A real deal?

[GeorgeWonks]

I've been scouting for a phone for with a good camera,I looked up a S23 and it only cost 600$,given the retail price is 799$.Normally,in our country the prices are way above the retail price due to high tax rates.This seller is not the authorized seller,I contacted the authorized seller and they sell it for about 888$(typical price cause of tax rates).I'm going to be checking out the store with the 600$ S23 tomorrow just to see if it is a real deal

[Dukesilver27-]

Could be a refurbished phone or a resold returned phone.

Price difference is way too high for a brand new phone, even considering black market prices.

[Guest]

either refurbished, resold, or worst case stolen. besure to check everything about the phone make sure you dont get locked up after buying it

[E-waste]

Do you have any Sony smartphones as options?  They have great cameras, and you are completely free to unlock the bootloader on all Sony smartphones in the Xperia line, with instructions posted on Sony's developers page.

 

This allows running https://lineageOS.org/ and getting more software upgrades once stock support ends.

[saintlouisbagels]

I think you are overthinking this whole "buying X" to take pictures.

I remember responding to your last thread from a few weeks back.

 

It doesn't matter if you spend $200 on a camera body or $5000 on a camera body with $10000 lenses. You will not have any good photo-taking experience to intentionally take good photos. 10 days is simply not enough.

 

Just pick up any iPhone for Android phone from the last 5 years and you will be good. The best thing about phones is that there's plenty of space, and the camera system is extremely fast and forgiving. Take 20 shots of the same thing at slightly different angles and pick out the best one.

 

If you haven't watched them before, you should check out MKBHD's yearly videos about the best camera phone.

Long story short - buying the "best" quality camera/smartphone isn't going to give you the best pictures.

 

[GeorgeWonks]

On 7/28/2023 at 2:55 AM, saintlouisbagels said:

I think you are overthinking this whole "buying X" to take pictures.

I remember responding to your last thread from a few weeks back.

 

It doesn't matter if you spend $200 on a camera body or $5000 on a camera body with $10000 lenses. You will not have any good photo-taking experience to intentionally take good photos. 10 days is simply not enough.

 

Just pick up any iPhone for Android phone from the last 5 years and you will be good. The best thing about phones is that there's plenty of space, and the camera system is extremely fast and forgiving. Take 20 shots of the same thing at slightly different angles and pick out the best one.

 

If you haven't watched them before, you should check out MKBHD's yearly videos about the best camera phone.

Long story short - buying the "best" quality camera/smartphone isn't going to give you the best pictures.

 

All right thankyou,I'm tryna find a phone to take pictures cause the camera idea is not possible right now.i'll take your advice

[GeorgeWonks]

On 7/26/2023 at 2:58 PM, Chris2002 said:

either refurbished, resold, or worst case stolen. besure to check everything about the phone make sure you dont get locked up after buying it

Ok,thankyou