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3 rules to understand the price of Apple products

It’s as regular as the turning of the seasons. Apple announces a new product and then the complaints that it’s overpriced start rolling in.

Now, I’ll be the first to admit that selling a pair of headphones for £549 does seem a bit much. Will it succeed? That remains to be seen – and Apple sometimes does misjudge its prices, as happened with the original HomePod.

But in general, you should not be surprised about Apple selling a product for a high price. Its pricing strategy shifts from product to product and from year to

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