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You can get a new Android phone for $20. The charging cables alone for an iPhone, which don't come with the phone, cost $19 each by themselves.
by heavyset_go 4y ago
You can get a new Android phone for $20. The charging cables alone for an iPhone, which don't come with the phone, cost $19 each by themselves.
- Huh1337 4y agoThe original cables do. You can buy much cheaper cables on Amazon and elsewhere.
- HKH2 4y agoSome cheaper Lightning cables don't work properly. Some don't work at all.
- crazygringo 4y agoWhat are you talking about? No you can't. If you're talking about an unlocked smartphone that you can install apps on, there is absolutely no such thing as a new Android phone for $20 that any American consumer can buy. The Samsung Galaxy A03s is Samsung's cheapest, it's considered "ultra-budget", and it costs $160. The Moto G Pure, Motorola's cheapest, is also $160. (Edit in response to comments: yes if you buy a locked phone with a plan you can obviously get it cheaper upfront, but you're just dividing the remaining cost monthly. It's not actually cheaper. You can also get iPhones "for free" upfront if you pay for them on installment plans either bundled with a plan or separate from one -- so "prices" for locked phones are utterly meaningless for comparing the cost of iPhone vs Android.)
- alvarezbjm-hn 4y agoI am 100% sure parent meant $200, not $20. Just for the sake of argument, there are brand new android go phones in amazon. So, if you need a phone you can install apps on, $50-$200 being the base price, you can consider $1000 a luxury. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=android+phone&i=mobile&rh=n%3A7072561011%2Cp_n_condition-type%3A6503240011%2Cp_36%3A14674873011&dc&language=es&ds=v1%3ALjd33tWNYgbAi4jMoLGXaAn3l3iTrAAhx50%2BtsSTdIU&crid=OUKFEA2NNEMU&qid=1665612710&rnid=14674871011&sprefix=android+phone%2Caps%2C218&ref=is_r_p_36_2 https://www.amazon.com/s?k=android+phone&i=mobile&rh=n%3A707...
- crazygringo 4y agoSeeing as they were directly comparing a $20 phone with a $19 cable implying they were the same price, it seems to me like they actually meant $20. ;)
- jacobr1 4y agoOn the other-hand, plenty of people will buy a locked phone direct from a carrier. The Moto G you mentioned only costs $35 from tracfone. You can't change carriers, but you still can install arbitrary apps.
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- kaba0 4y agoAnd as mentioned, you can buy any top end iphone for likely free with a sufficiently expensive plan, how is that relevant? You do pay for the full price (often multiple times).
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- indymike 4y ago> If you're talking about an unlocked smartphone that you can install apps on, there is absolutely no such thing as a new Android phone for $20 that any American consumer can buy. Or even close to it. Hardly anyone buys a phone unlocked in the US. Most buy carrier locked devices and at the low end, it's mostly prepaid. I just bought a Samsung A03 from target that was for prepaid carrier Total Wireless for $10. I didn't activate it, I just use it for testing a mobile app on a lower spec phone. > The Moto G Pure, Motorola's cheapest, is also $160. Right now, you can get a Moto G Pure for $49 from three different no-contract pre-paid carriers at Wal-Mart.
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- kaba0 4y agoCome on, that’s just not the “price” of a thing by any sane definition, or otherwise I would be very happy how cheap I got my home for..
- indymike 4y agoOk, I'll be sane. I bought a Samsung A03 at Target, off the shelf, in store for $20. It was on sale from it's regular price of $49.
- sbuk 4y agoErm. Every iPhone comes with a lightning cable in the box. You can also buy lightning cables from other manufacturers for considerably less than $19. Get your facts right.