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> Did you mean for "Average Consumer" just to be your name? Because an average consumer certainly did not pay $1000 for their phone. I should have made it clea
by jen729w 7y ago
> Did you mean for "Average Consumer" just to be your name? Because an average consumer certainly did not pay $1000 for their phone.
I should have made it clear that I am in Australia. AU$1k ≈ US$700.
- boomlinde 7y agoThat's closer to what my peers are spending. They are outliers, though, living in a developed country, working well-paying jobs, almost all tech nerds. I have a hard time imagining that the world wide average or even a national average for Australia is anywhere near that. That said, I haven't found any non-paywalled comprehensive survey data on the subject so I'll leave it at that. This seems promising, in case anyone has an account: https://www.statista.com/statistics/283334/average-smartphone-price-by-region/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/283334/average-smartphon...