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In the low end, surely you'd get more standardisation. Same processor, screen, Bluetooth and mobile chips. So that from an update pov it's easy. They can alway
by benj111 3y ago
In the low end, surely you'd get more standardisation. Same processor, screen, Bluetooth and mobile chips.
So that from an update pov it's easy. They can always differentiate with cameras, batteries, cases etc.
- sroussey 3y agoSo a communist phone for the lower class? That’s the not-nice way of saying the same thing. I’m not sure if I am for or against that without more thought.
- jacquesm 3y agoI'm still on a dumb phone and that's because I think spending $800 on a phone is ridiculous. And it's not like I can't afford it.
- klipt 3y agoAn iPhone SE is half that. A budget Android half again. Both completely usable, just won't replace your mirrorless camera just yet.
- jacquesm 3y agoThere are other reasons.
- sroussey 3y agoI spend money where I spend time: phone, chair, monitor, mattress. I rarely drive so my car is 19 years old. I use my phone daily (right now!) so I have the newest one.
- tcfhgj 3y agoWhy explicitly the newest one?
- sroussey 3y agoI’m on the apple upgrade program. So I just pay monthly. I could skip a year and own the phone, but don’t really care. I want the best cameras. Life is too short.
- WeylandYutani 3y agoExactly. Normal people have already replaced their computer with phones so how old is the PC that HN commentators use? Five years? Phones are appliances that are being used up to 10 hours every single day. And sure you can keep repairing them but at some point buying a new one will actually be cheaper.
- dotancohen 3y agoI'd love some honest mattress advice.
- cbzoiav 3y agoI'm on a pixel 6A. It cost me under £200 factoring in the trade in deal that let me trade in a 10 year old phone (if you don't have one eBay one for £5). And there are plenty of reasonable smart phones for less than £100 these days. You can get something like a Motorola E13 for under £70 that will do everything most people use their phones for well (beyond the camera being nothing special, but we're comparing to a dumb phone).
- gizmo686 3y agoStandadized parts are an idea from the industrial revolution, not communism.
- bmicraft 3y agoWhite-labeling an oem part is not exactly the kind of communism Marx was known for