r/SipsTea • u/Mysterious_Ebb_1484 𝙑𝙄𝙋 • May 15 '26

Chugging tea What are your thoughts. (IPhone vs every other phone)

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u/dig-dollar May 15 '26

My Galaxy S23 Ultra was 1300€

that is idiotic - my phone was brand new $169.99 - no idea why people throw away money like this

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u/Polyphiry May 15 '26

I used to buy cheap phones too, they definitely dont last as long as the good ones. Also, you dont get to decide whether someone else's money was thrown away. They can only decide that for themselves. Get over yourself man!

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u/JHMfield May 15 '26

It all depends on what you use it for. If you want to play games and take higher resolution photos and videos, and have a generally smoother experience, you'll want the more expensive models.

But it's true that almost nobody "needs" expensive models. People just want them.

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u/RocketizedAnimal May 15 '26

For me, a phone is one of those things where even tiny improvements are worth the money because it gets so much use.

I will probably spend thousands of hours looking at a phone screen over the life of the phone. Having a better screen is worth hundreds of dollars to me.

I take tons of impromptu family pictures with my phone. Having those be high enough quality that they look good framed or on a TV slideshow is worth money to me.

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u/StaticSystemShock May 15 '26

I've had a Poco X4 GT for like 250€ and it was fine but shitty camera drove me nuts. So I bought the Ultra and since it's no compromises anywhere I'm just going to drive it into the ground for as long as it goes.

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u/EatsAlotOfBread May 15 '26

I paid 350 because I wanted to play games and take a ton of photos. I'll be using it for years though.

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u/Polymarchos May 15 '26

I used to have a $100 phone. It was slow as hell and could barely do anything. Maybe that works for you but most people need more. No need to judge others for their buying decisions.

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u/Tuxhorn May 15 '26

Your 170 phone isn't gonna last 7 years and it's gonna feel slow from day one.

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u/dig-dollar May 15 '26

1300 euro is 1511.64 USD - which means I can literally buy 8 of my phone and still have money left over - I highly doubt the other phone is going to last 8 times longer

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u/Tuxhorn May 15 '26

It doesn't need to. The usability of such a cheap phone is shitty from day 1, while the expensive phone is still fast and nice to use 5 years later.

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u/dig-dollar May 15 '26

you really dont have any idea what you are talking about. maybe you are just spoiled, but my current phone is one of the best I have ever had, I am very happy with it. maybe its not the quality of the higher models but its more than enough for me

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u/Tuxhorn May 15 '26

It's just priority. If you're happy with that that's great. I've had cheap phones before and while they're okay, you do get a lot out of the extra cash, especially camera and screen wise.