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If I want to buy today a smartphone that is positioned on the market at the same level as what I was buying for around $500 seven-eight years ago, now I have to spend well over $1000, a price increase between 2 and 3 times.

So your example is not well chosen.

Price increases have affected during the last decade many computing and electronics devices, though for most of them the price increases have been less than for smartphones.

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If you want the level of storage, screen resolution and camera quality as a $500 phone from 8 years ago, you can get that for $250 today.

Of course their marketing team tries to convince you to spend more money. That doesn't mean you have to.




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