• DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works
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    5 hours ago

    A $200 phone in 2015 is not the same as a $200 phone in 2025. I know from experience.

    Those phones in 2015 were awful, but in 2025, they feel more like mid-range phones.

    Edit: And $600 is pocket change? Sound like someone lived a privilaged life.

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      4 hours ago

      This 100%

      I have used tracfone since 2012 and only bought phones from their store, sub $150. The budget phones today are so much better than the last 10 years.

      I just can’t wrap my head around sinking that much into a phone when you replace it every year and it cost as much as a decent budget computer, but worse.

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        2 hours ago

        I just can’t wrap my head around sinking that much into a phone when you replace it every year

        Usually the people who replace their flagship phone every 1 - 2 years aren’t paying full price for it, or at least not upfront. They are receiving trade-in and pre-order discounts, or spreading the cost out over a 12 - 24 month period through a plan with their telco.

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      2 hours ago

      I make $19/hr and live paycheck to paycheck. I’m just being realistic about the current cell phone market.

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        2 hours ago

        Surely cost relative to income is more relevant than cost relative to the rest of the market? Something doesn’t magically become cheap just because everything else is ridiculously expensive.