Geekeries
NAS
Synology (2017.12) 260€ 1TB available from 2TB in Synology Hybrid RAID
SYNOLOGY DS 216 J 2-Bay 0 TB 3.5 Zoll extern 170€
WD Blue 1TB 3,5 Zoll SATA 6Gbit/s 7200 U/min PC-Festplatte (WD10EZEX) 1x 42€
Seagate 1TB Desktop HDD 3,5" SATA 6 Gb/s ST1000DM003 1x 48€
-> doing the job and budget friendly, but not expendable, not upgradable and dependent on Synology
DIY TrueNAS core (2021.05) 650€ 2TB available from 3TB in RAIDZ
Streacom DA2 V2 Mini-ITX 1x185€
Western Digital Blue, SATA 6G, 3,5 Zoll - 1 TB 3x37€
Western Digital Blue SN550 NVMe, PCIe M.2 Typ 2280 - 250 GB 1x45€
ASUS PRIME A320I-K/CSM 1x90€
AMD Athlon 200GE 80€
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4-2666 2x8GB 1x60€
Jonsbo HP-400 CPU-Cooler 1x25€
be quiet! SFX Power 2 80 PLUS Bronze 300 Watt 1x60€
-> design, expendable, upgradable and open source based!
Smartphones
With bellow information, you can see:
I am a fan of Sony since years
I keep on average slightly longer as market ~2y
I don't buy on release date / price but instead wait to get 2/3 from release price -> comparer as Idealo with price alert help to change your way to consume!
HTC Desire: 2010.08 - 2013.03 -> 2y 7m
First smartphone ;-)
Sony Xperia V: 2013.03 - 2016.07 -> 3y 4m
2012/12: phone released, specs here, 530€
2013/03/15: bought on simplyelectronics.net 370€
Sony Xperia Z5: 2016.07 - 2018.09 -> 2y 2m
2015/10/02: phone release, specs here, price
2016/07/11: bought on afterbuy.de 480€
Sony Xperia XZ1: 2018.09 - 2021.03 -> 2y 6m
2017/09/19: phone released, specs here, price 700€
2018/09/18: bought on notebooksbilliger.de 260€
Sony Xperia 5 II: 2021.03 - current
2020/10/12: phone released, specs here, price 900€
2021/03/29: bought on eBay mySWOOOP 580€