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EVs Could Last Nearly Forever—If Car Companies Let Them (www.theatlantic.com)
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[–] mipadaitu 1 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Trade in value drops very rapidly for non-iphones after a year or two. You can often get 50% back on the purchase by trading in a functional phone.

If you buy a new phone every 2 years or every 4 years, it's often about the same total out of pocket cost (with a lot of exceptions)

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

I've never paid more than $150 for a phone, and that's recently for a 2 year old pixel.

I can keep multiple spares around for the price of a new phone.

[–] SupraMario 1 points 6 months ago

I buy used, why would you pay 1k+ for a phone... that's insanity.