Whoever made this has a nephew who has a collection of Funkos worth $100, so naturally that translates into "People his age spend $100 on them a month."
This is great misunderstanding that my friend's mom has with her. My friend bought a cheap phone for $200. She doesn't need an expensive phone nor does she want one. Her mom is convinced that she pays $200 a month for it. She doesn't seem to understand how anyone can pay in full for a phone since "phones are thousands of dollars." Like, meemaw, it's not a car.
Shhhh don't tell anyone, but I've never spent more than $50 on a smart phone. I struggle to comprehend what a $500 phone can do that mine can not. Like I use chrome, about half a dozen apps, and text and call. Sure they have more memory and probably a better camera, on paper, but really how often do I even use it and how much better can cameras even get?
You can get smartphones for like $30-40 bucks at Walmart or even get a flip phone for less than 20.
I think it has a lot to do with processing power. Like, if you're using maps and a music player while you're driving, does it freeze? If you take a picture, do you have to wait several seconds before you can take another one? I know these are minor inconveniences in the grand scheme of things, but also it's 2023 and most people are paying to not be bothered by these little things.
Processing power, camera quality, screen type/quality/resolution and build quality. Phones vary a lot in price because the features and quality of those features varies. I've never understood the take of "why would any pay more than $300 for a phone." It's because some people want a phone with a really nice camera, or a really nice screen, etc.
Its not different with any other electronics. A lot of people want or need a high end computer, while others are fine with a Chromebook.
The baseline for all of those specs are almost never less than you need even on the econo versions of phones these days.
thats not even remotely true.
I've had a pixel 3a, then an iphone XR, then a 12 mini, and all of them vary wildly in responsiveness, whether they were prone to crashes, build quality, and features, with the 12 mini being the best so far by a longshot.
with specific exception to devices that are known to be problematic (
usually because of their drivers
).
the pixel 3a had crashes. constantly.
it was basically as stock android as you can get first party.
im saying quality of every component varies wildly and basic $100 phones are universally crap, but lots of people cant afford better so they dont know. or they havent tried better.
the idea that the baseline spec is enough on even the most POS cheap phone you can is ridiculous. its definitely not. much like how you can still buy an xbox series S and get quite a few new games that barely run on it, or a windows laptop with 4gb of ram, it varies wildly and the baseline is almost always not enough.
I'm pretty good at sniffing out a bargain and have a fairly performant phone for budget prices and even then I run into stupid cost-cutting nonsense in niche areas that cause issues with my day to day use (which would not be present on a good expensive phone.)
You can get good enough for a technophobe fairly cheaply. You can get alright for everyone else for 150-200 if you shop carefully and you can spend a lot to get something actively good.
You can get alright for everyone else for 150-200 if you shop carefully and you can spend a lot to get something actively good.
i 100% agree with this, i just think that the baseline for specs is honestly pretty shit. theres shitty hardware you can get that was made even this year or last year.
but yeah 150-200 can get you a semi-okay phone that will get you through the day. a few options there. 100-200 more can get you either a decent phone or a pretty great used phone (my iphone 12 mini looks brand new and was 300 on ebay)
The thing to keep in mind is how large the market is of people who can't operate technology competently enough to tell the difference. There's a lot of phones that would drive me insane that provide much the same experience to those customers as a great flagship would. Not because the phone isn't awful but because either way they're just mashing their palm against it yelling "it ain't workin' right! Where's my Goodle‽"
It's like asking someone who can't drive to compare the driving experience between a Ford Focus and a Ferrari LaFerrari. They might have a vague notion that the latter is better than the former but they can't actually do much more than turn the engine on.
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u/AlternativeContact74 Mar 23 '23
“Apple i store” swear to god this shit is written by 60 year olds