I remember my first phone back in the early 2000's which had no color screen, no camera, and cost about $150. It was difficult to find a phone under that price and very few sold for under $100. Now there's a store in my area selling phones with color screens and the cheapest one they have is selling for about $5. Normally they're a bit more expensive than that but it's still easy to find ones selling for $15 or less. You can also buy a smartphone for less than $50.
The cheapest laptops are only slightly cheaper now compared to back then (which seems to disprove the idea that Moore's law is the reason) and cars haven't changed in price at all since then so what the heck happened between 2000-2005 and now that made mobile phones get so damn cheap?
The cheapest laptops are only slightly cheaper now compared to back then (which seems to disprove the idea that Moore's law is the reason) and cars haven't changed in price at all since then so what the heck happened between 2000-2005 and now that made mobile phones get so damn cheap?
Smaller and more powerful computer chips and more efficient production processes that come with mass production.
Not that hard to figure out
Laptops are just overpriced today for whatever reason. Back in 2012 when I bought my laptop it was cheaper than a similar laptop would cost today. In 2 years I would expect a laptop of similar capabilities to be half the price I paid for it back then. This is not the case. I would rather ask why are laptops so expensive.
probably because the economy of scale has shrunk. Now it's become a niche instead of mainline - people buying tablets for $600 instead.
good point, even monitors are harder to get (not necessarily more expensive, just less choice). When I asked the storekeeper why the fuck there was so few choice in monitors he simply replied: "hardly anyone buys a computer anymore".
It's all tablets nowadays.
Personally i prefer having a desktop, laptop, a tablet and a phone. Because they all have advantages and disadvantages.
When i am at home i prefer my desktop for it's power and the fact that it has multiple very large monitors.
When i am outside i prefer my laptop for serious tasks (a desktop would be a little hard to carry), and for light tasks a tablet would be sufficient (and much lighter, plus the batteries hold out longer).
and for obvious reasons i would prefer communicating by phone over any other method.
But yeah, most people apparently prefer having just a tablet.
