If no KEY3, what will you get?
Originally Posted by
TgeekB Gotcha.
I almost always buy my devices used. I’ve had very good success and have saved a ton of money. For instance I got my iPhone XR , 128gb, for $525. It’s in excellent condition and has served me well. I may end up selling it soon and will probably not lose much at all.
But we all have different perspectives. I hope you find a good deal on a Nokia soon!
Something funny about iPhone ownership, someone that I know who has an iPhone XS Max was tempted to trade it for a Samsung Note10+, but after shopping around he decided to stick to his XS Max, one of the main reasons being the iPhone price retention is so damn good. In a year’s time the Note10+ will probably be worth half of what a XS Max goes for and the 11 Pro Max will have seen minimal drop in value.
Had he swapped his 1 year old XS Max for a 3 month old Samsung he would have basically lost out in the deal [emoji1787]
Apple has really done a great job in ensuring iPhone value stays high through:
- Supporting devices for more than 2-3 years, the average iPhone is now seeing around 5years worth of updates
- Strong after sales support network
- keeping carriers out of branding their software into iPhones
- building a robust Ecosystem: this is what has completely captured me, I love my Androids but the Apple ecosystem has completely taken me. Just signed up to Apple TV+ and enjoying The Morning Show, and I am shopping for either a new iPad or I’ll simply get the battery in my current iPad Air 2 replaced later this month, because despite the iPad Air 2 being 5 years old now (launched in 2014), it STILL gets the latest iOS updates and still runs just as smooth and fast as the latest tablets [emoji1787] and interacts with my XS Max perfectly with Handoff, AirDrop etc....
To think BlackBerry were once at the very point where they could have built such an ecosystem to, but failed to capitalize on the opportunity.
People here talking about buying a separate camera to match owning devices that have a robust ecosystem is hilarious, I must say. Totally missing the point.