Only sports figure with a 700 millions contract I know is Ohtani - baseball player.
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Other why does someone who makes more than 700 million still use the old iPhone 13?
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Some sportsball player or other, who apparently is not also a tech person.
USB-C charging, always on display, the selfie camera is honestly awesome, faceID works a bit better, and it's snappier.
And I say this as someone who prefers the mini.
Different charging port, AOD (everyone I know with a 17 PM disables it), yes a better selfie camera for whoever wants to do that. Face ID works great on the 13. And it never lags. These phones are on 5+ year cycles now, it's just throwing away money that can be invested or used for more important things to pay for such incremental upgrades.
Happy I loaded the boat on AAPL shares between $130-200 over the years instead of paying $1,000+ every year or every other year for a slightly better phone.
Oh duh, I should've thought've that (plus the Japan reference by someone else).
Yeah he's shown in other ways he's a very grounded individual, and hopefully he's able to remain that way.
Thank you, that is certainly how I feel about getting new iPhone to replace our two iPhone13minis. Not sure about the “…Apple is losing money…” part though. Financial statements show many coins accruing to the Apple vault. Difficult to say what effect we stick-in-the-mud buyers are having. Makes for a good argument though.
Odds are it isn't about frugality.
It's about focus on making more than 700 million into the future.
Observe Steve Jobs & Mark Zuckerberg's sense of daily clothing.
They're famous to keeping to a set of clothes and not changing the style at all for a decade or two.
Those who spend their time on tech forums like MR like the latest and greatest and talking about it among themselves.
Is the fella who makes 700 million spending his time talking about his iPhone 13 or does he see it as a tool to get things done and not be a fanboi about it because it isn't connected to business.
In other words if people like us spent all our non-work time on up skill and productivity gains would we be maing more than what we are making now? Odds are yes but will you enjoy life's non-revenue aspect?
Frugality is a good thing. Conspicuous consumption is a bad thing. And a smart rich person would use a tool that’s good enough and donate the money they could’ve spent to someone who needs it
The mindset of needing the latest and greatest of everything because you have some money to spend is why they are worth $700,000,000 and you are worth $700.
Yeah, I've had the opportunity to hang around people who make significantly more money than me. While they drive nice cars and have very nice houses, they usually neglect their tech - really terrible laptops, and phones that are many generations out of date. I see this at universities too (not cheap ones) - it's common to see a lot of old phones - even busted screens - despite some of these people being very well to do.
Me? I'm a poor sob who upgrades every year or every other year. Maybe that's why they have $ and I don't. lol
Me? I'm a poor sob who upgrades every year or every other year. Maybe that's why they have $ and I don't. lol
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Perhaps a famously successful person might even enjoy reading about and discussing Apple tech on MR forums without disclosing their identity. MR is a nice escape from reality sometimes.
I’m still rocking a 12Max but in my case, I bring in $700 million less.
I am assuming Ohtani.
NVM: someone answered it.
My brother is still rocking the iPhone 7 with a broken... everything... and he has 15 million IIRC. I wish I could like that to be honest.
You know the saying "why fix it if it isn't broke", maybe they are living that philosophy. I do the same. I just upgraded my mid-2012 MBA with a 2025 MBA because it wouldn't charge anymore no matter what was done.
One of my buddies runs a bunch of McDonald’s in the city where I’m from. Wealthy mf, and yet, he’s still rocking the 8 series. Some people simply don’t care about tech. Longest it performs and works efficiently, that’s all it matters at the end of the day to him.
Even Chris Evans only recently upgraded his iPhone from the 6s, and it wasn't even to the latest model at the time. Phones are appliances to them. You aren't changing your microwave oven or washing machine every year, and it likely more than suffice for their basic needs (messaging, taking phones, keeping in touch with friends and family).
The point I am making is what they spent their time doing resulted in them making 700 million. Whether they enjoy or not enjoy is immaterial.
That's why people's time has certain value. If you do things for free then your time isn't worth as much as someone who makes 700 million doing something others aren't willing to do.
So rather than be the iPhone King by giving free advice that a pre-AI Google Search can yield they decided to do actions/behaviors/habits that results in 700 million.
Then I see some of musks tweets about stupid things. So I can believe people are still people. And engage in what they want to. Though most do it anonymous
There's another reason why people might keep their old stuff around. Upgrading is a pain. I want my devices to last me at least 4 years. It's not because that's what my budget allows. It's because I hate everything involved in upgrading. No matter how easy the process is supposed to be, it's never frictionless unless you have very simple needs.
The irony is that if you have very simple needs, you probably don't really need to upgrade anyway.
The irony is that if you have very simple needs, you probably don't really need to upgrade anyway.
Shohei Ohtani. He is a MLB player for the LA Dodgers. Just in case you are not from America or a sports fan. His team just recently won the World Series and the media was interviewing him and some people found it tragic I guess that he has an older iPhone.
Of course how do we know that is the only iPhone he owns. Many people have multiple iPhones or phones and sometimes they leave the more expensive or newer one at home if they are traveling.
I used to work as a sports photographer for a news station in Atlanta and when the Falcons were on the road to the Super Bowl my reporter interviewed Matt Ryan, the QB of the team. While we were in the locker room, many players had older, somewhat outdated phones for that time. Another reporter, off the record, asked one of the Falcons running backs why he carried such an older iPhone with him, and his response was that theft is rampant in locker rooms in the NFL and things get stolen a lot. So players sometimes leave their nicer phones and headphones and watches at the house and travel with less cheaper alternatives to avoid that issue.
Honestly his statement makes sense to me.
