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[YourFavGrandpa]

The thread is almost 5 years old!
 

The thread is in Pre-K, and already knows how to log into Tor and access the dark web. 
(The title will be edited later, I promise. I have it on a sticky note!)

 

Also, do not run the topic command in Linux, you WILL have a bad time.

Edited January 17 by YourFavGrandpa
who are you, my fucking mother?

[misterBee]

Haven't found any really good deals or stuff I really need.

 

Guess I'll be good this year and just save my money...

[Hawkingbird]

I had a fist full of money hoping to walk away with some tech but nothing I actually wanted went on sale. I brought a new mouse but that's it. Hope black Friday in six weeks will give me stuff I actually want.

[YourFavGrandpa]

My total Prime Day haul was a new Fire tablet for the missus, in that Plum color. I'm more than likely done until November 1st, when I've got to pay for a lot of FGC stuff my wife has asked for this year. She's asked for some new stuff from Junk Food Arcades along with the parts to put something together, and stick art. I have an artist in mind for the art, and he does want to take the commission on. It's just the matter of having the money together to do both at the same time, is all.

[Hawkingbird]

Budget phones are stepping their game up

 

This is honestly impressive for a $200 phone.

[YourFavGrandpa]

2 minutes ago, Hawkingbird said:

Budget phones are stepping their game up

 

This is honestly impressive for a $200 phone.

I watched that as well. He was paid by the phone company to provide coverage of it and they sent additional phones for him to give away on social media. It's an okay phone, not good, not bad, definitely not great; just okay.

[Hawkingbird]

17 minutes ago, YourFavGrandpa said:

I watched that as well. He was paid by the phone company to provide coverage of it and they sent additional phones for him to give away on social media. It's an okay phone, not good, not bad, definitely not great; just okay.

It looks like a fine phone to have if someone just want the basics. I might get for one of my young relatives. 

[misterBee]

I used to only get flagships but now I buy midrange.  They are really quite good now.  Still wouldn't pay less than 300 though.  Once you drop below that you start getting more serious compromises. Something like a Galaxy A51/A71 is as low as I'd go without having to worry about what I'm missing. 

 

I'm using S10 Lite right now and it's dope. S20 FE looking good too.

 

If you don't live in the US then Xiaomi/VIVO/Oppo got some really nice midrange phones too.

[YourFavGrandpa]

2 hours ago, misterBee said:

I used to only get flagships but now I buy midrange.  They are really quite good now.  Still wouldn't pay less than 300 though.  Once you drop below that you start getting more serious compromises. Something like a Galaxy A51/A71 is as low as I'd go without having to worry about what I'm missing. 

 

I'm using S10 Lite right now and it's dope. S20 FE looking good too.

 

If you don't live in the US then Xiaomi/VIVO/Oppo got some really nice midrange phones too.

I have strongly considered importing the Xiaomi Mi 10T, since it's about $600 before shipping from my usual tech spots in Asia. But more than likely I'm jumping ship off of Android and going with an iPhone due to the costs of financing the phone are about half that. 

[misterBee]

7 minutes ago, YourFavGrandpa said:

I have strongly considered importing the Xiaomi Mi 10T, since it's about $600 before shipping from my usual tech spots in Asia. But more than likely I'm jumping ship off of Android and going with an iPhone due to the costs of financing the phone are about half that. 

I only buy phones outright, so financing is never an option for me anyway.

 

The real issue with Xiaomi for me is that all the phones I'd want from them don't have the appropriate US 4G bands.  I used to buy Huawei flagships, which include 4G radios for basically every country in one device -- but their mid-range phones are just like Xiaomi and are missing the US 4G bands also.

 

Now that Huawei is screwed I've ended up with a Samsung.  Having lived in Asia I find that the US gets shafted when it comes to phone choice.  Asia has WAY more options at a lot of different price points.