• vexikron@lemmy.zip
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    9 months ago

    I have a $200 crap phone with a headphone jack.

    Does everything I need a phone to do.

    Also with an analogue, cabled headset, it can pick up radio stations.

    Headset cost $20 bucks. Not amazing, but shockingly good bass compared to a $20 dollar headset from when the first iPhone came out.

    Nope, the phone is not made out of titanium.

    I have dropped it plenty of times and its fine, no screen cracks or broken buttons, hell, I even accidentally dropped it fully into a bath tub once.

    Turned it off, popped the back cover and the battery out, left it alone for 2 hours to dry out.

    Its fine, no damage whatsoever.

    I entirely fail to see why absurd processing power is necessary for anything beyond some mobile games, which are crap.

    I have some ok free games 2D games, but theres only so much you can do with a touch screen.

    This $200 piece of crap can run 99% of what 99% of people use their phones for 99% of the time.

    Only downsides are no games, no stupidly high resolution cameras.

    EDIT: I have been a software developer, database admin/dev, data analyst. Stereotypical tech worker in many ways. Never fucking understood why getting a 1000+ phone every year or two made any sense to anyone.

    • Rolder@reddthat.com
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      9 months ago

      I’ve got an older iphone which ticks all the same boxes minus the stupid port it has. Only reason I would have to upgrade would be for a better camera. I’ve started painting 3D models recently and this thing takes shit ass pictures