No, a $2,000 foldable iPhone won't scare off buyers — demand psychology explained
Linahuaa · x · 2026-09-10
- Responding to claims that Apple's $1,900+ foldable iPhone "Duo" repeats the Vision Pro mistake, the author argues a $2,000 phone won't price out mainstream buyers.
- Evidence: people on $500 monthly salaries in Vietnam carry flagship iPhones; a personal trainer in China upgrades his iPhone Pro Max yearly for mobile gaming; a Berlin waiter owns 20 pairs of Nikes plus a spare wardrobe room.
- Conclusion: if a product is desirable enough, people buy it. Phones are easy to rationalize ("I use it daily"), and financing is abundant—Klarna, credit cards, trade-ins, carrier installments. Buyers will skip iPads and restaurant meals to afford it.
Related event: Apple Unveils First Foldable iPhone Duo Starting at $1,999(22 posts)→
More from Venture
- Anthropic S-1 filing: ticker ANT, October ARR placeholder, culture and retention pitch — firstadopter · 2026-10-27
- How a rejected a16z Speedrun application got rewritten into an acceptance — tkexpress11 · 2026-10-27
- Anthropic S-1: $141.1B raised lifetime, now $575M/month free cash flow — BlackHC · 2026-10-27
- Revenue per GPU can rise as token prices fall, argues Gavin Baker — GavinSBaker · 2026-10-27
- Silicon Valley's acqui-hire gold rush: 9-month startups, instant millions, and shrinking ambition — edgarpavlovsky · 2026-10-27
- Anthropic S-1: only $19B total compute spend since inception, overbuild warning — bookwormengr · 2026-10-27