AREssshhhk t1_ixapav1 wrote on November 22, 2022 at 12:58 AM

Reply to comment by woobloob in Technology’s next big thing: This robot will be the greatest consumer product of all time by MarshallBrain

No when I’m up for an upgrade, I get the cheapest new iPhone for free. This year I got the se 3, and I only had to pay fee/tax, and I bought a case and screen protector. So it cost me less than $150 total. I have an unlimited data plan for me and my wife so it costs $108 a month which is $54 per person

woobloob t1_ixc26kf wrote on November 22, 2022 at 8:59 AM

Thanks for replying!

Yeah those prices are similar to what I’ve read about before. You and your wife are spending almost $3000 every 2 years just on phones which is a bit much but unlimited data does soften the blow.

Well, the comforting news is that as far as I know most other consumer products are cheaper in America than in Northern Europe and many other places. But the “required” bills like rent, phones and internet are in need of some kind of regulation I’d say.

AREssshhhk t1_ixcfvoa wrote on November 22, 2022 at 12:02 PM

Oh yah, it costs over $1000 a month to rent a bedroom near me. Decent internet costs me $110 a month, and another $108 for unlimited data phone plan, but I need the unlimited plan cuz I usually use 100G of data a month