Android

$1/day after discounts and rebates. Right now that is in the Pixel / Nord range.

I change phone every 5 years or so. Always pay around €600. Next time I probably will be going with something like the CMF Phone 1 or similar, it seems to have all I need for €200. Really a quality screen is all I need because everything else is very similar for regular use no matter if is high end of low end.

Used to be max 200€, then 300€ and my last phone was 220€. But prices keep rising and next will probably be 500. I never do trade-ins though and keep using the old phones afterwards.

My last 5 phones have been out of contract, and less than $400 with trade in and/or discounts. I always stick with the pixel lineup. Frankly I don't think I'll be spending that much on this next upgrade though. the latest and greatest just doesn't make that big of a difference in my daily usage nowadays, and paying a premium for the high end stuff doesn't really get you much more than the mid range stuff.

I generally look at what the market is doing. I care a lot more about software availability and battery than performance these days, most manufacturers have little to offer me.

Generally, the only things of interest to me are the pixels (shootout Graphene), the fairphone, and projects like the Librem 5. IMO if you want an android and care about privacy or security, the choice is kind of obvious these days.

Trade-in value, plus $400-500 USD. I generally change my phone once every 2-3 year, so I figure ~$150 per year amortization is fine.

I bought a Google pixel 4a a while back for 550 Australian dollars after shopping around and price matching. Helped my partner get a Motorola G54 for $250 after price matching and it seems to have all the features that I had on my old phone that I'm pretty happy with. If I have to replace my Pixel someday I'm kinda on the fence whether I should get a Fairphone or to just go for a Motorola like hers.

I got a Galaxy S24+ Exynos for 750 USD this year with Galaxy Buds 2 Pro bundled in. It was one heck of a deal. I've been living it. Should last me long time.

200 up to about 450 is where I normally go. I always go for the mid-range devices though. Like I had a Moto G several times. I have the OnePlus Nord N200 right now. I've had the Pixel "A" series before. So I generally go for the mid-range devices in that 200 to 450 dollar category.

Like 4 or 5 years ago I bought a refurbished Pixel 2 XL for like $150 or $200 or something. Works great, I don't need to upgrade (although storage is a little small). The only issue is it hasn't had security updates since 2020 which is a little scary.

Rocking a 200$ OnePlus Nord CE 2 Lite and it's doing the job pretty well! Thinking of flashing PixelOS into it once I get bored with Oxygen OS.

Around 800€ would be the absolute maximum I'd be willing to pay. I don't think there's anything you could do to a smartphone that would make it worth 1000€ or more in my eyes.

I generally don't spend more than I have to so I stick with mid rangers. Only time that was a bad mistake I'd say is when I bought a pos nothing phone by far the worst android device I've ever owned.

"No money down." I pay that shit off over time along with the monthly bill. I hate you still have to pay the taxes up front tho. That's stupid.

I bought a Oneplus One (300 €) and kept it for 5 years, then a Samsung S10e (475 €) and still have it now, so going to be 5 years soon too.

I don't mind paying ~1300€ for a new phone, if that phone meets my need. I know it's a little bit too much according to how much would other people spend, but if I can get more stuff done with that phone, I think it's money well spent.

$300aud for my pixel 5 after my $100pixel1 battery was only lasting a few hours.

Verizon and Google keep doing these wild trade in deals. They keep giving me $600+ to trade in last year's Pixel with 3 year "financing". So $22/mo and I always have the current Pixel. I know they're screwing me, but I can't figure out how 🤷🏻