[Discussion] What is your price range when you get a new phone?

about 350

maybe less in the future, cause most phones are good enough already.

The last three ones I bought were less than 300 €

About $300. Lately I have purchased a lightly used Pixel off eBay (when the new generation drops) and have had great success.

I bought my current phone for equivalent of 150 USD this year. I flashed lineage os immediately and without bloatware it is running pretty smooth. I am pretty happy with it.

I wait for a good discount (because they always come eventually) and buy the flagship. I'm too embarassed to give the figure based on the other answers here, though. I've just always had bad experiences with the lower end that when looking over a long period, I've barely saved, since I'd had to upgrade it more often. I guess I haven't given the lower end a chance for about 12 years, so things might have changed.

I've been on the pixel A train the past few years, and wait until they offer me >$300 for a trade in. I got a 3A for I think ~$300 or so in 2020, and a 6A for $150 in 2022. Almost jumped to an 8a which would have been like $200 I think but there's no reason to really besides shiny new toy so I'm holding out for another year or two in hopes a 4a-style size reduction comes again

I buy strictly second hand and spend around 70€, never more than 100€. Life is good a few generations behind, the phones I get are still absolutely adequate to daily drive. I use LineageOS with mostly open source apps, no games, no google. I have a Pixel 4a at the moment, the camera is more than enough to keep some memories. My phone is rather a sturdy tool than a toy and status symbol, I really like it like that!

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I would never spend over A$1000 (~US$675) on a phone unless Fairphone started selling here in Australia. I would pay more for their phones for ethical reasons and because their support period is so long. I always buy second-hand these days so that tends to lower the price significantly.

I buy mine used for around $200.

Historically max $100. Recently had to go to $180 for a Pixel.

I refuse to pay more than $200

Whenever a refurbished Pixel phone is about $3-400and I'm 2+ generations behind and want something new. I rock no case too, bare naked phones, so if I drop it and it's screen cracks, I'm not out much $. Been my plan since the Nexus line.

Usually stick to 200-250€, maybe 300€ if it's a really nice deal. (Price for new, unlocked and without subsidizing.)

Price is not the only factor for me: deGoogled is priority number one, and repairability is not far behind.

With that in mind, I'd pay a lot of money for a rather average phone because that's exactly what I got: yesterday's phone at today's price. But I got what I wanted and I'm happy with it. So the price was right.

About $200 for a used flagship from a couple years ago. I currently have a oneplus 9 I bought used last year and it's completely fine, there's nothing important I'm missing from any higher end phone

I like smaller phones that do not compromise too much on the usability. I got my S23 256GB for 700CAD taxes in in may last year, and I think this is a fair price. So I'll go with 600-800 taxes in!

I normally get a Pixel on contract or I'll buy it outright if it's on offer. The Pixel does tend to go on offer way more than an iPhone.

My current phone (late 2022) cost me 700€, I will never spend that much again. It was supposed to replace my main camera for photography while hiking (weight being a huge factor), and it has. I'm hoping it will last as long as possible (10 years would be great), but after that, I'll probably just get a 100€ brick out of privacy concerns

$1,000,000

300 cad pre tax

I try to adjust my budget for things based on how much time i spend using them. My glasses, bed, phones, and shoes have very little (relative to my budget) expenses spared. My most recent purchase was a pixel 8, back when it was relatively new around at around 700$. I plan on putting grapheneos on it at some point and keeping it for as long as i can reasonably get away with.

Before that, it was the samsung s20fe 5g, also at around seven or eight hundred. I used it without a case for two years and the screen broke too early for me to be entirely happy with it. Im treating my pixel a lot better in hopes that doesnt happen again.

I don't think I have ever paid more than $300 for one.

I bought a pixel 3a discounted to $300 when it was maybe a year old. Then when the 6a came out, I was able to trade in the 3a for a $300 credit, so ended up getting the 6a for maybe $150. Before that, I had a Nexus 5 which I also bought at $300 and held onto for years.

€699.00 for my last phone: Fairphone 5

Normally it would not pay more than €250-350 for a glued (hard to repair) phone

Between $200 and $300. Moto G Stylus 5g may be my next one.

last two phones I bought were $250 off of aliexpress.

Before that I got used phones from relatives who upgraded, but that was at the time when a newer model was actually a big improvement generation-to-generation. Then everyone started to use their phone until it became completely useless so I had to buy new.

Aliexpress xiaomi/poco phones used to be better value, the next time I buy I phone I'll probably get a previous generation or 2 flagship from a mainstream company because waterproofing would be nice.

The last 3 phones I have had were/are budget phones. So less than $500, if not lower. Don't remember what my last couple were, but my current is a roughly $200USD Samsung.

Current phone was 240 euro. One before that was 460 but I got 5 years out of it. The only real difference I notice is in the screen.

Sub-800.

I pay whatever is needed to get the features I need, within reason. My current phone was ~$500 CAD (XPeria 10 V). It was the only narrow phone with good battery life at a reasonable price with 8 GB RAM at the time.

Anywhere from $300-$400. Can be extended to $450 should the phone be that good. Unfortunately, current phones are not that exciting or offer high enough built-in storage with/without sdcard support. So, I plan to keep using my phone until something really good comes along. Till then, I can wait a few years.

My current phone (realme narzo 60 pro) cost $340 and has 12GB of ram and 1TB of UFS 3.1 storage. No other phone offers that in sub $400 or even $500 price range. The company that created this phone did not do this again. The realme GT 6T and GT 6 both max out at 512gb storage variants. Meaning, an upgrade would be a downgrade in storage.

Two phones ago in 2021 I spent ~$700 on a Samsung.

Since then, I realized I really do not care about most of the fancier things smartphones can do, and when it started having connectivity issues last year I traded it in for a Pixel 7a for about $250 after discounts and rebates.

Once my phone breaks, I spend $150-250 on a "new" old pixel. a couple gens behind, but honestly when I get the next one, it's always basically the same, so I don't know why I'd buy new. My current 4S's battery is pretty shot, so it's about time to upgrade again, but I'll be sad to lose the tinier size and headphones jack. I never use the jack, but I like that it's there as a backup.

Normally 400€, but because of the Fairphone, I spend a little extra (700€) because it is just such a great phone if you are even slightly technically inclined. That will last a whole lot longer than any of my previous phones.

I mean 15€ for an entire new usb-c port that you install yourself is just a steal.

$500 and lower

$3-400. Upper range if I can't get anything for a trade-in, which is rare. I generally only get Pixel a-series but would definitely look at motorola again. It's what I had before a-series existed.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

"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.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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 🤷🏻