| ▲ | titanomachy 6 days ago |
| A serviceable refurbished Android can be obtained for $50. A new iPhone costs at least $800, which is 100 hours of work at the federal minimum wage. |
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| ▲ | nfriedly 6 days ago | parent [-] |
| And a serviceable refurbished iPhone isn't that much more, e.g. https://swappa.com/listings/apple-iphone-se-2nd-gen?carrier=... |
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| ▲ | lawlessone 5 days ago | parent [-] | | ok, but could that mean many people that are assumed to have new devices could actually be using older devices? | | |
| ▲ | nfriedly 5 days ago | parent [-] | | Probably. The iPhone users I know mostly replace their phones once every 3 to 5 years, and they don't all buy brand new replacements even then (although some do.) |
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