Interesting theory from Gruber ! "If you want to argue that Apple should never create an iPhone with a higher starting price than what we have today, you’re implicitly arguing that Apple should never put any components into a new iPhone that can’t be made at iPhone 7’s scale. I think that’s dangerous strategically, leaving Apple open to attack from competitors making premium phones with components (cameras, displays, new sensors, new battery technologies, etc.) that can only be produced in single-digit millions per quarter."
What could a $1200 device with 256 gigabytes of storage <i>do</i> that another high-end phone cannot do? You're constrained by the form factor. The only other devices with specs like that are notebooks.<p>I don't really expect Apple to come out with a convergence device like the Ubuntu phone or Windows Continuum, but I don't know what else a phone could do to justify the price.