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Concert phone rentals are a real side hustle

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CA Jakarta phone-rental account called Hape Inn is posting on X about two new concert dates, and I can't decide if it's a scam or a service.
MRenting a phone for one night? For a concert?
CMy Chemical Romance and Men I Trust. No deposit, 25 percent down, full payment at the venue.
MI checked those dates. Neither promoter has confirmed them yet. But the rental side business itself is real, local reporting says.
CThat's what I like. You don't need to own a flagship to get flagship video.
MYou're carrying a stranger's expensive phone in a dark crowd, and you're watching the show through a screen.
CPeople already do that with their own phones. At least this one has a camera that doesn't shake like a paint mixer.
MSo save up and buy a better phone. Renting one for a show is a luxury tax on fear of missing out.
COr it's one night, one payment, and you're done. Cheaper than a thousand-dollar phone.
MUntil you drop it. Then that 25 percent is the beginning of what you owe.
CThey only take the rest when you pick it up, so you see the device first. That part is actually smart.
MFine, the logistics are solid. I still say it misses the point of being there.
CFor them, the point is the video. They'll watch it twice. You'll remember the noise.
MI'll remember the show, not my camera settings.
CAnd that's exactly why you won't rent one.
MWhat worries me is that it turns the concert into a content farm. Everyone's filming the same moment.
CThey were already doing that. The rental just sharpens the feed.
MIt sharpens the feed and blurs the memory.
CNow you sound like a phone commercial.
MI sound like someone who's been to a show.

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