You failed to read. . . again. You are looking to buy a PHONE. Apple iPhones are miniature computers that happen to have a phone included with them. . . that also connect to other computers in an ecosystem that connects the user with all of their data. IT IS NOT JUST a stupid phone. . . which is what you fail to understand at all.
It is also one of the highest rated CAMERAS on the market, and one of the highest VIDEO CAMERAS on the market . . . but the Android phone you are referring to is mediocre at best in any of those categories.
You want a used transportation car to go from your house to work and are willing to buy a dented up clunker for that purpose. Others are not. Enough said on that.
See here is your problem. I didn't ask for proof if iPhones retained their value I don't buy phones as an investment I buy them to use as a tool.
Yes, idiot, you did, you idiot.
My comment was in Reply 91 was"Your basic premise is wrong. I've gone over this before. You keep ignoring the economics of the use of my iPhone. It doesn't cost me any more to have the best iPhone because the iPhone's RESALE value at the end of two years is MORE than I pay to initiate the contract for a new one by a considerable amount. . . so I can sell my old one, initiate a new contract, and POCKET the difference. Not so with any of the top of the line Android phones."
To which you challenged me to— and I quote from your reply #106 verbatim—
Post your numbers...
Real numbers for both igadgets and Androids. Trade in value etc.
So that makes you a liar, as well as an idiot, trying to change what you asked for.
We don't buy them as "investments" either, but also as excellent tools. And GOOD tools retain their value, not like junk tools that you throw away and have to buy new ones after you use them up. Quality tools last a long time and can be sold for good prices. You do not understand Total Cost of Ownership. . . but that is a concept that is obviously beyond your educational level and pay grade.
You are truly delusional.
Total cost of ownership for an iPhone two years old I can take pictures, email/text use the internet, and make phone calls. and by your own numbers I will pay 269 bucks.
Two year old Android buy your own numbers 90 bucks does the same things email, take pictures, use the internet make phone calls.
One has a total cost of ownership 160 bucks plus higher yet both do the same exact things.
BTW thanks for the QED!
"So that makes you a liar, as well as an idiot, trying to change what you asked for."
See this is your problem right here. YOU ASSUMED I was making a request to prove your point If I had asked for such I would have stated it this way, PROVE your thesis post the numbers.
Instead I said post the numbers and you know why. Because as I stated in the beginning there is no logical reason to pay premium for a smartphone when one is doing the actions listed in the previous posts. Why because they all do the same things. And when YOU post the numbers that CONFIRMS my point beyond a shadow of a doubt it not only is QED for my Premise BUT it drives you insane and that Sparky is the best part. Trading in a phone and still paying premium is not saving money in anyway shape or form ESPECIALLY when it is on a contract. Awhile back I asked a question on another thread about Apple why the article stated that Apple contracts tended to be over 100 bucks a month while Android users were about half. It makes much more sense now. You should know Sparky that when I ask you a question I already know the answer. Its called Socratic Dialog its how one proves a premise!
Thanks for Playing. hahaha