What’s an expensive phone for?


Fancy phones vs. cheap phones

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Samsung Galaxy S24 Ultra ($1,300) and Moto G Stylus 5G ($300)

Although I just did a tech Q&A a couple of weeks ago, I recently received another question that seemed worthy of its own column. To lightly paraphrase:

“I bought an Android for for $30, and it works great for calls, texts, photos, and internet. I can’t imagine what a $600 phone could do 20 times more or better.  Is it an ego thing?”

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