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Why can't we go back to small phones? (www.spacebar.news)
submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] Jhex 10 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

I'd never want to pay 2,500 for a phone... tht's just insane

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 hours ago

These days I never go for flagships. I want 1TB storage and if I choose the 1TB phones, they'd cost $1500. I could get a Samsung A-Series and have the 1TB MicroSD Card slot at around $400 for the phone + a 1TB MicroSD card at around $130, so basically a $530 phone with a 1TB storage, $1000 cheaper than a flagship. I don't play any games anyways these days (too depressed), I don't even need flagship specs.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

I absolutely agree, luckily I got mine used for 870€.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

That is insane as well. $300 for my Pixel was already painful enough. 870€ is a whole decent computer :/

Edit: could have got it for less, but it would've been secondhand.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Your spending that much on a used phone? I can't phantom paying more than $600 for one

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

You're willing to pay that much for a phone? I think my last one was $350.

OK, now someone else go lower.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 hours ago

I once used $50 phone because my main phone broke so I had to use that cheap phone as a temporary stopgap. It was a locked phone thats why I could get it so cheap. (Moto G Play 2023, btw)

(Now I use a $400-ish Samsung Galaxy A Series phone. I just can't deal with the lagging and frequent freezing of a $50 phone)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I get that too. It helps to put it in perspective:

  • 870€ is about 45% of the official original price
  • the phone was used for 2 months and in a very good condition (saw it firsthand)
  • valid warranty etc
[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago

To put that into another perspective: it is around twice my country's monthly median salary. This is still very wild.