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Samsung Galaxy S25 Ultra 256GB - $1299
Apple 16 Pro Max 256GB - $1199
Google Pixel 9 Pro 256GB - $1199
The only person being represented by this meme is OP.
My current galaxy cost like $200
People paying a grand for a cell phone are suckers for real
Apple devices mostly aren‘t significantly more expensive than their counterparts by other manufacturers.
However, most of those offer cheaper alternatives that Apple doesn’t. While the most expensive Samsung S25 is more expensive than the equivalent iPhone, Samsung also sells models under 100€. That does skew the perception towards Samsung being more affordable.
Which it is, of course, if you don’t care about the extra amenities of more expensive phones.
You can buy a brand new iPhone 16e starting at $599.
I don’t think I’ve paid more than that for a pixel, and I have bought a 256 GB Pixel before. I feel like that $600 apple phone has 32 GB storage or something absurd
128gb for the $599 model.
or for 559 you can get a 256 GB pixel
iPhone batteries don’t blow up like pixels.
It’s true, they just get nerfed into planned obsolesce which causes the company to get sued.
Wait until you hear what the fix is for the exploding Pixel batteries
They then fixed the issue and are now more transparent about the health of your battery than many Android manufacturers. While “battery gate” had been a problem for a little while around 2017, it hasn’t been in more than 7 years. Old iPhones last a very long time these days and warn you if your battery is degraded to a point where it’ll affect the usability of your iPhone.
I don’t know the current exchange rate, but I feel like $599 is significantly more than <100€
The exchange rate is pretty close to 1:1 these days. It is significantly more.
I know, I was being sardonic. It’s insane to suggest that a $600+ phone is a budget option.
Oh it’s definitely not a budget option. It’s Apple’s idea of budget.
Apple’s discounting strategy is generally to sell last year’s model, sometimes the model before that, with roughly $200 discounts for each year since its release. They sometimes release a lower spec model (the 16e is the current example, prior SE models or even the mini models from previous generations were part of this strategy as well) and that sometimes means the 2-year-old model isn’t kept available as long.
That’s where their 5-7 year support window really shines, in that they can just sell older models as discounted models, knowing that the new owner will still get 3-5 years of support.
The other thing is that the used market for iPhones is pretty robust. I can go buy used phones that are 3 or 4 years old and still get a good 1-4 years of additional support. At least in the U.S., if you told me my budget for a phone was gonna be $300 for the next 2 years, I think I’d probably buy a used iPhone.
As it currently stands, I’m still on Pixels on a 2 year cycle, but I also know that my “sell used to offset the price of my new phone” strategy also would be much cheaper if I did it with iPhones instead of Pixels.
I’m well aware of apple’s strategy and I myself am typing this on an iPhone 13 mini I bought refurbished.
However, for public perception of a brand as being expensive, used/refurbished models don’t really count. The cheapest phone Apple currently sells new (16e) is about 600€; 700€ directly from Apple. That’s not a cheap phone.
Samsung, as one of the most expensive android brands, still sells a variety of phones well below that, as low as 80€ for a brand new phone.That obviously skews the perception towards Samsung being more affordable than Apple. Which they are. I cannot possibly get a new iPhone at 80€ or even a decent refurbished one.
But of course that still doesn’t mean iPhones are overpriced. You usually get what you pay for and similar devices by other manufacturers are usually just as expensive.
So we’re upset with Apple because they don’t make low budget options?
Please send a link to a new Samsung under 100€/$.
$111 and released 2 years ago. But still, closer than I thought. Amazon 3rd party seller is kinda cheating though.
But my question remains, are we upset with Apple because they haven’t provided a low budget option? There are so many good reasons to be angry with companies; “Their products are out of my price range” is like the lamest one.
The Samsung A06 was launched (in Germany) in May (2025) and you can get it for ~80€.
Anyway, we’re not talking about being angry with Apple, we’re talking about why Apple is perceived more expensive/less affordable than Android. The reason: they don’t have cheap/inexpensive phones (or anything inexpensive in any category). Apple is marketed as a premium brand, has premium prices, and we’re making fun of that.
I did a quick search - a nice option it seems.
That’s fair - but the prices aren’t really a premium are they? They’re just standard. What Apple is lacking is budget phones like Samsung. Less features, less performant hardware, less cost. What I’m getting at is that Samsung has many more “premium” options compared to Apple - yet because Apple’s options are only “premium” they’re considered the phone for rich assholes with too much money, so maybe we should just be making fun of those people instead, regardless of their phone.
but the prices aren’t really a premium are they? They’re just standard.
They’re standard for premium ranges.
The thing is, Apple markets themselves as a brand for wealthy, hipster kind of people, plus iPhones are very easily identifiable. Samsung never branded itself like that and with all the different (and third party) cases you usually don’t spot them on first glance.
We make fun of the people that buy the branding by making fun of the brand. And I usually don’t see people making fun of those who buy refurbished or used iPhones from five years or so, but of those who always have the newest generation.
Galaxies and pixels are half off msrp like 6 months later.
leaves out the part where their old iphone “just stopped working” after a required update.
Mine is 5 years old. Doing just fine.
Not in a literal sense but apple do tend to cripple old iPhone with their newest software update. I should know i owned an iPhone 12 mini on ios 17. That little bugger stutter everytime i pull down the control centre, scrolling through safari, scrolling through app, delay when pressing keyboard and yes, the battery is above 90% iirc.
My wife’s iphone xr is even worse, granted it has been 7 years but god damn, that thing make my blood boil. Its still on ios 17, i cant imagine how slow it’s gonna be on ios 18. Battery is at 82% though but i dont think replacing battery is worth it at the moment. Just waiting for the right moment to upgrade.
Funny, I have an XS from the same year and it’s totally fine on iOS 18. I might even replace the battery.
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My Oneplus 5t running LineageOS still works really well, snappy even.
It’s a year older then the XR
Yes, but how’s the official ROM support?
Does it matter? They made it easy to ROM and now my device gets to live on by the support of the community. That’s how tech should be. We can’t expect endless support from companies (it’s just not realistic) but if they don’t actively hinder you from owning your own device and making it somewhat modifiable, it adds a lot of life.
In the context of the iPhone XR mentioned by the post I replied to, that “official ROM” is nearly non-functional, is that really better in your opinion?
This logic is outdated. The top of the line iPhones are no more (and sometimes a bit less) than comparable Android flagships.
Their base models come in around high-midrange Android, true. But some of the specs (CPU/camera) still beat out Android phones at their price range. Heck on CPU they often beat more expensive Android phones.
I’m not saying that because I’m a fan of Apple it’s just like, it’s not just them. I’ve had something like 9 Android phones and 6 iPhones. Really in the end they aren’t that different day-to-day.
My older mid tier iphone was more expensive than my wife’s pixel 9 pro bought around the same time. Her phone is better in almost every way, for sure every way that matters. I am counting the days until I can switch back to a device that doesn’t suck.
Sweet Jesus, why do you buy so many phones?
I bought the first iPhone the week it came out, and I’m at 2 iPhone’s, 4 android phones.
You must be the target audience for these companies.
I’m a techie guy. I like tech. I run my own servers at home. I run a Lemmy instance.
Trust me I am very aware I absolutely do not NEED a new phone. But if I can get a good deal on a new one and recoup a significant amount by trading/selling the old - I do (after a year or so, usually)
It’s something that interests me. Some people collect knick-knacks and probably spend more than I do on consumer electronics.
2020 iPhone SE is my favorite phone. It’s the perfect size and power. Apple’s going to have to pry it from my cold dead hands.
Last time I went to my cellphone carrier offices to upgrade my hardware, they were already pushing the iPhone 15 or 16, but I went in there and asked for the iPhone 10, managed to get the very last one they had in stock. It cost a fraction of what the latest ones did, does everything I need it to do, and a couple of years later it’s still purring like a kitten.
it’s still purring like a kitten.
…should a phone be doing that?
Honestly, the only thing I care about when it comes to what other people do regarding phone purchases, is that that they at the very fucking least use their old phone until it breaks and don’t just go out and buy a new phone every two years because they want something new and shiny. People who do that low key disgust me.
They can’t keep getting away with this!!!
Narrator: They kept getting away with it.
I honestly don’t know why smartphones got so powerful and expensive, and why everyone just rolled with it. No one iPhone user needs the hardware that the latest iPhone provides, and I’m sure as hell Apple doesn’t even let you push that hardware to its limits. The average Joe just uses an instant messenger app and maybe a few social media apps, and that’s it. Who in the world actually needs hardware so powerful and compact on a phone that it is on the verge of experiencing quantum tunneling?
Well, more power efficiency is always better and chips are the opposite of cars. The faster the chip can finish doing its calculations and go back to sleep, the less power it will end up using.
“it just works” is also what my partner says, but we can’t videocall through Signal for longer than 1h because her iPhone will overheat and go into temp error mode and shuts down. And even when charging the battery with the official charger it will drain faster than it can charge during a videocall. Apple is far superior for sure xD
I mean, sure. We could all just list anecdotes on why one or the other is superior.
Tap for spoiler
The superior phone is the one you like to use.
Meme should be targeting apple, not it’s users. I get why people like there stuff, but spec wise, they overcharge for the cheapest upgrades and at the same time, pat themselves on the back like they do gods work or something.
And they do so because there are stupid people buying their shit. Pretty simple.
Oh wow! Another super inspired meme hating on a subset of users’ personal preferences! So original, thank you! Haha, apple user and phones bad!
Big “I use arch btw” energy.
We are making fun of the choice to buy an overpriced and super restricted phone, like literally I couldn’t install ytliteplus on an European iphone in Europe, why because apple needs to give an id to apps for it to install without a PC or Mac server which needs to be connected every 7 days, I think.
You might be making fun of that, OP is just vomiting up weak, tired memes. As another user already put it, neither iPhone nor Android is that great anymore.
I actually think using something because “it just works” is a braindead take. Most things just work, that’s literally the bare minimum. Plus most things that “just work” in my experience don’t in fact just work.
