wobbliscott
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Why do people keep saying £1k is expensive for a phone? It is very expensive for a phone i’ll grant you but they’re not just phones and used far less as a phone. they’re GPS devices, decent cameras, decent video cameras, TV’s MP3 players, access to the net and all the apps and capability that brings, they’re games machines and a whole lot more.
cause barring the gaming, you can buy a phone for £150-250 that'll do everything you mentioned.
so aye, they are expensive.
I agree with the iphone 6 comments, on that being roughly the level where phones started being something that'd I'd not bother to upgrade.
i don't use an apple, but the android equivalent was the moto g4, mines is still powering along nicely, does everything I need with lag.
When they started advertising fingerprint scanners as a must have feature was probably when they basically admitted, aye your phone is generally powerful enough.
Same with computers, unless you've got a specific purpose for an all signing dancing effort, you're just spending too much..
cause barring the gaming, you can buy a phone for £150-250 that’ll do everything you mentioned.
e.g. ?
The Huawei P20 lite I picked up for £200 a while back? GPS/Camera/Web/Video/Gaming(Just)
And only because my old 16GB P8 was out of internal storage space to the point where apps wouldn't update anymore, even with me trying to keep on top of space.
But what other computer/machine/gadget do you use more?
My work laptop is used 100x more than my phone and probably cost about the same, actually maybe a bit more; but way more powerful and versatile.
I think we’re at this point. They do the same thing. One costs a metric shed load more, for minimal difference other than bragging rights.
Pretty sure the cheap devices are cheap for very good reasons - quality of components and materials.
I’m on my fourth iPhone, starting with a 3G, then a 4G, then a 5, now on a 6+, which is five years old. All of those devices have metal and toughened glass structures, most cheap devices are plastic. Even the folding Samsung has plastic front and rear, on a £2000 device!
Looking at the end-on view of the Samsung, I’d be prepared to bet the chances of one surviving more than an hour stuffed in someone’s back pocket before it broke are somewhere between fat and slim.
Here’s a photo showing the end view of the Galaxy Fold - there’s so much to go wrong from people putting into the back pocket of a pair of tight jeans then sitting on it!
