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If you want a premium phone, Apple is pretty much unchallenged. I'm not a fan of expensive phones though - I'm scared I will break it and lose $700+ in the bli

by pid-1 4y ago

If you want a premium phone, Apple is pretty much unchallenged. I'm not a fan of expensive phones though - I'm scared I will break it and lose $700+ in the blink of an eye. Been using cheap Motorolas for the past 10 years, no complains.

devoutsalsa 4y ago
For the iPhone, you can always buy two generations back to save a few bucks. I bought an iPhone 11 a couple months ago for $499 plus tax and it’s a perfectly good phone.
- Throwawayaerlei 4y ago
  If you're really on a budget you can probably go back even more generations and get both an acceptable phone and one that'll get updates for some time. Which are probably more important for iOS because it's such a single big target compared to the fragmented Android world. I'm currently using an iPhone 6s I got in February 2020 for $200 from my Consumer Cellular MVNO which unlocks it after 6 months. One thing you'll lose with the older phones sooner than iOS updates is AppleCare support, but if you get a good bargain to begin with....
- allset_ 4y ago
  When you do that you're also buying into a phone that will stop receiving security updates sooner since iPhones receive updates for ~5 years after they're released.
  - stu2b50 4y ago
    I wouldn’t really worry about that. Apple has been very good at giving security patches to old devices. Just a few days ago they pushed a security patch for iPhones as old as the 5S https://9to5mac.com/2021/09/23/apple-releases-ios-12-5-5-for-older-iphones-and-ipads-with-important-security-updates/amp/ https://9to5mac.com/2021/09/23/apple-releases-ios-12-5-5-for...
  - macintux 4y ago
    I'd wager that a 4-year-old iPhone will receive security updates longer than a significant number of brand new Android devices.
qball 4y ago
>I'm not a fan of expensive phones though - I'm scared I will break it and lose $700+ in the blink of an eye. Phones over 200 bucks are a serious liability, I agree. Fortunately, that also happens to be the price of the fourth-fastest phone on the market, that being the iPhone SE (Gen 2). The fastest phone on the market (that being the Gen 3) is twice that price, but I have an easier time accepting a premium for that that's closer to 100 than the 1000 you'd have to pay to get the most capable Android phones... and they're still 4 years behind the iPhone technology-wise.

by pid-1 4y ago

devoutsalsa 4y ago

For the iPhone, you can always buy two generations back to save a few bucks. I bought an iPhone 11 a couple months ago for $499 plus tax and it’s a perfectly good phone.

Throwawayaerlei 4y ago
If you're really on a budget you can probably go back even more generations and get both an acceptable phone and one that'll get updates for some time. Which are probably more important for iOS because it's such a single big target compared to the fragmented Android world. I'm currently using an iPhone 6s I got in February 2020 for $200 from my Consumer Cellular MVNO which unlocks it after 6 months. One thing you'll lose with the older phones sooner than iOS updates is AppleCare support, but if you get a good bargain to begin with....
allset_ 4y ago
When you do that you're also buying into a phone that will stop receiving security updates sooner since iPhones receive updates for ~5 years after they're released.
- stu2b50 4y ago
  I wouldn’t really worry about that. Apple has been very good at giving security patches to old devices. Just a few days ago they pushed a security patch for iPhones as old as the 5S https://9to5mac.com/2021/09/23/apple-releases-ios-12-5-5-for-older-iphones-and-ipads-with-important-security-updates/amp/ https://9to5mac.com/2021/09/23/apple-releases-ios-12-5-5-for...
- macintux 4y ago
  I'd wager that a 4-year-old iPhone will receive security updates longer than a significant number of brand new Android devices.

qball 4y ago

>I'm not a fan of expensive phones though - I'm scared I will break it and lose $700+ in the blink of an eye. Phones over 200 bucks are a serious liability, I agree. Fortunately, that also happens to be the price of the fourth-fastest phone on the market, that being the iPhone SE (Gen 2). The fastest phone on the market (that being the Gen 3) is twice that price, but I have an easier time accepting a premium for that that's closer to 100 than the 1000 you'd have to pay to get the most capable Android phones... and they're still 4 years behind the iPhone technology-wise.