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Things I will never do -
Pay that much for a phone
Click on a YT link that’s clearly an ad
In this case, it’s a semi-successful youtuber who does phone reviews.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marques_Brownlee
But I’m not necessarily disagreeing with you.
semi-succesful
18 Million subscribers, Billions of views, has had Kobe Bryant and the US president as guests on his channel. If that’s “semi-succesful”, what on earth is your yard-stick for successful?
I don’t always agree with his takes, but I honestly can’t think of a better or better-known tech reviewer.
I mean, Linus Tech Tips exist. So do Jay-Z 2 cents. There are plenty of other successful tech YouTubers.
I dunno. My local doctor has saved plenty of lives.
Consider him more of a success than someone who reviews overpriced phones on youtube.
Suppose how you define success depends on what you think’s important in life.
A famous YouTuber is not going to be successful at saving lives, but is extraordinarily successful at being a YouTuber.
Semi-successful? He has 20 Million subscribers.
Mr Blott was suggesting that the review is ultimately just an advertisement. I disagree with it, but each to their own.
Why Buy Anything Else?
It seems to be the size of an air craft carrier.
So, also usable as a weapon if required. Another feature.
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!
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
$1300
TEN TIMES the most I’ve ever paid for a phone.
Well, that extra $1000 added to the price would be a reason… 😄
That’s $1000 more than I’m willing to pay on a smartphone.
What phone are you currently using? Do you find there’s anything you can’t do at such a price point?
I have a Pixel 6a, and no.
I have a Pixel 4a, and while not getting any more updates can be a dealbreaker, I think it’s theoretically still fine for me. It does everything I need. Write text messages to friends, surf the web, connect to online services, take pictures at events. It has a nice screen and I have access to custom roms for privacy. What would be a reason for me to spend $1200 and upgrade except for ‘it has better specs’? I think I’d rather use the $1200 to upgrade my computer and there’s still enough money left to buy a VR headset or other random stuff. I think that’s a valid reason to just spend $400 for a new phone or not get a new phone at all until the old one breaks.
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 because I don’t need a new phone and don’t see the need to upgrade every single damn year?
What did you get last year?
Not the user you responded to but in my case nothing. My Xperia 10 III is still working well after three years so there no reason to buy a new one.
Okay, I might be out of the OS support window so I might want to do see how AOSP does on my phone. But hardware-wise there’s really no reason to upgrade (and much less to a comically expensive device like in the video).
“don’t need to upgrade my phone every year”.
And neither do I. Currently running a (horror!) 2018 flagship on DivestOS. It’s faster than anyone’s phone that I know. Everyone is surprised at how fast my phone is.
Paid $80 for it 3 years ago.
Nothing. My current average phone life-time is 7 years, and the majority were second-hand already.
I’ve spent under $400 a year on all my tech combined, including phones, tablets, desktops, laptops, accessories, toys, and anything else with a battery.
If you get good tools, you don’t need to replace them.
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.
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.
What the fuck is he smoking??
I’m still on my iPhone 7 and still haven’t 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. I’d rather use that money to buy Apple shares.
Maybe if I can remove Samsung’s software.
There are so many reasons, but the main one is that they keep pushing their shitty Exynos cpus in Europe! My next phone is certainly not a Samsung just for this reason.
shitty Exynos cpus
Funny how Exynos is shitty but when it’s rebranded as Google Tensor, it’s the strong heart of the best Android phones.
To be fair, I’ve only ever seen negative opinions about the Tensor chips and the majority of it stems from it being an Exynos derivative.
Afaik tensor isn’t the main cpu in pixels
It is, and it’s the reason Pixel 6 and 7 series had so many issues with poor battery life and weak modem. Although it appears that the third generation Tensor CPUs in Pixel 8 have major improvements on both of these pain points.
Still, that probably brings Pixel 8 only to the cheap-ish midrange standard when it comes to cell signal, as the Pixel 7 phones were atrocious and 6s were apparently even worse.
