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[-] exasperation@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago

The highest priced iPhone, all max specs, is $1600.

If you get a new one every year, and trade in the previous year's, you'll probably get around $600 trade in value. So we're talking $1000/year for the highest priced phone.

On a monthly basis, we're talking $83/month. That's like a rounding error on rent, utilities, and food, much less transportation and health care.

And, more realistically, people are buying $800 phones once every 2 years, maybe seeing something like a $600 net expense spread over 24 months, for $25/month.

Phones are like the one thing that are cheaper in 2025 than in 1985.

[-] vulgarcynic@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Hell yeah, grind away for basic necessities. Bet you're a dream to talk to at parties.

this post was submitted on 29 Apr 2025
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