Comment Re:Pricing (Score 1) 41
But do remember, there are a LOT of people out there with a LOT of disposable income.....
I don't think there are *quite* that many who can *responsibly* buy a $2,000 cell phone...but, at least in the US, carriers will effectively finance phones with little to no interest, so it ends up being an additional $56/month on their phone bill for three years (maybe carriers will do a 2-year contract at $83/month, but I doubt it'll be as popular).
While I think that's exorbitant personally ($700 is kinda my limit, my last few phones have been $500 or less), I can at least understand that there are a lot of people for whom their cell phone is their primary computing device, with the laptop on the side for the occasional task that requires a full-sized screen and/or keyboard. I've spent $3,500 on a laptop in the past ($5,000 in 2026 dollars), so perhaps on a per-hour-of-usage basis, $2,000 isn't absolutely atrocious if the phone is truly kept for three years. Assuming three hours of usage per day = $0.61/hour.