an iPhone 17 without a screen, with half the storage, without a battery, without FaceID, without cameras, without cellular modem, without Taptic Engine, without…

The only part that “deserves” a price increase is the storage starting at 128GB now instead of 32GB, but it’s completely out of touch to get rid of the base model when nobody has any use for all that storage (even the 32GB) for what is basically a streaming box.

Hell, even their new HomeView device, which does have a screen and FaceID, starts at same price.

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thewonderfulmrp 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

What do you even use the storage for?

	▲	piskov 3 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		App store has games — that would take most if some people are into casual stuff Obviously some cache for local playback, photos, screensavers, etc.
	▲	phoghed 7 hours ago \| parent \| prev \| next [-]
		I believe you can download movies you buy, it's not all purely streaming.
	▲	artisinal 8 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		Local AI model.

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steinvakt2 8 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

The base model was 64gb for years, not 32