speak facts when the Apple Apologists spout otherwise.   
      
   *Fact is, iPhones incur  _astronomical_ overall costs of ownership.*   
      
   Adults can easily agree on that - because it's a fact.   
   It's only the Apple Apologists who can't agree on facts.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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