Outside of urban centers, the only other device that is similarly valuable is a car, but the average American new car purchase costs 65 times the average American new phone purchase. While there is obviously a lot of nuance here, this makes phones feel downright cheap (or conversely, cars downright expensive) compared to imparted value.
eigen|8 months ago
and you keep a phone 1-8 years but a car 3-20 years or 4x as long? seems like a bad ratio