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points by fooqux 2 days ago | 0 comments

I'm with you on the sticker shock. But, playing devil's advocate here, I bet you use your phone a lot more than your laptop. So why shouldn't it be of higher quality?

[–] rcMgD2BwE72F 2 days ago

The probability of losing or getting my phone stolen must be 20x that of my laptop. That alone justifies spending 1/4 on the phone purchase.

[–] hypfer 2 days ago

Valid question, with the answer being that the higher quality does not enable me to do anything more than what I want to do.

Whereas with the laptop, spending more does. Up to a point anyway, but that cut-off sits higher than with phones.

[–] bigstrat2003 1 day ago

You would lose that bet. I use a real computer (desktop or laptop) far more than I use my phone.