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Comment by arthurbrown

11 hours ago

Bought any RAM lately? Phone? GPU in the last decade?

The latest iphone has gone down in price? It's double. I guess the marketing is working.

  • "Pens are not cheaper, look at this Montblanc" is not a good faith response.

    '84 Motorola DynaTAC - ~$12k AfI (adjusted for inflation)

    '89 MicroTAC ~$8k AfI

    '96 StarTAC ~$2k AfI

    `07 iPhone ~$673 AfI

    The current average smartphone sells for around $280. Phones are getting cheaper.