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  • macrocarpa@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    6 months ago

    in answer to your question Marcus, because I paid attention in economics class and understand the concept of opportunity cost.

    To paint the full picture, it’s $2,399 to pre order it in the country I live in (Australia).

    The average wage in australia is 90k pretax, approx 70k post tax

    2399 is mortgage payments, food or transportation.

    • MasterBlaster@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      5 months ago

      Stateside here, and I agree that price is insane. Also, I like to root my phones , and Samsung makes that hard. that said, I am writing this on my tab s8 with a stylus. people forget that Saving for real needs takes priority! retirement is not free, after all.

  • calm.like.a.bomb@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    0·
    6 months ago

    There are so many reasons, but the main one is that they keep pushing their shitty Exynos cpus in Europe! My next phone is certainly not a Samsung just for this reason.

    • woelkchen@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      6 months ago

      shitty Exynos cpus

      Funny how Exynos is shitty but when it’s rebranded as Google Tensor, it’s the strong heart of the best Android phones.

    • BearOfaTime@lemm.eeEnglish
      0·
      6 months ago

      I hammer on a phone. Run an FTP server at home to copy files sometimes, have multiple sync tools running, always manually copying files to/from network devices, run RDP/SSH sessions often. The screen is rarely off.

      I do fine with phones that cost $100 used. 2 year old flagships are a great value. If they work for me, the average user would have no trouble with one.

      Switch to Graphene/Lineage/Divest, and people think it’s a new flagship.

      • BobGnarley@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        6 months ago

        For sure on switching to a custom OS like you said. It makes them run so much smoother and faster than stock at least on Graphene for sure

  • Mr_Blott@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    6 months ago

    Things I will never do -

    Pay that much for a phone

    Click on a YT link that’s clearly an ad

      • Nath@aussie.zoneEnglish
        3·
        6 months ago

        semi-succesful

        18 Million subscribers, Billions of views, has had Kobe Bryant and the US president as guests on his channel. If that’s “semi-succesful”, what on earth is your yard-stick for successful?

        I don’t always agree with his takes, but I honestly can’t think of a better or better-known tech reviewer.

        • atrielienz@lemmy.worldEnglish
          01·
          6 months ago

          I mean, Linus Tech Tips exist. So do Jay-Z 2 cents. There are plenty of other successful tech YouTubers.

        • Hyperreality@kbin.social
          03·
          6 months ago

          I dunno. My local doctor has saved plenty of lives.

          Consider him more of a success than someone who reviews overpriced phones on youtube.

          Suppose how you define success depends on what you think’s important in life.

          • helenslunch@feddit.nlEnglish
            1·
            6 months ago

            A famous YouTuber is not going to be successful at saving lives, but is extraordinarily successful at being a YouTuber.