http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2017/08/29/the-rise-of-the-1000-smartphone/

As we gear up for another smartphone battle between Samsung and Apple this fall, there is a new wrinkle for the average smartphone customer to consider: prices that edge toward $1,000 for a new phone.

The Note 8, Samsung's latest premium smartphone, starts at $940. For months, analysts have speculated that the 10th anniversary edition of the iPhone, which will debut at Apple's rumored Sept. 12 event, could be even higher. Even for smartphone customers used to paying $800 or $900 for a phone, the $1,000 mark may seem a bridge too far. For that, after all, you could easily get a pretty good laptop — a MacBook or Surface Laptop, for instance.