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context: They want too much for their phones these days at 2k for a new one people feel like they can wait way longer for an upgrade. >
  
  I feel that, but even the s22 ultra price has maintained since release 
  Keeping prices up will force people to abstain or buy cheaper >
  
  The last 'premium' phone I bought was a Nexus One in 2010. Since then they've all been around the £200 mark. (Fucked if I'm paying £1000+ for a slightly better camera.) >
  
  How often do people need a phone? I bought a Galaxy S7 and didn't get a new one until my S20 Ultra. This one is going to last at least a few more years unless it breaks. >
  
  Quite a few reasons for this. 
  Their quality has certainly gone up in droves, especially since they pulled their production out of China, but they spent too long making cheap crap where they are fighting that black cloud now despite the phones being universes better now.
  The last 3 generations have had minimal changes and updates making upgrading pointless. Combine this with the new company commitment to much longer software support, and upgrading becomes even less desirable, especially considering that Samsung's recent quality increases have pushed prices up.
  I don't think any of this is necessarily a bad thing. I think it highlights how anti-consumer quarterly profit reporting is. >
  
  Maybe if  they  made stuff that didn’t break all the time they’d have more repeat customers. I won’t  touch this brand.  Burned too many times. >
  
  SImple solution:
  
  get rid of Bixby
  allow users to re-program the bixby button for something useful
  get rid of other samsung-specific bloatware forced on android users
  give us tv's that do not need to be internet connected; we want dumb tv's that we can connect our signal source to.  A tv is a display device, and nothing more. >
  
  Uh, yeah, obviously...everyone including myself had to buy a new phone last spring 2022 because they disabled 3G, forcing everyone still without a 5g capable phone to upgrade to be on at least 4G and up. Now everyone has their new phone and is just a few months to a year away from an upgrade. Why buy anything now, especially when we're in a recession and everything is still way overpriced? I'd still have my old $700 phone from 2017 that still works (and was/is superior to the $500 one I bought last year) just as good as the day I bought it, but that isn't what they want us to have, is it?
  Edit: Forgot to say FUCK YOU BIXBY! >
  
  I gave up on Samsung years ago, lots of bloat ware, forced upgrades that re-install it (if you know to get rid of it) just over priced.
  Went with OnePlus, very satisfied.
  Someone has to pay for all their advertising too, any guesses who it is?
  The bloat ware is just unbelievable, they push it, there is no opt out.
  Screw that crap I want control over my devices, not some big ass company telling me what to do or what is best for me.
  That is also why I ditched Apple years ago way too proprietary.
  Call me a free thinker!