I enjoy reading about the S24 Ultra for showing what could be possible in a smartphone. Buying one for personal use is another matter entirely.
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in answer to your question Marcus, because I paid attention in economics class and understand the concept of opportunity cost.
To paint the full picture, it's $2,399 to pre order it in the country I live in (Australia).
The average wage in australia is 90k pretax, approx 70k post tax
2399 is mortgage payments, food or transportation.
Stateside here, and I agree that price is insane. Also, I like to root my phones , and Samsung makes that hard. that said, I am writing this on my tab s8 with a stylus. people forget that Saving for real needs takes priority! retirement is not free, after all.
Maybe if I can remove Samsung's software.
What the fuck is he smoking??
once i got my a54 i honestly don't know why i ever went with the s series
Is it that good?
for me it's basically as decent as my old s series but half the price; the camera is slightly worse but for what i use it for it's not bad.
$1300
TEN TIMES the most I've ever paid for a phone.
Cuz you can get a Pixel 7a for $350-400. Which is arguably a better phone. But inarguably a better value.
Just out of curiosity, if you could recommend a phone to a relative. Let's say young enough to be on all the socials, but old enough to not need the newest flagship, what would you recommend? I'm guessing the 7 or 7a?
I'd recommend the 8 or 7a to anyone and everyone.
Thank you for sharing.
Just got a Pixel 8 (256 GB) for $510 a few weeks ago. I'm good with that, thanks.
Holy shit how'd you get it so cheap? Is it carrier locked or refurbished?
Unlocked, brand new direct from the Google Store. They emailed me a coupon code for being on the Google Assistant mailing list that gave me an extra $150 off, and it stacked with a $100 discount they were already running (so $250 off total). I'm a self-admitted headphone jack enthusiast, but the price was just too good to pass up.
Dude you lucked out that's awesome!
Love my Pixel. Great purchase. Especially with the now extended software support.
Becuase a mid-range phone is good enough for most people
I hammer on a phone. Run an FTP server at home to copy files sometimes, have multiple sync tools running, always manually copying files to/from network devices, run RDP/SSH sessions often. The screen is rarely off.
I do fine with phones that cost $100 used. 2 year old flagships are a great value. If they work for me, the average user would have no trouble with one.
Switch to Graphene/Lineage/Divest, and people think it's a new flagship.
For sure on switching to a custom OS like you said. It makes them run so much smoother and faster than stock at least on Graphene for sure
Iβm still on my iPhone 7 and still havenβt found a good enough reason to upgrade. All my productivity work is done on my PC since I work from home. And I have a camera for photos. Iβd rather use that money to buy Apple shares.
I mean that's great but there have been an enormous number of advancements in the last 8 years or whatever.
Cool.
I thought the people still using 12s were mind-blowing.
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