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>>14111300
>why is a thing happening?
>is it because of this obvious reason?

Great post just bought 100k

>>14111300
No need to upgrade due to increasingly fewer impactful improvements. I used to buy a new smartphone every 2 years, but now I'll buy a 2 year old used phone instead. Currently running a Pixel XL2 that I got from Craigslist for <25% MSRP.

>>14111300
Over priced to begin with, it's all about tricking the normans into longer contracts for their "free" phone .

can anyone give examples of $200 phones that are just as useful as meme phones, I'm on a budget but I don't want to get a shitty phone either

I need to go back to a flip phone (((they))) wont ve able to track everything I do as much

>>14111408
Moto g

>>14111408
yeah motorola are pretty good for budget

>>14111408
Just buy a used one.
I've had the same phone for over five years, works fine.

>>14111300
The upgrades are incremental and its getting hard to tell the difference from one smartphone generation to the next methinks

>>14111421
Think again friendo. You better buy old ass technology like a nokia 3310 and even then I don't know if the current infrastructure supports it anymore.

>>14111300
I had a S7, bought the 90 dollar knockoff Galaxy from WalMart with nearly identical technical specs and I love it more than the S7 because I was able to put a high cap battery in it. If my battery ever dies I can replace it in 10 seconds. I will never buy another phone without a removable battery until they are no longer manufactured or available used.

>>14111378
my Pixel 1 still works great. I brought in to get the screen and chassis replaced once and it only cost me like $99

>>14111615
You can replace your own screens for like 30 dollarw fren I've done it twice

>>14111408

Moto G6 Plus. Just make sure the wirless channels are available in your area. It's a phone meant for the pajeet market but better than phones twice the price.

>>14111593
What model is it?

>>14111408
I have a Huawei Mate SE I got for 200 off amazon really good phone

>>14111664
The Tiananmen Square Massacre of 1989

>>14111678
Sorry bro I'm still here and posting from my China phone

>>14111408
Buy a refurbished or used 2018 flagship off of ebay. Last week i got a v30 for $189 and it kicks ass. You could probably get an s9+ or for around the same price.

>>14111408
You can pick up a LG V20 for about 140$, and just replace the battery. That's the phone I chose because replacing the battery is so easy, so I'll never have to get a new phone due to the battery, I'll be using this for the next 5 years at least

>>14111408
I have a Oneplus 3 I got for 200 used. Its sort of shitty though. The camera sucks and sometimes it freezes for like 2 minutes straight. Like pushing the lock button does nothing.

On the bright side the screen looks nice and the wifi range is real great.

>>14111678
'Massacre' has such a negative connotation

>>14111300
Perhaps not $200 (more like $400) but yes.

>>14111300
I paid 180$ for a xiaomi a2 and I can literally do everything I do with great comfort. Smartphones were for a while a way to show your acquisitve power, exactly like cars. The bubble popped with apple selling a 6kdollar computer.

I will never buy another refurbished phone. The previous owner turned it in because it's trash.

I bought a $400 pixel 3a that kicks ass even though it's jewgle.

>>14111408
I have a p20 lite I use for when I’m going camping. It’s almost as good as flagships desu.

>>14111408
after looking for months i bought a used LG G7 off ebay for like 350, it was basically brand new and i've had no issues for a good 6 months

>>14111408

Xiaomi redmi note 7

>>14111393
Unironically this

>>14111813
this. I got a used one and that nigger broke the camera. I had to fix it myself.

>>14111724
Agreed,Thank you for the input. >>14111678, could you please remove your post and do not post it again.

>>14111689
Imagine using a browser on mobile

>>14111925
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>>14111925
Tibet is not China
Taiwan is not China
Hong Kong is not China
Falun Gong organ harvesting
Xinjang slave labor camps

>>14111689
>buys a huawei
>uses a mobile browser
>yotsuba B
>t-mobile
Embarrassing

>>14112049
Hong Kong and Tibet are definitely China, Taiwan not so much. Possession is 9/10 of the law.

Galaxy A7 2018.
Bought it a few month ago and works perfectly. Maybe fast charging would be cool but im not missing it.

They fucked up making their galaxy 7 phone too powerful. I have no need to upgrade because everything opens in an instant and same for everyone else probably

>>14111881
Unironically this.

Technical specs on phones are getting to the point where there's no need to upgrade, why would a mobile device need more ram than my desktop?


The only reason I would upgrade at this point would be for a better camera and maybe better audio.

>>14111300
been a samsung user, 3 phones in the last decade or so... just changed to xiaomi (pocophone) and it's unbelievably amazing. Similar specs as latest iphone/galaxy for half the price and the battery still last me 1.5 days after decent usage .... Highly recommended

>>14111408
Any refurbished flagship from 2017
If you want new just get any $200 samsung and it'll be fine as long as you don't play graphics intense games on your phone

>>14112103
yep same for me with my 4 year old s6 edge, bought a grade A refurb which means it was opened and put straight back in the box and was half the price of a brand new one

Just rumors of Samsung partnering with ChainLink sends its value down the toilet.

>buying chinese backdoors

shameful

A Nokia 8 can probably still be fast 5 years from now.
A V20 can last an eternity with removable batteries.
But I'd go for a OP7 pro cause I stare at the screen a bit too much not to enjoy a fine OLED. Its battery is easy to remove, too.
Also a galaxy s8 plus looks like a brand new phone and it's around 75% off compared to launch price.

>>14111393
buy the pocophone

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>>14112673
Not worth, srs.
Its priced the same as a real flagship from last year and it has an ugly screen.
If you use your phone a lot go for an OLED.

Iphone SE gang report in

>>14111344
Lold

>>14111344

Don't see many post like this anymore. Have a (you) on the house kid.

Brought a lg v30+ for under $200 used running a custom ROM to replace a chink phone with a shattered screen. Remember normies are the biggest consumers

>>14111300
When you work in design, the better cameras and oled screens make a huge difference.

>>14111408
>>14111593
>>14112154
>>14112645
The Real answer is, Samsung is selling the experience of a $200 phone for $1000.

Thats why iPhones still sell, despite being in the same price range. It's because with an iphone you get an awesomely optimized OS, stainless steel, saphire glass etc.
Samsung tries to sell you a plastic phone with a buggy OS and Bixby for $1000. Yes, it might have a faster processor and a newer gen OLED, but no one gives a fuck about that. It still feels exactly like a xiaomi.

>>14111408
i got a refurbished iphone 5 for 50 eurobucks
it doesn't get 4G with all carriers in my country, that's about the only complaint i have

>>14112697
had one for years. got it for $1.99 from verizon because both my mom and I refused to upgrade phones for years. before that I had a 4 (maybe S, idk) that was literally $0.99. both were 8g so that was a huge pain in the ass but I didn't really care, I had flip phones (that I loved) up to that point.
t. now have 64g galaxy S9 and unironically love it. better for business, camera quality is awesome, large storage, pdf/excel/etc. all work flawlessly. though, i am paying the phone jew i guess.

>>14113130
b&r
i feel like the biggest sucker for getting a galaxy S4 a few years back, it was €300 at the time but that's still €200 too much for what it is
fuck every mouthbreather who keeps praising these phones and fuck the tech sites
knockoff local brands are unironically better

>>14111344
LOL

>>14111657
yup, for new and cheap, Moto G(x) Plus, use one daily over some Chink SuperSpec POS, cant even remember model of. Apple are trash but used, iPhone 6+ also still good value, last model with headphone jack, great camera etc.

I got a Huawei P30 Pro a few days ago

Absolute piece of shit for a phone
Has plastic for screen instead of glass, literally got a scratch from a Samsung Note 5 phone being in the same pocket.
Camera is shit, takes photoshop pictures even in daylight, potato quality. Good zoom though, and good at night/inside
Screen keps turning off while I am reading it, no eye-detection to keep on
Rounded corners/curved screen just means the usable screen size is narrower

Will sell this for $100 and get a real phone, a samsung s10+

>>14111408
samsung j5 2017 or samsung galaxy a3 2017

>>14111678
While that was clearly awful it was a long time ago. If you're gonna do that then talk about MK Ultra too and hold that against the US cause it was far wider spanning, longer duration, and had a higher body count

What is the equavilant of the z2 pro today but still cheaper?

>>14111408

Smasung Galaxy On5. Free phone from 2 yrs ago. Get at me.

>>14111408
Xiamo phones are pretty good, got a M1 A1 last year for 200 bucks and it's the best phone I've ever had (I used to have Iphone and Galaxy S).

>>14113481
>Free phone
there is no such thing as a free phone

>>14113130
Iphone are garbage, mine always had an issue after 1 or 2 years (being sound or screen) despite taking care of it and the fact the ecosystem is so closed (it doesn't let you install what you want) made it a deal breaker.

They had an edge maybe up to the 4th generation but now there is not a single reason to have an Iphone unless you are trapped in it or think phones are a way to exhibit status.

>>14113524

> bring 4yr old Nexus 6 to cricket
> get free On5 as a new customer
> get $55 unlimited everything
> have rooted Nexus 6 to tether internet to comp, PS4 n tv
> legit don't pay for internet service cause phone
> Nexus 6 breaks cause drop
> root On5 to use SD card cause 8gb storage
> now use On5 for it all

Was surprised it actually works well. Saving up for a device when 5g becomes a thing.

But sorry you're stupid and can't overcome the kikes.

>>14113568
Well, you are not supposed to hold onto your iphone for longer than 2 years grandpa. And they opened the ecosystem now.

>>14111689
>82 tabs
Now I'm curious

>>14113592
>"Well, you are not supposed to hold onto your iphone for longer than 2 years grandpa"
>I need the lastest toy to brag among other normies

Pure normie mindset.

>>14113451
Yeah except you can talk openly about MK Ultra in the US without fear of disappearing

>>14113669
Not really. You can talk about it, but you will be viewed as a tinfoil retard, because the whole thing has been subverted by shills, exactly like with 9/11. If you start talking about 9/11 or MK Ultra at all everyone instantly assumes you are chemtrail watches and ancient aliens believer.

>>14113784
>everyone instantly assumes you are chemtrail watches and ancient aliens believer
Except the people in real life that I hear talking about MK Ultra are exactly that.

>>14111378
Lg g6 reporting in. This anon gets it.

Anyone with impressions from Razer Phone 2? I'm thinkgen of buying when my Moto G5 plus starts dying.

iphone or android one family. uninstallable shitty apps and monitoring from samsung and huawei fuck up your performance and privacy

Redpill me on Google pixer 3a. Is it a good buy for $379?

>>14113177

S5 and older models were shit. I'm still using an s6 I bought end 2015 for 260 brand new. Getting a samsung phone on release is retarded because prices always crash significantly in a month or two.

S6 was the game changer for Samsung, the first phone remotely comparable to the iPhone and break the 1 year lagdroid meme.

>>14111378
This. I plan to keep using the Nexus 6 I've owned since 2015 for a couple more years and then buying a Pixel 3a when they're 1/10 of the current price.

>>14114997
dude. people bought that at launch for like $200.

>>14115885
That's bs

>Paying to have your data mined
plebbit. a 15 year old Alcatel still does the job

Is it possible to unpozz a smartphone from any manufacturer? It's been sort of nice having one for a while but now that it's near death I don't think I'll get another one if I can't avoid reporting every aspect of my life to google.

>>14116211
Nope. Get an old nokia brick

>>14111300
they got greedy and went full retard

>>14111378
Got a Galaxy s7 edge for about $150 last year

>>14112099
I can charge my phone in 20 minutes at around 65% to 100%

>>14111300
>Is it because $1500 meme phones are as useful as $200 ones?

Yes.
New generation phones are barely noticeably better than the previous generation. Why bother upgrading?

>>14111408
im considering buying a nokia phone that supports the new android os with the stady security updates
i fucking hate smartphones though, using them always feels like im in the special olympics, so im putting it off as long as possible

If smartphones can pack so much in such a small size, where can I buy a high power gaymen PC the size of a Harry Potter book? Or are PCs only still big because people tend to build them themselves?

>>14112049
My nuclear arsenal begs to differ.

I've been rocking a quad core 4gb Motorola universal unlocked phone for some 3 years. Cost was $280. I still get all the Android updates.
Never ever buy replacement insurance, just add it to your home or renters insurance. The yearly premium will be less than the monthly rip off phone replacement plans.

>>14117049

>>14115191
I downgraded from an S7 to an S4 and hardly noticed a difference. I just go to the local arab nerd guy and ask what he has for less than $200 every year or so.

>>14117090
>will never even consider joining the army, nor will be ever able to due to practical disability

>>14115849
i am using my Nexus 6 right now, but only to browse the chans in bed. i can't wrap my mind around the fact that some people still use it on a daily basis. it is sluggish as hell

I still rock a flip phone.
Dana White still uses one and he has a networth of 500MM
Just sayin'

I bought a LG G3 many years ago for $200. I installed lineage OS on it. It was made in 2014 but still runs better than most new phones. I also don't run google apps on it. No google ad ware draining my battery. It has a removable SD card and replaceable battery so its great for traveling since I just take 2 replacement batteries and can go a week without charging. I don't use any case or screen protector and dropped it many times. Its busted up and scratched on the sides but works perfectly fine. Hopefully I can use this phone for the rest of my life and never have to "upgrade" to the absolute shit they peddle today.

>>14111912
Buy only refurbished by the manufacturer.

>>14113130
Except everyone who has seen a Samsung OLED next to a shitty Xiaomi LCD prefers the OLED. That''s why Xiaomi are only selling their crap online - so you'd compare specs and not how the phone looks irl.
A Poco costs as much as a previous gen Samsung flagship, it would take an absolute retard to go for the Chinese crap phone. If you want to save some bucks just go for a cheaper phone with Samsung OLED aka a OnePlus 5

Who the fuck cares? I've noticed only the very poor care about phones, rich people just get an iPhone (slightly easier to use) or wherever shitphone is on hand.

>>14111378

I would agree but the fucking software updates and app updates are designed for the latest model. So even my Galaxy S8 runs slow sometimes.

FUCK

>>14117203

He probably has an Assistant following him around doing all his smartphoning for him though

>>14117822

>he still doesn't know that Samsung purposely program their OS like dogshit to create a simulated speed increase when upgrading their phone

that's just Samsung software running as intended anon. my pixel 1 gets regular updates and runs as fast as it did 3 years ago.