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Re:iPhone Duo by joshstrange on Thursday September 10, 2026 @11:51AM (#49645813)
Because it's fun. That's it. I like new tech, I like playing with the "new hotness", it's fun to always try out the newest features. That's 100% the reason.

I could tell you it's because I always wanted to have the best camera, best battery life, etc and those are true too but the bottom line was: it was fun and I could afford it.

I've always known it wasn't the smartest financial decision but no one acts 100% financially "smart" and joy is something you can't measure the value of quite so easily, I got a lot of joy out of having the newest phone. Not as a "look at me, I have the newest phone", I never would shove it someone's face or even call attention to it, buying the new phone was for me, not for anyone else or some kind of "status".

It's a toy and I decided that it was worth the "waste" due to the excitement/joy I got from it.

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Re:iPhone Duo by generic_dev_47 on Friday September 11, 2026 @02:36AM (#49654301)
To be honest, the phone is probably the piece of tech that most people use the most so per hour of use it's not that expensive. I guess the main question here is what you do with the old phones. Do you keep them as a museum or do you sell them/hand them down to family?

I'm still rocking my iPhone 12 mini but am planning on getting an 18 when the normal one is released :-)

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Re:iPhone Duo by mptest on Friday September 11, 2026 @04:08AM (#49655045)
as someone who upgrades frequently i keep two one as a backup for travel and what not so my past two gens i keep third oldest trade in.
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