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Re:iPhone 11 Emulated on QEMU by mattl on Thursday March 03, 2022 @06:25PM (#30548483)
An iPhone SE 1st Generation can be had for around $70.

What phones are you buying?

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Re:iPhone 11 Emulated on QEMU by chrismorgan on Thursday March 03, 2022 @06:40PM (#30548613)
OK, I was looking at iPhone 6S, a glance at eBay Australia suggests they’re starting somewhere around AUD150. iPhone SE 1st generation looks to be starting at more like AUD120.

I spent around AUD150 on each of my first two phones. Last year I splurged on a PinePhone (around AUD300 including dock and shipping) which I hope will last me for the next decade.

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Re:iPhone 11 Emulated on QEMU by rrdharan on Thursday March 03, 2022 @07:43PM (#30549073)
> Last year I splurged on a PinePhone (around AUD300 including dock and shipping) which I hope will last me for the next decade.

I’m admittedly a pessimist but I’d personally be quite shocked if that happened. I simply lack faith that a small company can make a phone form factor device that can last / survive with that kind of lifetime.

Building devices of this complexity that can actually last seems quite hard.

Happy to be proven wrong!

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