Are new iPhones really worth five or six hundred dollars?

A phone that surfs the internet and takes pictures is worth 150 dollars tops.

No phone is worth that much.

Nope

Are new iPhones really worth five or six hundred dollars?

lol… No!

Iphones hold their value so well that even if you sell it in a couple years, you can get a new phone on contract for free because the current one sells for more then that. It works out great.

Lol no

NO its not my mom has it! The 4s is better

No, I would probably never pay more than $200 for a phone.

More worth than I'm.So, no.

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No it's just the media influenced price.
It's the "luxury car" of phones. No real performance just the ridiculous cost and trademarked (and patented look).

No. They are overpriced

I got my iPhone 4 for $0 (obviously I pay bills for it) on verizon wireless. I wouldn't be willing to spend even $150 for any phone. Maybe $100 max.

Most likely if you own a smartphone someone paid at least $500 for even if they like me paid $0 to $300 down, the artificial price that is tethered to one to three year phone contract.
If you can use it with any phone company and change companies any time it might be worth the $649 or whatever the retail price is.
how phones that are imported from places with very low labor cost are still over $500 is likely because few people pay full price up front and pay later by not being able to change cell phone companies