Curious to see how much the majority of people here spend, especially with flagships prices getting out of hand in the last few years.

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    5 months ago

    I don’t think I have ever paid more than $300 for one.

    I bought a pixel 3a discounted to $300 when it was maybe a year old. Then when the 6a came out, I was able to trade in the 3a for a $300 credit, so ended up getting the 6a for maybe $150. Before that, I had a Nexus 5 which I also bought at $300 and held onto for years.

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    5 months ago

    I normally get a Pixel on contract or I’ll buy it outright if it’s on offer. The Pixel does tend to go on offer way more than an iPhone.

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    5 months ago

    I bought my current phone for equivalent of 150 USD this year. I flashed lineage os immediately and without bloatware it is running pretty smooth. I am pretty happy with it.

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    5 months ago

    $3-400. Upper range if I can’t get anything for a trade-in, which is rare. I generally only get Pixel a-series but would definitely look at motorola again. It’s what I had before a-series existed.

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    5 months ago

    $800 for an unlocked s23, technically way more than I wanted to pay. Ideally I like to stick around $400-600.

  • TurboWafflz@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    About $200 for a used flagship from a couple years ago. I currently have a oneplus 9 I bought used last year and it’s completely fine, there’s nothing important I’m missing from any higher end phone

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      5 months ago

      I had a similar approach until recently: 100€/year +100€, mostly 300-400€ phones for about 4-5 years (so not that many). But my last phone was 500€ and i doubt I’ll use it for 6 years, so let’s see

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    5 months ago

    Used to be max 200€, then 300€ and my last phone was 220€. But prices keep rising and next will probably be 500. I never do trade-ins though and keep using the old phones afterwards.

  • ExtremeDullard@lemmy.sdf.org
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    5 months ago

    Price is not the only factor for me: deGoogled is priority number one, and repairability is not far behind.

    With that in mind, I’d pay a lot of money for a rather average phone because that’s exactly what I got: yesterday’s phone at today’s price. But I got what I wanted and I’m happy with it. So the price was right.

  • Dizzy Devil Ducky@lemm.ee
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    5 months ago

    The last 3 phones I have had were/are budget phones. So less than $500, if not lower. Don’t remember what my last couple were, but my current is a roughly $200USD Samsung.

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    5 months ago

    I change phone every 5 years or so. Always pay around €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 €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.