It's crazy how cheap a decent phone can be, I'm talking a $160 Motorolla phone with 8GB of RAM

I waited until they were phasing out the pixel 6a, so there were loads of great sales to clear out the old inventory. I managed to get a pixel 6a new for $94 total. No trade-in, no contract obligations, just $94 total.

This phone kicks ass. Unless you're running games on your phone, there is nothing of value in newer/more expensive phones. We've long past the point where the cheap phones are powerful enough to have a completely smooth experience.

My tech illiterate parents spend $1k on phones with fragile plastic screens. They don't do anything more demanding than watching youtube or checking their email. They claim "I love that it folds so it protects the screen" and yet the screen breaks in a year. It's such an irrational waste.