Things I will never do -

Pay that much for a phone

Click on a YT link that's clearly an ad

Well, that extra $1000 added to the price would be a reason... 😄

maybe because I don't need a new phone and don't see the need to upgrade every single damn year?

Why Buy Anything Else?

It seems to be the size of an air craft carrier.

That's $1000 more than I'm willing to pay on a smartphone.

There are so many reasons, but the main one is that they keep pushing their shitty Exynos cpus in Europe! My next phone is certainly not a Samsung just for this reason.

Becuase a mid-range phone is good enough for most people

Just got a Pixel 8 (256 GB) for $510 a few weeks ago. I'm good with that, thanks.

$1300

TEN TIMES the most I've ever paid for a phone.

I got a pixel 7 pro for €700, happy with that given the current nutty prices of phones

I’m still on my iPhone 7 and still haven’t found a good enough reason to upgrade. All my productivity work is done on my PC since I work from home. And I have a camera for photos. I’d rather use that money to buy Apple shares.

once i got my a54 i honestly don't know why i ever went with the s series

Found the phone interesting, but my S22 is working just too perfectly the last 2 years to buy a new one now. Maybe I'll get the S26, if it's time to change

What the fuck is he smoking??

in answer to your question Marcus, because I paid attention in economics class and understand the concept of opportunity cost.

To paint the full picture, it's $2,399 to pre order it in the country I live in (Australia).

The average wage in australia is 90k pretax, approx 70k post tax

2399 is mortgage payments, food or transportation.

I enjoy reading about the S24 Ultra for showing what could be possible in a smartphone. Buying one for personal use is another matter entirely.