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[Rant] A Phone That Costs How Much???

Phones are getting higher in price year by year, in the name of "better performances" or "better features". Are they really worth the premium? Are they worth the ever- hiking price tags?

I mean personally, I won't spend my money on a S$2000 phone. I would already be complaining if the phone is exceeding the S$600 mark.

But still, don't get me wrong - these phones are not bad per say, but for the price, they are not amazingly good either. Are they usable? Definitely. Are they going to knock my socks off? ... No.

The last time a phone knocked my socks off was when I got myself a VKWorld T2 (a 3G Android Flip phone) back in 2016, but my socks were put back on quickly (ha!) When the phone broke down within months of me using it. Then again, considering its price of SG$150, nothing of value was lost.

Nowadays, when I shop for phones, I keep my budget to SG$200. Xiaomi proved to be the reliable brand in this price range. Their phones are low in price, but are very usable. As such, I don't see a point why I should be spending SG$2000+ on a new smart phone, when a phone just as usable costs 1/10 of the price?

"But doesn't expensive = good?"
I would agree with that statement to a certain extent. It is true that we must be willing to pay for additional features like AI cameras, fingerprint sensors, infrared sensors, and many more. But every time I see these features in a phone I am eyeing I ask myself - "do I really need these features?"

Like sure, IPX67 waterproof is great and all, but I don't bring my phone into the toilet, neither do I spill water on my phone, nor do I produce enough perspiration in a single phone conversation to short out some conductives.

I see what is necessary in a phone - WiFi, Bluetooth, microSD, ROM, RAM, etc. They may not always be the best -- I am happy to settle with an 802.11n WiFi, 32GB of ROM is more than enough for me (even if it isn't Android phones can accept microSD cards :P), and I can live with 2GB of RAM.

What is the point I'm trying to drive here? I am saying that I don't see a point in getting the newest, latest, and expensive phones for the "newest features" or "latest technologies".

Am I saying that these companies are not "revolutionary"? No I'm not. But are they worth the hefty price tags? In my opinion, no. But still if you want the features that the phones present, who am I to stop you from getting them?

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