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minus-square@Son_of_dad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish5•9 months agoAnyone else notice how insane expensive phones have gotten in the last couple of years?
minus-square@aluminium@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish6•9 months agoNo? The spectrum just got way wider. you can still buy 150$ phone, no problemo, its just gonna be a piece of junk. But same was true 10 years. Only thing that changed is that back in the day 300 - 400 phones gave you 90% of the experience of the 800 - 1000 phones. Thats different now.
minus-square@Son_of_dad@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish4•9 months agoWell your second paragraph is the meat of what I mean. A $300 phone now is shit, whereas 5 years ago you could get a decent one. You gotta get to the $600+ (Canadian) to find anything that’s decent now
minus-square@sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish2•9 months agoI disagree. Motorola makes decent phones, and I’ve been rocking one I got for $50 ($250 retail) from Google Fi a few years ago.
Anyone else notice how insane expensive phones have gotten in the last couple of years?
No? The spectrum just got way wider. you can still buy 150$ phone, no problemo, its just gonna be a piece of junk. But same was true 10 years.
Only thing that changed is that back in the day 300 - 400 phones gave you 90% of the experience of the 800 - 1000 phones. Thats different now.
Well your second paragraph is the meat of what I mean. A $300 phone now is shit, whereas 5 years ago you could get a decent one. You gotta get to the $600+ (Canadian) to find anything that’s decent now
I disagree. Motorola makes decent phones, and I’ve been rocking one I got for $50 ($250 retail) from Google Fi a few years ago.