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The cheapest iphones have been $400 or $430 for many, many years now. Divided by the number of hours a phone is used, the amortized cost of having something yo
by lotsofpulp 2y ago
The cheapest iphones have been $400 or $430 for many, many years now.
Divided by the number of hours a phone is used, the amortized cost of having something you want is miniscule. This is the thing moms will be taking precious pictures of their kids with, video calling their families on, shopping for themselves and others, and even watching or listening to entertainment.
If there’s one thing that people can justify spending more on for more utility, it’s a smartphone. Obviously, I’m not referring to spending $1k more for a 1 TB Pro Max, but spending an extra $500 is going to make sense to many people for purposes outside of showing off.
- resource_waste 2y ago>but spending an extra $500 is going to make sense to many people for purposes outside of showing off. If this was true, Apple would not be the major US player. Everything you mentioned doesnt cost $500, it cost $200 on a nexus a decade ago.
- lotsofpulp 2y agoI used Nexus a decade ago, and they didn’t even have simple video calling figured out. There was a new app every month. Also, a Nexus wasn’t $200 in 2014, and in no way was a $200 mobile phone in 2014 as good as a $500 iPhone (or any other $500 phone).
- hulitu 2y ago> If there’s one thing that people can justify spending more on for more utility, it’s a smartphone. For a dumb device ? Max 200 €. Browsing the internet on a smartphone is terrible, the GUI is terrible, typing is terrible. DOS level multitasking. Spying machine. No way i will pay more for this.