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You think a $600 phone every 2 years is a big purchase? People used to buy desktop computers every few years, now they don’t. The mobile phone generates such a
by pertymcpert 7y ago
You think a $600 phone every 2 years is a big purchase? People used to buy desktop computers every few years, now they don’t. The mobile phone generates such a great improvement in efficiency (no more getting lost, always available GPS), instant information access (no need to go to a library or spend time finding it in leaflets/books/traditional sources).
$600 every 2 years is an absolute steal for the most economically beneficial piece of personal technology ever created.
- unlinked_dll 7y agoIf you don't make enough money to have any savings, any purchase of $600 at any time is "big." Like yea I can afford it because I make 3x what my friends and family do outside the Bay Area tech bubble, but I don't pretend that I'm not special because throwing a few hundred around doesn't cause me any stress about next month's rent, or credit card, or car payment, or health insurance bill.
- koheripbal 7y agoThis is the perspective of the younger generation. People 30+ (which is still, by far, the majority of the population), are not chronically poor.
- pertymcpert 7y agoSo is paying for food and rent. You have to balance the alternatives of not paying. Not having a capable smartphone in today's world will cost you far more than the price of the device.