This is the key fact. It demonstrates that they're not interested in passing along cost savings, even where they clearly exist. This isn't just about new phones, it affects the SE as well.
If you're going to repeatedly insinuate in your comments to me and others that the price to manufacture could have gone up over time, you should have some theory to back it. It's not my job to disprove pure speculation, especially when it goes against the general and well-known trend that manufacturing yields go up over time, and this drives down cost.
They have removed two items from the box. That saves them money. The price is the same. That means that they are saving money, unless there is evidence that the cost of the phone manufacturing went up. You have provided zero evidence of this, even in the face of the well-known trend that manufacturing costs go down over time. Good day, friend. You can continue having this argument with other folks on the thread, but I'm signing off here.
