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This is the second instance of my smart phone cost analysis which
started with [[id:2019-10-24-smartphone-price-stats][this article in 2019-10]]. Please do read it first because
I only mention updates worth mentioning in this article here.

The current history of my Android smartphones as of 2020-11 [[id:2020-11-12-pixel4a-migration][after buying a Pixel 4a]] (neglecting inflation):

#+NAME: 2020-11-mobile-cost-summary
| Smartphone | From             | Cost | Years | €/Month | Notes                           |
|------------+------------------+------+-------+---------+---------------------------------|
| [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Htc_magic][HTC Magic]]  | [2009-12-04 Fri] |  230 |   1.5 |   13.00 | 2nd hand price                  |
| [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Desire][HTC Desire]] | [2011-05-26 Thu] |  410 |   2.4 |   14.01 |                                 |
| [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nexus_5][Nexus 5]]    | [2013-11-01 Fri] |  399 |   3.8 |    8.67 |                                 |
| [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OnePlus_5][OnePlus 5]]  | [2017-09-01 Fri] |  200 |   3.2 |    5.23 | company co-funded               |
| [[id:2020-11-12-pixel4a-migration][Pixel 4a]]   | [2020-11-07 Sat] |  340 |   2.8 |   10.00 |                                 |
|            | [2023-09-07 Thu] |      |       |         | replaced after average duration |
#+TBLFM: $4=(date(<@+1$2>)-date(<$2>))/30.42/12;%.1f::$5=$3/((date(<@+1$2>)-date(<$2>))/30.42);%.2f

Compared to the previous article, I notice that my average cost per
month will probably be higher with the Pixel 4a due to the higher
price as long as I do not use it for more than the average mobile
device usage time so far. Therefore, I hope to use it much longer than
the OnePlus 5 in order to drop the cost per month even more. At least
for software updates, I should be safe as long as possible. Google
just released the phone and it will get the longest [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel_4a#Software][period of update
support]] [[https://www.aosmark.com/][compared to other Android phone brands]].

With the latest update, the total sum spent on mobile phone hardware
is 1579€ which translates to 7.91€ per month. I've spend as much money
on all of my five smartphones as [[https://www.apple.com/shop/buy-iphone/iphone-12-pro][some people spend on one iPhone]] these
days.