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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•21 days agoTrade in value drops very rapidly for non-iphones after a year or two. You can often get 50% back on the purchase by trading in a functional phone. If you buy a new phone every 2 years or every 4 years, it’s often about the same total out of pocket cost (with a lot of exceptions)
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•21 days agoI’ve never paid more than $150 for a phone, and that’s recently for a 2 year old pixel. I can keep multiple spares around for the price of a new phone.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•21 days agoI buy used, why would you pay 1k+ for a phone… that’s insanity.
Trade in value drops very rapidly for non-iphones after a year or two. You can often get 50% back on the purchase by trading in a functional phone.
If you buy a new phone every 2 years or every 4 years, it’s often about the same total out of pocket cost (with a lot of exceptions)
I’ve never paid more than $150 for a phone, and that’s recently for a 2 year old pixel.
I can keep multiple spares around for the price of a new phone.
I buy used, why would you pay 1k+ for a phone… that’s insanity.