The march toward the $2000 smartphone isn't sustainable

I just use my phone to watch the pr0n while taking a dump @Jontro

(and at least a 1/3 of guys in general)

 

Bought a 256gb 2020 iPad pro on eBay for 650. I'm not great on Call of Duty mobile but it's faster than any phone out there and let's me smoke little kids with their hand me downs.

Don't play next gen games on my xr because I don't need my eyes to become fuzzier from oldmanitus.

Anyways phones and tech is like cars these days. If you know what to look for or do a little research, you can buy used 6-12 months for half or a third of the price. It's all about recognizing legit sellers, product in good or excellent condition (scratches, dings, etc) and waiting a few months between shifts in demand

 

I love my Pixel 2XL. Hoping it lasts another few years. Does great for everything I needed for. The camera is still top notch.

 

Just upgraded from my Samsung Galaxy Note 4 to a used Note 10+ for around $550 when my last phone crapped out on me. These $1000+ phone prices are for the birds.

 

Until the phone can connect to a keyboard mouse and display .. . . I ain't interested in 1000 Plus
I mean the MACs I am looking at are in the 1000 - 1400$ range

Rocket River

 

Mainly upgrade due to battery getting weak every 2-3 years.

 

It’s well beyond CandyCrush. I have a 8, 10, 12, and 13 year old at home. The PS4 and Switch gather dust. The TV as well. The two youngest use an IPad and an old IPhone and the two eldest use gaming laptops and their phones. The phones have infinite more utility because of the cellular data and mobility over the laptops which require space and WiFi. At home the eldest run the laptops and phones simultaneously. At school or out and about it’s the phones.

They don’t have the latest and most expensive models as we aren’t willing to shell out that kind of money. It will be interesting to see when they have their own income what they choose to do. But the value and use of a phone to this generation is well beyond what TV or Nintendo was to mine.

 

Don't look now, but phones are driving cars too. And they are tracking and training you on what to say to your loved ones. You literally won't even need to communicate in 20 years as your phone will do it for you. Your phone will literally get together with other phones and report back how the day went. Ultimately, that will allow u to do whatever you want whenever u want. And that is glory. Freedom.

 

can't wait till my phone can fap me

 

They have IPhones but like 8s I think. I use Straightalk and buy IPhones from them. I’m considering an IPhone XR for $350 right now to upgrade from my 2 year old 6S that has been dropped several times.

They play stuff like Roblox, Castle Clash, they were playing Fortnite on the phones until the Apple dispute. Fortnite lost millions of players due to not being on IOS. Those kids like mine don’t start playing it on PS4 instead they just find different games on their phones.

 

Same!
X was the most I have spent on a phone and I am gonna try to keep it another year. But if they announce a significant upgrade, I might get a new one this year.

This is my update history:
2009 - iPhone 3GS
2010 - iPhone 4
2012 Nov - iPhone 5
2014 Nov - iPhone 6 Plus ($749) (+screen replacement)
2018 Feb - iPhone X ($999)



Look at the price increases:

• iPhone (4GB): $499
• iPhone 3G (8GB): $599
• iPhone 3GS (16GB): $599
• iPhone 4 (16GB): $599
• iPhone 4S (16GB): $649
• iPhone 5 (16GB): $649
• iPhone 5s (16GB): $649
• iPhone 6 (16GB): $649
• iPhone 6 Plus (16GB): $749
• iPhone 6s (16GB): $649
• iPhone 6s Plus (16GB): $749
• iPhone 7 (32GB): $649
• iPhone 7 Plus (32GB): $769
  
  
• iPhone 8 (64GB): $699
• iPhone 8 Plus (64GB): $799
• iPhone X (64GB): $999

 

I thought that was already possible with Bluetooth for the mouse & keyboard with a cable from the cellphone to the monitor.

 

It's already possible. Some Samsung, Pixel, and other Android smartphones came with a USB type c to USB 3.0 adapter. Is as simple as plug and play. Never tried on an IPhone though.

 

This Google I/O is so boring right now. It sounds like it's leading up to hopefully presenting their own chipset in the pixel 6 with all this new AI tech. I doubt it's going to happen today.

 

Iphone chips are usually a cut above qualcomm or samsung chips when it comes to graphics. That's part of the reason resale value lags 18-24 months behind...It's not all hype.

I used to rock Android until I read some articles on Iphone XR's chip that specialized with facial recognition and software hacks with the camera. My guess is that they were building up their chips to replace intel in their macbooks, so people got an upgrade most weren't expecting.

You'll hear that apple's benchmarks are overrated, but I consistently read that their graphics numbers weren't estimated but based on fair estimates in performance. Apple is kind of sneaky sometimes underselling (battery life) or overselling (lcd display quality), so it's better to skip cookie cutter CNET reviews and read some geek teardown like anandtech. This air of uncertainty eggs on their cult to believe that the iphone chips are faster than intel chips, which maybe true in some areas, but the latest computer class Apple chips still a year or two off from being completely true. It's like comparing a web browsing/graphic design thoroughbred to a video gaming/bitcoin mining workhorse. Intel chips were generally used as inefficient swiss army knives. There's still a use for them, but intel isn't dispelling the myth with their slow pivots... It also only applies to Intel's best in class (i7 or i9). i5 or laptop chips are too inferior and battery inefficienct imo.

The kicker is that RAM becomes the bottleneck. I still own a 1st gen ipad air and it's slow af because it works 1GB ram. The XR has 3 gigs while the latest ipad pro is 6. Even if they claim their memory management is just enough and a minimalist work of art...you know they cripple it to force people to upgrade after 4-5 years when devs learn how to take advantage of the stronger cores.

 

iphone is not all overpriced hype. Their chips are legit by being a year or two ahead of android. Just don't believe all the specs they sell you.

Do ur own research.

 

I upgraded to an iPhone 12 Pro Max from a X over Christmas because AT&T is giving me $700 to trade-in the X on a $1200 phone. I basically pay around $16 a month for the phone. I also traded in a iPhone 8 plus for 128GB iPhone 12 128GB for one of the kids. $879 for that phone and got a $700 credit on the trade-in. Basically paying $5 a month on that AT&T next plan for that upgrade.

If Carriers are willing to offer those trade-in deals like that...I will keep upgrading.