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> iPhones are luxury smartphones. Used iPhones and year-old iPhones (likewise for Galaxy S-model phones and others on the top end) still perform better than "m
by eganist 10y ago
> iPhones are luxury smartphones.
Used iPhones and year-old iPhones (likewise for Galaxy S-model phones and others on the top end) still perform better than "mid-tier" phones. Given this, an iPhone and "a budget alternative" are not mutually exclusive terms. Keep in mind that for most people today, a phone might well be the closest they can get to having any form of decent connectivity, so it becomes an investment in one's future to buy a device with years of life ahead of it.
A _new_ iPhone might be mutually exclusive with "a budget alternative," but that's not what's being argued.
- AstralStorm 10y agoI wouldn't be so sure, recent mid-tier phones have started to finally surpass a flagship phone from a few years back... (when it depreciates to same price point) Durability is also improved. I'm talking about newest of Samsung A and J series compared to older S models here. You also get the vastly updated software which will be hard to get on the old device.