[ctdonath2]

“Hahaha and you claim you have a degree in economics?”

Well, you obviously don’t have a degree in reading comprehension.

You seem to have missed very large post #107 (hint: it comes right before tiny post #108 which you responded to, both posts presented by Swordmaker) which makes clear that taking resale value into account makes a big difference. Roughly speaking: yeah, you can buy a new iPhone for $600 and sell it two years later for $300, or you can buy a two year old Android for $300 and sell it two years later for ... well, actually nobody will want a 4-year-old Android phone so you get $0 for it - either way costs you $300. Not hard to find a particular variation (like buying refurbished for $150 off) of that where the brand new iPhone does, in fact, save you money over the 2yo Android. Yeah, that’s economics.

[Mad Dawgg]

"Roughly speaking: yeah, you can buy a new iPhone for $600 and sell it two years later for $300, or you can buy a two year old Android for $300 and sell it two years later for ... well, actually nobody will want a 4-year-old Android phone so you get $0 for it - "

So I can buy a two year old iPhone for exactly the same price as a Two year old Android?

You just disproved Sparky's entire thesis that iPhones have a higher resale value.

Maybe you should try honing up on your reading skills... hahahah '