- Jun 18, 2014
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Can anyone explain why there is so much difference in price between the different storage sizes when high end m.2 modules go for so much less. When looking at price per GB - for example apples 64GB to 128GB is $150 for a increase of only 64GB which is well over $2 per GB, yet Samsung's top performing consumer product, the 950 Pro, is less than $1 per GB (even the 512GB is less than $500 at my local shops). And there are a huge amount of cheaper storage options available when looking at the various other SSD's available on the market.
From what I have read, the storage used in mobiles does not come close to the performance of the 950 Pro.
And I was not picking on apples, as all the mobile phone companies do the same thing, it was just the last search result (Apple's webshop) I had open.
The prices quoted are in Australian dollars, but I am sure that the same relative difference occurs in other currencies.
All I see is a grossly unfair profiteering method being colluded between all the phone companies, and we are the poor suckers getting ripped off.
The price does not seem to matter if they have a micro SD slot for extra storage or not. Samsung even recognised the backlash (particularly all the negative comments on their own, recently closed, Samsung community forum site) when they decided to drop this function in the S6 models, so they reintroduced it into the S7 models.
Anyone have any thoughts on this?
From what I have read, the storage used in mobiles does not come close to the performance of the 950 Pro.
And I was not picking on apples, as all the mobile phone companies do the same thing, it was just the last search result (Apple's webshop) I had open.
The prices quoted are in Australian dollars, but I am sure that the same relative difference occurs in other currencies.
All I see is a grossly unfair profiteering method being colluded between all the phone companies, and we are the poor suckers getting ripped off.
The price does not seem to matter if they have a micro SD slot for extra storage or not. Samsung even recognised the backlash (particularly all the negative comments on their own, recently closed, Samsung community forum site) when they decided to drop this function in the S6 models, so they reintroduced it into the S7 models.
Anyone have any thoughts on this?
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