Listening to The Talk Show with John Gruber Episode 451, and around the 14:30 mark, guest John Moltz talks about “moving your purchasing down” in light of Apple’s price increases. He said he has the iPhone 17 and might look at the e-series for his next phone. Or don’t get the Pro iPhone.
This is something Hannah and I already did. Last year, she and I went from our respective iPhones 13 Pro and 14 Pro, to the regular iPhone 16. Part of that decision was the lineup of colors; she got pink and I got blue. But I also was making a deliberate decision that I no longer needed a Pro phone. I’m also composing this on a MacBook Neo, Apple’s most affordable Mac laptop to date.
I’m feeling the need to have the top of the line option less and less.