Like 4 or 5 years ago I bought a refurbished Pixel 2 XL for like $150 or $200 or something. Works great, I don't need to upgrade (although storage is a little small). The only issue is it hasn't had security updates since 2020 which is a little scary.
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$300aud for my pixel 5 after my $100pixel1 battery was only lasting a few hours.
I change phone every 5 years or so. Always pay around β¬600. Next time I probably will be going with someone like the CMF Phone 1 or similar, it seems to have all I need for β¬200. Really a quality screen is all I need because everything else is very similar for regular use no matter if is high end of low end.
Trade-in value, plus $400-500 USD. I generally change my phone once every 2-3 year, so I figure ~$150 per year amortization is fine.
Around 800β¬ would be the absolute maximum I'd be willing to pay. I don't think there's anything you could do to a smartphone that would make it worth 1000β¬ or more in my eyes.
Two phones ago in 2021 I spent ~$700 on a Samsung.
Since then, I realized I really do not care about most of the fancier things smartphones can do, and when it started having connectivity issues last year I traded it in for a Pixel 7a for about $250 after discounts and rebates.
Rocking a 200$ OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite and it's doing the job pretty well! Thinking of flashing PixelOS into it once I get bored with Oxygen OS.
Once my phone breaks, I spend $150-250 on a "new" old pixel. a couple gens behind, but honestly when I get the next one, it's always basically the same, so I don't know why I'd buy new. My current 4S's battery is pretty shot, so it's about time to upgrade again, but I'll be sad to lose the tinier size and headphones jack. I never use the jack, but I like that it's there as a backup.
I used to use the jack but I'll willingly take bt and being able to wash the phone in the sink instead. now instead of microsd which nobody really does any more all they should be giving us removable backplate and nvme slot. I would tolerate a lot of bullshit for that.
I generally don't spend more than I have to so I stick with mid rangers. Only time that was a bad mistake I'd say is when I bought a pos nothing phone by far the worst android device I've ever owned.
I bought a Oneplus One (300 β¬) and kept it for 5 years, then a Samsung S10e (475 β¬) and still have it now, so going to be 5 years soon too.
The one plus one was 180β¬ for the highest spec version, how come you paid such a premium?
I got the 64GB version direct from OnePlus through the invite system, it released for $349 / 299 β¬.
I checked my bank account and I definitely paid 180β¬ via PayPal for the white 64gb Version, not on launch but a few weeks later. I might have had a coupon, but it's weird because that would be like 50% off.
I don't mind paying ~1300β¬ for a new phone, if that phone meets my need. I know it's a little bit too much according to how much would other people spend, but if I can get more stuff done with that phone, I think it's money well spent.
$500 and lower
Normally 400β¬, but because of the Fairphone, I spend a little extra (700β¬) because it is just such a great phone if you are even slightly technically inclined. That will last a whole lot longer than any of my previous phones.
I mean 15β¬ for an entire new usb-c port that you install yourself is just a steal.
That's a lot extra. Nearly double.
200 up to about 450 is where I normally go. I always go for the mid-range devices though. Like I had a Moto G several times. I have the OnePlus Nord N200 right now. I've had the Pixel "A" series before. So I generally go for the mid-range devices in that 200 to 450 dollar category.
Anywhere from $300-$400. Can be extended to $450 should the phone be that good. Unfortunately, current phones are not that exciting or offer high enough built-in storage with/without sdcard support. So, I plan to keep using my phone until something really good comes along. Till then, I can wait a few years.
My current phone (realme narzo 60 pro) cost $340 and has 12GB of ram and 1TB of UFS 3.1 storage. No other phone offers that in sub $400 or even $500 price range. The company that created this phone did not do this again. The realme GT 6T and GT 6 both max out at 512gb storage variants. Meaning, an upgrade would be a downgrade in storage.
Out of curiosity, why do you need so much storage on mobile? Massive music library in FLAC or something?
I am totally content with 128GB. It's enough that I'll never run out of space for my usage. (Well, aside from photos, but those get backed up in full-resolution to Amazon Photos as part of my Prime subscription).
Granted, most of my media consumption is ebooks, which are tiny.