Curious to see how much the majority of people here spend, especially with flagships prices getting out of hand in the last few years.
about 350
maybe less in the future, cause most phones are good enough already.
About $300. Lately I have purchased a lightly used Pixel off eBay (when the new generation drops) and have had great success.
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.
Same, paying more for something that will last longer and be a better experience during that time is worth it.
I've had good luck with that in the past. I search ebay for the phone with the word "mint" and buy phones that are indistinguishable from new other than price.
Usually stick to 200-250€, maybe 300€ if it's a really nice deal. (Price for new, unlocked and without subsidizing.)
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
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
Historically max $100. Recently had to go to $180 for a Pixel.
I refuse to pay more than $200
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.
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.
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.
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.
$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.
