• Tja@programming.dev
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    2 days ago

    Have you shopped for those items recently? You have 200 buck computers and 2000 buck phones.

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        7 hours ago

        Yeah, definitely. My point is that phones are not inherently more affordable than computers, like it was 20 years ago.

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      2 days ago

      My current phone, a Pixel 7a, cost me around 350€ (let’s say it’s roughly the same in $). There is definitely cheaper options. And most of these options will give you a decent phone.

      A $200 computer will bring you to basic office stuff and playing facebook games.

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        7 hours ago

        A 350€ computer will be capable of similar computing power as a 350€ phone, plus the form factorc comfort. I struggle to do basic office stuff on my high end phone, for instance.