Back in the year 2000, you could pick up a Nokia 3310 for around £30 and still feel like you were pretty cool. Since then the price of mobile phone kudos has increased by some 490%.
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December 10, 2020
Samsung partners with Grover to tap into “rent-not-buy” trend
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