I see people nowadays buying ~€1,000 #smartphones, 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?_
@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.
@tripu The question i would like answered is ~why~ people do that. I have a strong tendency to believe that this is not in the general nature of people but somehow triggered.
By what, you ask?
Buy a new smartphone to unlock that answer...
@tripu Exactly the same reason why people need a 10.000€ watch