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Should I buy a phone now? (lemmygrad.ml)

submitted 6 days ago by ksynwa@lemmygrad.ml to c/asklemmygrad@lemmygrad.ml

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My current phone is ageing. Normally I wouldn't urgently think about it replacing it now but as AI eats the world I am worried that electronics will become more expensive with time. Computer components have already skyrocketed in price.

So should I buy one now? Or is there no need to panic?

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[–] reallyzen@lemmy.ml 9 points 6 days ago

You'd need to worry if you were looking into latest high-end, latest features etc phone tomorrow.

Worst that can happen if indeed prices go crazy is that you'll buy a midrange phone secondhand because yeah, we can't live without (2FA, authentication etc) but otherwise it's just disposable junk we should spend as few and keep as long as we can.

Disclaimer : on a €150 phone since 4 or 5 years now. Who cares.