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[–] solrize@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Phones are cheaper now, it seems to me, other than the flagships which are an exercise in pushing the frontier of what people are willing to pay.

[–] kamen@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Not really. A mid range phone is now easily $400-500 or more; that used to be the price range for flagships not that long ago.

[–] solrize@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

I just bought a Moto G Stylus 5G 2023, $250 new, I'd consider it a midrange phone (top of Moto's budget line). Entry level would be the G Play which is $100 new. $500 to me would be a premium phone and $1000 is a flagship. My previous phone was a Moto G4 from around 2017. It was around $170 new and was positioned a little bit above where the G Play is now.