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Apple has teased with making the iPhone-as-a-service, meaning you lease it instead of owning it. The tariffs might give it the pretext it needed to go ahead with the idea, because the alternative would be sacrificing some of its abundant profit margins.
That’s already a thing in Mexico (with a 3rd party reseller)
Wow. Aren’t we Mexicans inventive?
Most carriers seem to offer a cheaper rental contract now
It's also an option with some of the Canadian companies so I have to make sure the two year term is to-own whenever I get a new phone.
Apple has teased with making the iPhone-as-a-service, meaning you lease it instead of owning it.
I really like iPhones (more so iOS), especially with sideloading now.
But if leasing becomes norm and we can’t purchase it or get it through subscription of service (2 years with Vodafone and then the phone is yours kind of thing). I’ll just purchase an older Samsung. Then I’ll take the loss and struggle for a few months with the interface and all that.
The only good thing about most Android phones is that you can install a different version of Android devoid of all things Google and get an interface that isn't Samsung. That's my plan when this subscription crap comes around or the phones are too expensive that I can't afford them anymore. I'm too tied into Apple's ecosystem with mail, iCloud, and Music.
Also, buy some other brand that's cheaper because Samsung makes garbage and don't support their hardware unless they're flagship. Admittedly, it's been almost a decade since I've had anything but an iPhone, but I had a couple Samsung Android phones were an update broke the phone and Samsung wouldn't release a fix because it was an update from Google. One in particular was a Samsung Moment on Sprint where it would enter into airplane mode silently and still look like it was connected to services until you went to use said services. They refused to provide an update to resolve the issue.
Samsung has had 7 (5 of updates and 2 security support) years support por flagships and 5 years (4 updates, 1 security) for the A series for over 5 years now. They've had their hiccups with updates, but so have all phone manufacturers.
That's good to hear, because back then that wasn't the case. I know no matter what model iPhone I get, if it's new then support is the same for every model from that year.
I, similarly, ordered a shitload of ramen noodles from sayweee.com/en before the tariffs kicked in. They haven’t arrived yet but when they do, it’s going to be a box so big, my neighbors are going to assume I got new furniture.
Tariffs apply when they arrive at port, not when you order. Yours might not ever show up because if they don't pay the tariffs by EOD after arriving at port they get destroyed.
I think Weee probably already imported the Ramen and it’s in a warehouse, not being made to order. But it’s ok. I can probably afford the tax on ramen noodles. I’m partial to the spicy kimchi ones anyway so they’re probably South Korean. I also love the cheapest, finest shrimp flavored packets that are like $1 each. (I ate them as a kid so they’re a comfort food.) Those might even be made in America.
Also, Master P has a gumbo-flavored Ramen product and there’s always yaka mein. I live in New Orleans and those could be made here for all I know. (Yaka mein is definitely made here. It’s basically ramen noodles but with Creole New Orleans broth and seasoning. The legend is that Chinese laborers building the railroads introduced the concept of ramen to black laborers in New Orleans and a new, cheap dish was born. It was eventually marketed as a hangover cure and called “Old Sober” but it’s called yaka mein now.)
Pretty smart really. Good shelf life, easy prep, calorie dense.
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Follow up: check out this bountiful harvest. It came in two boxes.
