On Tuesday, September 12, 2017 at 9:08:45 AM UTC-4, Frank wrote:
On 9/12/2017 1:21 AM, Andy wrote:
http://money.cnn.com/2017/09/11/inve...one/index.html

What do you thing ?

Andy


Smart phones are just computers with a phone ap. I have a Tracfone flip
phone costing me $150 for 2 years service. Just want a phone. For
computer I have desktop where work is easy and doesn't require little
bitty screen and typing.

The downside of course is that your desktop doesn't fit into a pocket
and therefor you don't have it with you. I use my smartphone when out
and about all the time. From pulling up info on products when in a
store, to finding restaurant menus and hours for those near me,
to getting directions either driving or walking, finding hotels near
me, finding gas at the lowest prices nearby. I have Yelp to check
out restaurants, see if they are any good. Plus I can get texts
wherever I am.

Then there are the other fun apps, like FlightRadar24, where I can
see aircraft in the air, what plane, where they came from and going
to, etc.

Has it replaced the desktop? No. But between tablets and smartphones,
the sales of desktops peaked 3 years ago and have been declining since.
Intel is lucky they are king of servers, that's where all the profits
are coming from. They badly missed the phone market, ignored it.
They should have bought Qualcomm back in the early days.

As for $1000 phone, I recently bought a ZTE Max XL, 6" high res screen,
4000 mah battery, USB C connector, fast charging, 2GB ram, 16GB Flash,
finger print sensor,
Android Nougat (scheduled for Oreo upgrade). It cost me $100. About
the only possible thing additional I might need would be more Flash
and I can add an SD card for not much cost. I'm sure that $1000 iphone
has some more bells and whistles, but the value proposition sure isn't
there for me.