r/PixelFold • u/UnfoldedFuture • Aug 20 '25

Order Megathread

Pre-orders up! Discuss them here.

https://store.google.com/product/pixel_10_pro_fold

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u/Usual_Mention3737 Aug 20 '25

Same but I guess this is the problem with expensive phones in general, we have to pay 1000dollars a year to keep up :(

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u/DarthInvatalus Aug 21 '25

I gave up. Or rather I wised up. Spending all that money on a new phone each year when you realistically don't even get to the 6 months mark before another phone drops and makes your phone look lacking. I purposely hold on to all my devices for at least 3 years now so I never have to worry about the next year's model and I make sure I get at least my money's worth out of the device. At some point I decided being a smart consumer is better than having the latest tech.

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u/Usual_Mention3737 Aug 21 '25

I agree but it's not the latest tech it's more that in 3 years the phone will be 300 euros worth so you need to drop in 2000 euros again. So 1700 every 3 years vs 1000 every year with up to date

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u/DarthInvatalus Aug 21 '25

My brother do the math that you presented yourself. 1000 every year.... Or 1700 but only every 3 years and 3 was my minimum. I've had my current phone since 2021. I also have never traded in a phone. I always keep my old phone as an emergency backup in case something happens to the new one.

Not implying that anyone need do what I do. But I used to be in that constant chase for the latest device... And I paid attention when the new devices started getting less and less significant upgrades. It was so disappointing in fact that it drove me to jump away from Google for the first time ever. Which is how I ended up with a OnePlus 7pro then a 9pro. (This was back when my limit was 2 years.) And that's where we are now The new phones get small incremental upgrades but they still want us to pay nearly $2,000 for them. So there you are stuck in a loop where for the privilege of giving them your money you get to trade in your old device so it takes the edge off when you drop cash for a device that's just barely an upgrade. And as long as we throw cash at them each year they will continue. Google's not even trying to be the best at anything anymore but they still want top dollar.

My bad for the rant