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CMV: Apple Overprices Way Too Many Of Their Products And It Is Not Justified

A topic that has been raging for quite a few years now, and the arguments I hear from the people defending Apple are quite weak, so I am now turning to the more Intellectual people of Reddit to see if anybody can change my mind.

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Before I start, I will state that I am not stating that ALL of their products are overpriced. For example, the reasons one might buy their iPhone are quite obvious. Buying a secondhand iPhone, you can find many for under $300 at this point that are still being supported with updates, but many of their other products are have insane prices without good reason.

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Now onto the main argument, how their prices are not justified. For the beginners who start to see the truth of Apple, their first argument against the tech giant is most likely going to be the Price. This was the exact case for me, and with good reason.

Although their products are high quality, the competition just offers better for less.

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There are many examples of this.

And so that I can target the average consumer, I will not be looking at their "Pro" Series.

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For this, I can give many easy examples of how overpriced their products are.

Their Apple Watch Sleeves are $50 each

Beats Headphones, although doing better in quality, get outperformed by any other headphone manufacturer in the market.

The Macbook Pro has horrible specifications for $1200 (Edit: It seems like the value of the MacBook is very subjective because of the OS it runs on, so I will leave this out of the argument).

And even their repairs can cost upwards for $1000 because of an out of place cable.
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A lot of people have already mentioned the "consumers decide what they are willing to pay" aspect.

I would add that the reason apple is so high is not based on quality. **Having the newest generation of Apple products is a status symbol, and that is what people are paying for**. Apple is as much of a designer company as they are a electronics one.

For example: A $10,000 mechanical Rolex watch over the course of years tells time worse than a  $10 quartz crystal Casio watch. The $10 Casio also comes with more functions (calendar, time zones, timer, maybe temperature, can set alarms).

So why isnt the Casio watch $10,000? Because people are buying a ROLEX. And they can show their friends they have a Rolex. And those friends can be very impressed they could afford it, and the the buyer feels good about themselves.

THAT is why an Apple product is so expensive. It has nothing to do with the specifications, because the general consumer doesnt give a shit about the specifications.