The point is that if you want a phone with the capabilities and performance of a good one from five years ago, you can buy that today. It will cost you substant

The point is that if you want a phone with the capabilities and performance of a good one from five years ago, you can buy that today. It will cost you substantially less (in nominal dollars) today than it would've cost five years ago. How does that not represent a person with a given number of dollars being able to buy more, in this instance?