With the global communications industry beginning to migrate from 4G to 5G from 2019 onwards, Apple may find it difficulty to determine its iPhone product mix and pricing strategy, according to sources from Taiwan’s handset supply chain. Although most telecom operators are unlikely to officially kick off 5G commercial operations until 2020, handset vendors including […]
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is just as much a marketing company as it is a tech company. Sure, the latest iPhones, iMacs, and Apple Watches all need to be technically sound, even advanced. Still, Apple has never needed to be a first mover on most technological innovations. Rather, the company has often taken the latest technology and […]
Incredibly costly The iPhone X was a really expensive product in India. It launched at a base price of around $1,400 in India last year, way higher than the U.S. retail price of $999. In fact, India was the second most expensive country in which to buy an iPhone X, thanks to import duties and a weak […]
Apple recently unveiled three new iPhone models – iPhone XR, iPhone XS and iPhone XS Max, with all three steeply priced at US$749, US$999 and US$1,099 respectively. The news no doubt rattled consumers with some vowing not to switch iPhones unless malfunction occurs. Others pledged allegiance to Android phones, and some mocked Apple for jacking up […]
Earlier this week, Apple launched three new iPhones: the iPhone XS, the direct follow-up to last year’s iPhone X; the iPhone XS Max, a larger version of the iPhone XS; and the iPhone XR, a cheaper model that is larger than the iPhone XS but with lower-end hardware. Apple revealed that the pricing for the […]
The iPhone is getting more expensive, and Apple is betting faithful customers will barely blink an eye. Apple has slowly increased the average price of an iPhone since 2007, but with the $999 iPhone X release last year, it made a bigger leap than usual. A year later, after the shock value of a thousand […]
In past years, when Apple Inc. didn’t have a new iPhone design, it still had a breakthrough new feature: video recording in 2009, the Siri digital assistant in 2011, a fingerprint scanner in 2013, and 3D Touch in 2015. This year, Apple’s secret weapon isn’t a particular feature, but a clever pricing strategy and myriad […]
Yesterday, Apple announced the iPhone XS, iPhone XS Max and iPhone XR. These three new iPhones for 2018 officially replace the iPhone X, which Apple pulled from its store after the announcement. So if you’re looking for a new “IPhone X” this year, one of these three will have to be it. While the iPhone XS […]
Apple Inc. launched three new iPhones on Wednesday during the company’s biggest event of the year, as well as a new Apple Watch. Apple introduced the iPhone XS Max, iPhone XS and iPhone XR models Wednesday during an event at the new Cupertino, Calif., headquarters of the world’s most valuable company. Apple AAPL, +2.73% said […]
Apple’s brand power can help the technology giant cope with some of the pain of the trade war, D.A. Davidson senior research analyst Tom Forte told CNBC on Friday. “To the extent that the tariffs increase the price of their products to consumers … I would argue they could offset that to the extent they’ve […]
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This Week in Pricing > 10/13/18
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The Need for a NexGen CPQ Solution | Pricing Matters
Price optimization to unlock ROI potential The Configure-Price-Quote (CPQ) software market growth is exploding. According to Gartner, CPQ market revenue was approximately $878 million in 2016, with a 20% CAGR expected through 2020. However, CPQ is not new, and many organizations that have invested in CPQ solutions are failing to meet expected ROI. So, what’s […]
Trump Signs Law To Lower Drug Prices, Ends Gag Orders Against Pharmacists | The Western Journal
President Donald Trump signed a law that ends insurance companies’ pharmacist gag clauses in an effort to lower drug prices Wednesday. “If there’s anything bipartisan it’s lowering drug prices,” Trump said while signing the Patients’ Right To Know Drug Prices Act according to CBS News. Currently, insurers and pharmacy benefit managers use the gag clauses to “forbid […]
Trump signs bills aimed at increasing drug price transparency | CNNPolitics
Washington (CNN) – President Donald Trump signed two pieces of legislation into law on Wednesday that aim to inform consumers about drug prices. Both measures, the Know the Lowest Price Act and the Patient Right to Know Drug Prices Act, aim to end the drug industry’s so-called gag orders of pharmacists, which prevent them from […]
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