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They are basically comparing the price of mid-low end phones from 10+ years ago to the highest end phones of today. The Motorola StarTAC was introduced in 1996
by ogre_codes 8y ago
They are basically comparing the price of mid-low end phones from 10+ years ago to the highest end phones of today. The Motorola StarTAC was introduced in 1996 for $1000 and later, the Motorola Razr was $800 when it was introduced. Adjusted for inflation the difference in price isn't that big and flip phones of the time did very little. You can pick up a phone which is vastly better than the Razor today for $25.
The iPhone wasn't $200 unless you ignored the cost of the expensive phone contract it was attached to, nor were the early top end Android phones.
The only way this article makes any sense if you compare the highest end phones of today to the low-midrange phones from 10+ years ago which makes zero sense.
- icedchai 8y agoMost consumer technology has gotten cheaper over the years. In some cases, a lot cheaper, especially when adjusted for inflation. Compare the price of 55" flat screen TV's, 2009 vs today. Compare the price of a mid-range desktop computer, 1989 vs today, etc.
- ogre_codes 8y agoYou have a double standard here. Newer iPhones are twice as big and have much higher display resolution. To be reasonably fair you'd need to compare that 55" flat screen TV to an 8K 120" HDR TV. Or flip it and compare the Original iPhone to the iPhone SE which is about half the cost of the original iPhone (when you consider the contract cost) and still has a much bigger/ better display.
- heavenlyblue 8y agoAdjusted for inflation 1996's $1000 is $1630 today.