I see people nowadays buying ~€1,000 , and replacing them every year or two — especially techies and teenagers.

Hear me out: I bought my current smartphone… four years and five months ago. I paid exactly €144,74 for it. It was (and still is) free and unlocked. It is still in good working condition (although getting a bit too slow now).

I am a professional technologist.

_What the hell do you need a $1K cell phone every couple of years for?_

@tripu Exactly the same reason why people need a 10.000€ watch

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@rastinza Except those keep (or even increase) their value after years or decades, don't they? I'm more sympathetic to that: they're status and fashion, but also an investment.

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