is buying a phone made in late 2014 in 2017 is batshit insane?

It is if you're paying anything close to a "fair price." It should be peanuts.

>>60095827
they are out-appleing apple at this point. three years later and unlocked version is still at the launch price

>>60095876
Give them $3.50 for it.

>>60095876
Fuck that noise.

Unless someone else is paying for it.

>>60095820
It depends on the device, really.
If you're buying a BB Classic like you pictured, you have to be aware of the caveats like the old android runtime, an unsupported main OS and a severe lack of applications for nearly everything.
It will still "work", sure. And in the case of the Classic it won't feel slow or sluggish at all either.

Nonsense, people have been buying apple products in large numbers even now