Living paycheck to paycheck is disturbingly common

Re:Living paycheck to paycheck is disturbingly common by pixl97 on Tuesday January 01, 2019 @08:31AM (#18800096)

Um, no. iPhones hold value for multiple reasons. One of which is they last longer.

>This was the Captain Samuel Vimes 'Boots' theory of socioeconomic unfairness

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Re:Living paycheck to paycheck is disturbingly common by zozbot123 on Tuesday January 01, 2019 @09:58AM (#18800407)

iPhones last five years until they go out of support and can no longer install or update most apps. An Android phone will last at least as much on OTA upgrades and OS support alone, and many of them can be made to last far longer once the OTA upgrades are up, by taking the time to unlock them and install the latest Android version they will run.

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Re:Living paycheck to paycheck is disturbingly common by jimmyspice on Tuesday January 01, 2019 @03:49PM (#18802263)

Maybe, but a homeless person may not have time for all that fiddling around

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Re:Living paycheck to paycheck is disturbingly common by scarejunba on Tuesday January 01, 2019 @04:26PM (#18802489)

A homeless person has more time for that. Their time value is lower and so the gain they get from the difference in price between the Android and the iPhone is huge.

They don't care about security updates and all that shit. They don't care about new features. Just not an efficient use of money.

I have an iPad Pro and a MacBook Pro. I only just switched from an iPhone this year. I'm not anti-Apple. But the idea that low-wealth individuals should buy anything but an older Android is ridiculous. I can still use a Nexus 4. It still works.

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Re:Living paycheck to paycheck is disturbingly common by sjg007 on Tuesday January 01, 2019 @09:24AM (#18800275)

Yep.. buying the iPhone is the better economic decision if you need a smart phone.

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