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[-] [email protected] 17 points 2 years ago

I don't get paying more than $150 for a phone. I just need to check emails, read hexbear, and listen to podcasts. Am I the only one terrified about having this fragile and very stealable $2000 thing in my pocket???

[-] [email protected] 13 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

In 2019 less than 10% of Americans were buying $1000 phones so you're probably with the majority still.

Also yeah I drop my phone a lot so I use a really sturdy phone case that's protected it 100% of the time. Obviously ruins the look though so why even bother with a fancy looking phone...

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Lol, I buy garbage phones but no case. To each their own.

AFAIK I've destroyed one phone from dropping, and have had to replace one display.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

i've been using a moto g5 for years and i drop it all the time, no phone case

to the point where it's become a bit of a joke among friends in class, since every time it drops it kind of spreads around, battery on one side, back cover to the other, volume button goes wherever, and like 1 or 2 people help me pick up the parts lmao

but the screen is still pristine, not a single scratch, not a single crack

i'm really sad it's becoming too slow even for normal daily shit, i doubt any current cell phone could take such a beating

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

My millionaire friend from school did buy those new things, used them, lost, or destroyed them within a couple of month and had like 1-2 phones per year or more (newest models of course).

[-] [email protected] 8 points 2 years ago

Ya I know a no work, 30 something daughter of a capitalist, who buys every sub version of the iPhone the second it comes out. She'll even line up and shit.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

Yeah exactly (mine was the daughter of a land lord family and married a capitalist heir who fetishised her hard). Lining up for new gadgets did happen, too. Though often not personally.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

no one buys phones outright (but you should!), everyone just gets it through their carrier for some monthly price added to the bill over three years.

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