Sauron

2 minutes ago, D13H4RD2L1V3 said:

He did say new Android phone.

 

Not dissing the S8. It's a mad phone and probably a much fairer comparison to an older iPhone, but I wouldn't call the S8 a "new" Android phone.

It's new in that it's not used. Still more recent than an iphone 7. Regardless, I'm sure there are "new" equivalents out for about that price; I just couldn't be bothered to find one. Right now I don't think it makes any sense to spend more than 250$ on a phone anyway.

12 hours ago, DrMacintosh said:

which start at $499 btw so don't act like the only phone Apple sells costs $1,000

Sure, it starts at 499 if you're content with a 3 year old device, and it's still significantly more than I personally am willing to pay for a phone. To be clear, it's not the only reason I wouldn't buy one, but it's enough of a reason on its own.

8 hours ago, DrMacintosh said:

I doubt a $500 new Android smartphone is going to be that much better over an iPhone 7/Plus in any department, especially performance and photography. 

Is that so?

And to be honest, that's far from the best value you can get anyway. You could buy this for less than 200$ and spend the remaining 300$ on an actual camera if that's so important to you (not that I think the camera on the redmi is bad or even worse than the iphone - I just don't know, it would have to be tested). Even the best smartphone camera is trash tier compared to a mirrorless with a decently sized sensor. And honestly, I don't care if the iphone 7 is slightly better in one select scenario - it's 150% more expensive for one or two slightly better features (and most likely a lot more features that are objectively worse or missing). That's within my definition of wasting money. If you absolutely must have iOS for some reason, sure, buy an iphone - but you can't convince me it's worth the asking price on hardware alone.