Go for the Budget-Friendly Alternatives

Vladimir, Russia January 2022: Wooden small house among the coins next to the calculator. The concept of counting the cost of building or maintaining a house. Selective focus on the house.
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Most tech companies offer budget alternatives that you can get instead of buying the most expensive options.

Sure, we all want the latest, greatest, and most expensive 2024 iPad Pro, but do we really need it? If you only want to browse the web, watch movies, and take notes, you can just go for the much less expensive 2024 iPad mini or the iPad Air and still get a good bang for your buck.

The same goes for smartphones. For instance, Google and Samsung typically release a budget version of their premium smartphones the year after they launch the more expensive offerings.

Apple does the same thing, but not as often. The company launches a budget-friendly iPhone SE every few years, which is considerably less expensive than the high-end iPhone models.

Of course, Apple hasn’t upgraded the iPhone SE in quite some time, but if the rumors are true, we might see a new iPhone SE as soon as the first half of 2025, and it will be worth the wait.

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