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> they usually say something like “why do you need a faster phone....my midrange 3 year old android phone is blazingly fast Yes, there aren't a lot of valid re
by The_Colonel 6y ago
> they usually say something like “why do you need a faster phone....my midrange 3 year old android phone is blazingly fast
Yes, there aren't a lot of valid reasons to spend over ~200 Euro for a phone these days (unless you're tech enthusiast).
- ip26 6y agoIt's hard to agree completely with this. On the one hand you can accomplish just about anything with a $150 phone, and I used one for many years. Recently though my midrange 2 year old phone could barely keep up with certain basic apps, and a upper-mid phone has been night-and-day higher quality usage experience. I suspect a mix of Wirth's Law plus a lower level of polish on things like drivers on cheaper phones (inexplicably poor WiFi stability, for example)
- The_Colonel 6y agoI know that the situation with mid-range phones was not always so rosy. I was myself buying mostly high-end phones in the past. But recently my friend bought a Motorola for 200 Euro - Snapdragon 730, 6 GB RAM, 128 GB UFS 2.1 storage, pretty good main camera + (so-so) ultrawide, (gimmicky) macro camera, 5000 mAh battery. I was very impressed what can 200 Euro these days buy. I'm pretty confident this phone will do just fine in 2 years too ...