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- On one hand, despite being someone who makes a living writing software for mobile devices I haven't bought a new phone in more than 5 years because it is so much cheaper to just buy a 1-2 year old used phone in nearly perfect condition and all the new 'innovations' are worthless bullshit.
On the other hand, I'm sure this will trickle into the used market and still impact me so excuse me while old man yells at cloud.
by georgemcbay - It's by design, so they can lock you into monthly payments.by binlog
- So nobody will be able to afford anything, great work - this sort of thing always goes wellby stuaxo
- I heard they are downgrading to 12GB ram tooby BurnerBurner
- iPhone se3 (A15 chip, decent), is about $130 refurbished. It has depreciated, and continues to do so. But I do wonder if there is another to take it's place in the future.by _ifton
- I refuse to pay 1200 eurodollars for a phone or worse go on some shitty plan. Sadly AI boom is killing midrange phones.by TitaRusell
- Similarly, data center loans are starting to make cheap mortgages disappear.by unddoch
- I dont mind old phones, i just want to replace my batteries. I still remember my old nokia and popping out batteries to pop in another. Was perfect.by windex