The $1,199 iPhone and the Quiet Death of the Middle Class
There's a number Apple never puts on the slide, and it's the only one that matters.
This week the company did what it now does every September: it walked out a pair of phones and handed America two doors. The standard model sits near $799. The Pro tier starts around $1,099 and climbs to $1,199 if you want the bigger glass. On stage, that is called *choice*. In a living room in Dayton or Fresno, at 9:40 on a Tuesday night, with a spouse half-asleep and a credit card already warm from the grocery
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