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What companies arbitrarily categorize as "budget" doesn't really represent or communicate anything.
by ziddoap 5y ago
What companies arbitrarily categorize as "budget" doesn't really represent or communicate anything.
- Spivak 5y agoMy results if I Google "budget phones" * Toms: Under $400 * Verge Under $500 * TechRadar: Under $500 with the lowest category Under $200 * CNET: Under $500 * AndroidAuthority: Under $500 * Wired: Under $500 Like you can personally decide that a budget phone should be under $200 or something but real life people looking to buy "cheap" phones are looking to pay ~<$500 for it.
- GekkePrutser 5y agoTrue but you're looking at the US. Here in Spain a ton of people use Xiaomi phones between 100 and 200 euro. It always surprises me how much of those I see in the metro. I don't see many flagships at all here, many people on the street also use wired headphones. In the Netherlands it's a totally different picture. Lots of iPhones, S-class Samsung, airpods... It really depends on the country and their average wages.
- pjmlp 5y agoThat is one month salary for plenty of people in Portugal, hardly budget.
- ziddoap 5y agoI mentioned that companies shouldn't decide what is budget for people, and your response is to list a lot more companies and what those companies consider budget? >real life people looking to buy "cheap" phones are looking to pay ~<$500 for it. A good portion of the world must not be "real life people" to you. I will hazard a guess and say that you must have lived a life without much financial difficulty.