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woobloob t1_ix8697q wrote

Reply to comment by AREssshhhk in Technology’s next big thing: This robot will be the greatest consumer product of all time by MarshallBrain

A bit too early to say. Personally I tend to buy smartphones second hand and I don't pay a monthly fee to use it. I'm from Sweden so there are way better deals than there is in America but I pay $20 for about 20 GB of internet which I can use for 6 months. For like $35 you can get 100 GB instead. This also lets me call a bit but I don't use that anyway, still it's good for emergencies. I realize this is just me but I kind of wish that this approach was more common.

Of course I agree with you that so far it seems that you are correct but I do think there is a bit more potential in software. The phones are a means to get you inside the ecosystem but I think that it's all the digital services and software where IT-companies like Apple see incredible potential. Once you have a phone, then you usually start to lose interest in other phones for a while, but being the owner of a digital marketplace where everyone pays you 30% like the app store is crazy. Especially because there are ways to make people spend money on an app store every single day. This is what companies like Meta wants and sooner or later depending on societies' laws they will get it.

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AREssshhhk t1_ix86t6y wrote

Here in America I get a free new iPhone every two years. I pay $60 a month for unlimited internet/call/texts, and I use about 100G of data a month

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woobloob t1_ix8wqzl wrote

Do you actually get the latest most expensive iPhone at that price? What's the value of the phone if I may ask? It sounds like a somewhat okay deal. Although I'm not that keen on having to pay $1440 over two years since I at the moment spend something like $100-200 over two years, but for someone who wants the latest iPhone it wouldn't be too bad at that price.

Unlimited internet/calls/texts is something we have over here too for $30 but it doesn't include the phone. I think that's also a bit of a scam though unless you don't have internet at home.

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AREssshhhk t1_ixapav1 wrote

No when I’m up for an upgrade, I get the cheapest new iPhone for free. This year I got the se 3, and I only had to pay fee/tax, and I bought a case and screen protector. So it cost me less than $150 total. I have an unlimited data plan for me and my wife so it costs $108 a month which is $54 per person

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woobloob t1_ixc26kf wrote

Thanks for replying!

Yeah those prices are similar to what I’ve read about before. You and your wife are spending almost $3000 every 2 years just on phones which is a bit much but unlimited data does soften the blow.

Well, the comforting news is that as far as I know most other consumer products are cheaper in America than in Northern Europe and many other places. But the “required” bills like rent, phones and internet are in need of some kind of regulation I’d say.

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AREssshhhk t1_ixcfvoa wrote

Oh yah, it costs over $1000 a month to rent a bedroom near me. Decent internet costs me $110 a month, and another $108 for unlimited data phone plan, but I need the unlimited plan cuz I usually use 100G of data a month

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