That's amazing to me, actually. Compare what 3Gs can do vs an Xr, and that's only $50 more in real dollars? Incredible. Shows the rapid rate of progress in mobile technologies.

That's a fantastic list and reflects my sentiment about Apple's price hikes very well. iPhones to me always started at around $700ish. Only with the larger plus sized models people started accepting $800+. Then boom - suddenly the jump to $1000+ with the X (which was deemed a 'special' device based on it's 'advanced' features), so I think many expected prices to come down again. But instead we now have an XS Max with starts at $1100. Compared to the $700 usual starting price we are up 58% and innovation has decreased not increased since.

That is assuming your wages / salary increases with inflation. Which is not true for majority of people, hence it felt expensive. Not to mention consumers got used to Tech being cheaper with Moores Law, which is no longer true.