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by renewiltord 252 days ago
Anyone who is trying to save money shouldn't buy the "median" device. Just get an older iphone or the SE if you want it. Doesn't make sense. “I’m in top 10 percent of price conscious users so I want 50th percent device”? Just illogical behavior.
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margalabargala 252 days ago
An older iPhone or an SE is still hundreds of dollars more device than these people need.
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BoredPositron 252 days ago
It's not even a hundred dollars for the 2020 SE model which still has 2 years of updates in it. For the newer 2022 model it's under 200 from refurb sellers. You can get 13s for under 250. You can even get apple care with the new subscription model and sneak a new battery for 12 bucks. Arguing with bogus facts is bad manner.
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margalabargala 252 days ago
You're awfully cavalier with other people's money. Some would call that "bad manners" too since you brought it up.

Buying a $100 phone every other year when offered an android phone for free from the carrier is a meaningfully bad financial decision for people less well off than yourself. You are fortunate to be in a position to not have to worry about money like that, but try to have compassion for people less rich than yourself.

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BoredPositron 252 days ago
Oh stop the wiggling. You said hundreds of dollars and they aren't. Now you are switching your argument to "free phones" there are no free phones you still pay for them. In lower income countries your carrier even installs malware as part of their bloat itself. The backmarket prizes in these countries are even more attainable for older iPhone models. Instead of paying your shady carrier you can finance the refurbs. Just stop making shit up and the petty emotional misdirection when you are called out. Judging from your other comments in themis thread it's your go to discussion instrument...
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margalabargala 252 days ago
You're making an impressively bad faith argument here.

Yes if you buy an ancient device it is less. If we compare apples to apples, or apples to androids, you could buy an equally old android device for next to nothing. Any "wiggling" was because the discussion was about new devices before you decided to pretend to miss the context clues.

You are delusional if you think that there exists an iPhone that is not much more expensive than a lower end Android of a similar age. All the namecalling and pretending in the world won't make it otherwise.

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anonymars 252 days ago
> 2020 SE model which still has 2 years of updates in it

> You can even get apple care with the new subscription model and sneak a new battery for 12 bucks

> you could buy an equally old android device for next to nothing

Is that Android device going to have any support or security updates or battery life?

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