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UK ministers considering banning sale of smartphones to under-16s (www.theguardian.com)

submitted 7 months ago by thehatfox@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Anyone else notice how insane expensive phones have gotten in the last couple of years?

[–] aluminium@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

No? The spectrum just got way wider. you can still buy 150$ phone, no problemo, its just gonna be a piece of junk. But same was true 10 years.

Only thing that changed is that back in the day 300 - 400 phones gave you 90% of the experience of the 800 - 1000 phones. Thats different now.

[–] Son_of_dad@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Well your second paragraph is the meat of what I mean. A $300 phone now is shit, whereas 5 years ago you could get a decent one. You gotta get to the $600+ (Canadian) to find anything that's decent now

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

I disagree. Motorola makes decent phones, and I've been rocking one I got for $50 ($250 retail) from Google Fi a few years ago.