Originally posted by Rondec I don't think many people spend that sort of money on their phone. Most people aren't buying the top end stuff (obviously some are) and they are making their phones last as long as they can.
Obviously (just as with cameras) there are some gear heads out there that always have to have the newest phone, but there aren't as many as you would guess.
I look at the phones hanging out of the back pockets of a lot of younger people, and the ones they inevitably wield in restaurants. Whilst I agree that they’re undoubtedly in the minority overall, those are clearly the ones with enough money to choose what they spend it on, and they don’t spend it on a lot of single-purpose devices, because what they have they judge to be good enough.
I don’t fall into that demographic in a number of ways, and my phone is a good five years old, and still fit for purpose, by the way.
Still, I was actually talking about the people who can afford something better* than a phone camera. Also, income distributions vary from place to place, within and between countries.
* Let’s not go into what constitutes “better”. I don’t think any of us would be here if we thought we couldn’t take a better photo with a dedicated camera.