Whaaaat's the deal with phones costing $1500 now? Anyone else remember when they were giving those things out like a cartoon drug dealer?
You'd walk into the mall and some sketchy lookin' guy would say, "Hey, wanna buy a phone? First one's free..." He'd open up his trenchcoat and he'd have about a hundred identical looking phones and a hundred page contract for you to sign. They don't even give you a contract anymore, what are you supposed to do, you're just expected to look it up online using the phone they haven't given you yet?
They were starting to drop down into the sub $200 range about 5 years ago, and then shot up to $1k and beyond! I thought capitalist innovation was supposed to bring down the price of products?
Turns out the holes they were cutting for aux inputs saved the manufacturers hundreds of dollars by recycling the plastic bits. But those darn consumers keep shouting from the hilltops and rooftops that they don't want aux ports and so the plucky phone companies have all acquiesced to their demands and started to charge thousands of dollars.
Whaaaat's the deal with phones costing $1500 now? Anyone else remember when they were giving those things out like a cartoon drug dealer?
You'd walk into the mall and some sketchy lookin' guy would say, "Hey, wanna buy a phone? First one's free..." He'd open up his trenchcoat and he'd have about a hundred identical looking phones and a hundred page contract for you to sign. They don't even give you a contract anymore, what are you supposed to do, you're just expected to look it up online using the phone they haven't given you yet?
They were starting to drop down into the sub $200 range about 5 years ago, and then shot up to $1k and beyond! I thought capitalist innovation was supposed to bring down the price of products?
Turns out the holes they were cutting for aux inputs saved the manufacturers hundreds of dollars by recycling the plastic bits. But those darn consumers keep shouting from the hilltops and rooftops that they don't want aux ports and so the plucky phone companies have all acquiesced to their demands and started to charge thousands of dollars.
I know right, I HATE having a 3.5mm port, I love only being able to use expensive bluetooth headsets that sound like crap.
I have good news, bluetooth doesn't sound bad anymore!
tfw my headphones don't support the latest bluetooth standard and there's no update :deeper-sadness: