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steve2470

(37,468 posts) Wed Mar 28, 2018, 07:08 PM Mar 2018

Would you pay $2600 for a smartphone ?

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Huawei also showed next year's flagship. The third phone produced in partnership with Porsche, the Porsche Design Mate RS features the triple Leica in the P20 Pro, adding both an underglass fingerprint sensor, and wireless charging. It'll set you back €1,695 (£1485/ $2103) for the 6GB RAM/256GB storage model or €2,095 (£1835/ $2600) for the 6GB/512GB version, and is available from 12 April.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/03/27/huawei_launch_paris_spring2018/

I dunno. If I had that kind of cash, it would have to be pretty incredible to buy it over a laptop with a larger screen that you can get more work accomplished on.

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Would you pay $2600 for a smartphone ? (Original Post) steve2470 Mar 2018 OP

Not unless it also included a chainsaw, an espresso maker, and a pipe organ. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2018 #1

Maybe, if I had the cash. I'm guessing least a grand of that is the Leica camera in it. TreasonousBastard Mar 2018 #2

Huawei is losing their retail in the US RainCaster Mar 2018 #3

and hell no- that's too much money for a phone! RainCaster Mar 2018 #4

I paid $25 for my smart phone exboyfil Mar 2018 #5

Not even 260 n/t tazkcmo Mar 2018 #6

Sounds like a highend workstation phone. democratisphere Mar 2018 #7

too expensive natheo Jun 2018 #8

The Velveteen Ocelot

(120,583 posts)

1. Not unless it also included a chainsaw, an espresso maker, and a pipe organ.

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Wed Mar 28, 2018, 07:17 PM

Mar 2018

TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts)

2. Maybe, if I had the cash. I'm guessing least a grand of that is the Leica camera in it.

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Wed Mar 28, 2018, 07:20 PM

Mar 2018

RainCaster

(11,521 posts)

3. Huawei is losing their retail in the US

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Wed Mar 28, 2018, 07:28 PM

Mar 2018

Because of our government's refusal to use Huawei phone equipment here in the US, retailers are dropping Huawei. Fear of embedded spy shit is the reason.

AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, BestBuy are all dropping them.

https://www.theverge.com/2018/3/22/17151186/best-buy-huawei-smartphone-china

RainCaster

(11,521 posts)

4. and hell no- that's too much money for a phone!

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Wed Mar 28, 2018, 07:29 PM

Mar 2018

exboyfil

(17,984 posts)

5. I paid $25 for my smart phone

Reply to steve2470 (Original post)

Wed Mar 28, 2018, 07:35 PM

Mar 2018

Tracfone plan at about $8/mo. It meets my needs. Maybe another $3/mo. for data.

tazkcmo

(7,419 posts)

6. Not even 260 n/t

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Wed Mar 28, 2018, 09:15 PM

Mar 2018

democratisphere

(17,235 posts)

7. Sounds like a highend workstation phone.

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Wed Mar 28, 2018, 11:13 PM

Mar 2018

No thanks. Rather have a powerful laptop and a much more modest phone like a Pixel or Samsung Galaxy S9+. Phones are much easier to lose, drop or be stolen.

natheo

(83 posts)

8. too expensive

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Mon Jun 25, 2018, 01:50 AM

Jun 2018

No, thank you but I would buy the P20 Pro without that Porsche Design.