I don’t need it, but the extra size is nice and my budget allows for it, so why not.
Ask HN: Do you really need a $1000 phone?
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#42I went for the longest time without a cell phone. Then I had a job change and had to get one. (Fortunately, my employer paid for it.)
I started out with a flip phone. That was adequate until somebody showed me the many advantages of a smart phone-- primarily the web browser, which brings weather, news, etc. etc.
I don't need a $1k phone, but I do feel I benefit a lot from a smartphone.
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#43NO! Not at all. Jesus Apple. Give me a break. I like the privacy, I am invested in the ecosystem, and I can afford it, but a phone isn't worth $1000 dollars to me. It isn't a computer, it can never replace my macbook, and it will never be anywhere near a third as valuable to me.
And Apple agrees with you as well. Thus they are continuing to sell other models for under $1,000.
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#44Simple, it's a luxury status symbol like Vertu phones of the past, Gucci bags etc. There are a LOT of people in the world that can afford such things, and there are a lot more that will go beyond their means to pay for it.
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#45"Need" is too of a strong word. People doesn't need a $80,000 car that can go from 0-60 miles per hour in 1.9 seconds in a country whose max highway speed is around 75mph but they buy it anyway when they can afford it.
The speed limit is not a limit but variable. It's what you can get away with considering the conditions and surroundings. On I40 through Texas I was getting passed going 90.
Re: Ask HN: Do you really need a $1000 phone?
#46Do you rally need a $1000: -pair of shoes? -pants? -tshirt? -jacket? -pen? - ? No you definitely don't need. You want! Now then.. how come you/I/anyone ends up wanting a $1000 phone? Marketing? Vanity? Riches beyng sense? Need for portable computing power? Need to constantly have with you 5000 photos, 5000 songs, 50 movies?
> Do you rally need a $1000: -pair of shoes? -pants? -tshirt? -jacket? -pen? -?
> No you definitely don't need. You want!
That's a weird way to start an argument, because I definitely don't need a $1000 tshirt. In fact, a quick tally suggests that my entire wardrobe cost slightly less than $1000 (retail value, not present value).
Re: Ask HN: Do you really need a $1000 phone?
#47I don't need it but I did buy the iPhone X as basically this is the one device that I use all the time everyday.
Re: Ask HN: Do you really need a $1000 phone?
#48I can't see it either. If I had to, I'd get an used 16 GiB iPhone 6S, change the battery for $29 while it's still cheap and then flash chip-swap to 256 GiB via the usual sources. Headphone connector and undocumented water-resistance if you replace the gasket (6 for $5 on eBay). If you look at the iPhone 6S carefully, you can see it was a pilot project for water-resistance because of all the gaskets around ports and the screen. I wouldn't take a good phone into a shower or pool, but it would be fun to see with an used cheapo phone to see how water-resistant.
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#49Salary Sacrifice means my AU$1500 note 9 cost me approx $700
I'll sell my Note 8 for about $600... I can live with that. a $100 512GB Note 9 :-P
but yeah I wouldn't be buying it without sal sac.
Re: Ask HN: Do you really need a $1000 phone?
#50I am a pretty consumerist person. If I had a choice between working-little-and-having-little, and working-a-lot-and-having-a-lot, I'd choose the latter. I didn't choose the above attitude consciously per se, but thinking about it in retrospect, I'm comfortable with it. I have a lot of product-category-choices that make little sense to someone unwilling to spend $1000 on a phone: wool underwear, an Onyx Boox Max 2 (wo…
>>wool underwear
Ha, what? Now I'm intrigued. What kind??