Subj : Re: Burning pixels
To   : Nightfox
From : Arelor
Date : Wed Sep 11 2024 03:08 pm

  Re: Re: Burning pixels
  By: Nightfox to Arelor on Wed Sep 11 2024 09:50 am

 > I've had the same thought, and have said basically the same thing, and there
 > are usually people who argue that a phone these days is more than just a
 > phone, and that people actually use the 'phone' feature a lot less than they
 > used to.

Sure, but normies who don't use the phone as a phone mainly use it as portable social media instead.

Today I went back from office in an intercity bus. People was glued to their smartphones. I looked around at what people was doing with them and it was all stuff such as watching cat videos...

....or texting...

....or listening to music...

....or browsing NIST for vulnerabilities that might apply to an IT product (yeah, that is me)...

A single person took a picture at the beautiful sunset, actually.

None of these activities requires a 700 bucks phone, unless you want an awesome sunset picture you are willing to pay hundreds of dollar for. I used to do all that kind of stuff with a 100 bucks entry phone online reviews pissed on.

I think the only person I know in person who had an actual reason to buy a brutal flagship phone (out of business cases) is a friend of mine who is a sports addict. He bought that particular phone because of the screen quality, because when he isn't working or videogaming he is always watching sports online. At home he uses his TV set but outside he uses his smartphone. He gets such as mileage out of it that his ussage hours/price ratio is ridiculous. Plus he is rolling in money anyway so I don't blame him for overspending on a single thing.


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