I'm so fancy, I refuse to use last weeks iPhone, let alone the "budget" model. New phone every week for me! And I only drive Lambugarri's. This weeks Lambugarri, not last weeks model. Pfft... Really? What color's the sky in your world?
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iPhone X Will people be self-conscious using the iPhone XR in public knowing it’s the cheap model?
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I'm so fancy, I refuse to use last weeks iPhone, let alone the "budget" model. New phone every week for me! And I only drive Lambugarri's. This weeks Lambugarri, not last weeks model. Pfft... Really? What color's the sky in your world?
The rest of their lifestyle will give them away in any event.
Status symbols are used to cover self-esteem problems whether or not you’re aware of it.
Status symbols are used to cover self-esteem problems whether or not you’re aware of it.
Somo of the most succesful and wealthy people I know rock and iPhone 7 or before.......I have even seen a CEO with a SE. It is what suits his needs.
And I have seen low level employees with a X. It is whatever the perceived value is to the specific individual. Some people just don't care about replacing a phone that perfectly meets their needs until it stops doing so, and see no value in trading in for a new model.
And I have seen low level employees with a X. It is whatever the perceived value is to the specific individual. Some people just don't care about replacing a phone that perfectly meets their needs until it stops doing so, and see no value in trading in for a new model.
Well since your so well off financially why don’t you donate money to “us” little poor people. So we can purchase what pleases EVERYONE ELSE because that’s what really matters in life right? As a social worker I really recommend therapy. Oh I drive a 2016 Honda AND I love it!!!!
That’s also why a lot of them that don’t spend money wisely are always in trouble with the IRS.
Anything can become a status symbol.
Bugaboo strollers are status symbols, believe it or not.
Wow I feel old. I remember when I got the original iPhone and people would stop me all the time to look at it. It was the top end $499 8GB model. Now in 2018 the $749 model is considered embarrassing? What the hell is going on? BTW I have an iPhone X and nobody in public gives a crap.
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Follow your own course, and let people talk – paraphrased from Dante by K. Marks
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Follow your own course, and let people talk – paraphrased from Dante by K. Marks
Not to mention people can tell if you have money or not regardless of the phone you carry. Here in America people live in crappy neighborhoods with a crumbling home, weeds in the yard, and holes in the roof, but there is a new BMW in the drive. No thanks. I use my phone to communicate not trying to fool anyone.
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I have read about this conversation before with other members. They think a phone is a status thing, and even go so far as to say they judge people by the color of their texts and won't associate with or even date people who don't use Apple. I am sure it's a small group of immature people. They will eventually figure it out. I wouldn't worry.
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Had no idea. Had to look that one up. Been a while since I've needed a Bugaboo stroller.
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I think too it has to do with age and maturity. I have tried to explain this to my son many times so it is an issue with me.
I try to tell him buying fancy cars and wearing fancy clothes to give the impression you are well to do is fine, but it's temporary, and many people can see past it. He bought a Range Rover and when he drives it around it looks cool, people might think he's doing well, but yet he can't afford to replace the tires or repair the air conditioner.
I always tell him you want to be rich and flaunt it, fine. Work hard and amass your wealth then buy the cars and clothes. Not the other way around. You are only fooling yourself.
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I'm pretty certain people don't associate with or date these types of people anyway
.I am sorry a Phone is not a status symbol, Cars are more of a status symbol then a phone. Its just a phone you use it for X number of years and then you either sell it or trade it in or give it to a family member or friend and get a new one, thats it.
I don't care about status symbols or what anyone else thinks. Nor would I be friends with people who are so shallow.
That's just so incredibly stupid.
Most of the wealthy people I know drive old vehicles, brown bag it to work, don't have nice clothes, etc. Why? They're investing and saving their money for retirement.
The people who feel the need to flaunt it, to have a status symbol, are idiots.
If a girl was in to me for my car I'd dump her. I don't like shallow people and I don't need that kind of stupidity in my life.
That's just so incredibly stupid.
Most of the wealthy people I know drive old vehicles, brown bag it to work, don't have nice clothes, etc. Why? They're investing and saving their money for retirement.
The people who feel the need to flaunt it, to have a status symbol, are idiots.
If a girl was in to me for my car I'd dump her. I don't like shallow people and I don't need that kind of stupidity in my life.
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Funnily, I suspect that might actually be a thing in Beverly Hills. Seems like the minimum there is BMW, Lexus, Mercedes, Audi or Acura, and a Toyota or Honda would be akin to driving an old beater.
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Unless your in high school nobody cares what phone you have. You should buy what one you want and can afford.
But the X is now outdated, boltjames. Which means you'll need to upgrade all 4 of them to the Xs Max to remain king of the hill?
I'll never have a Plus sized phone. Those are for teens without televisions in their bedrooms and safe space college students who prefer gaming to girlfriending.
The X is not outdated at all. Remember a year ago when people were saying the Notch was "ugly" and that the X was a "colossal failure" and that Apple was scrambling and was going to discontinue the X design and treat it as a one-and-done anniversary curiosity?
BWAHH HA HA HA HA HA HA HA!
Apple isn't holding a gun to anyone and forcing them to buy their products. People makes choices.
Well said, and I completely agree.
Or for people who like more screen space to scroll less while reading. Or who like dual pane mail, calendar, and contact apps, among others.
Outliers, sure.
I commute to Manhattan daily and work with 1000+ associates in my office of all ages and not once have I seen an iPhone Plus. It's not a phone for an executive. It's not a business tool. It's a gaming/viewing device.
I don't scrutinize people based on what little rectangle they're staring at, I don't even give it much notice. Though, on occasion, just the _act_ of staring at a phone tells me a lot, my favorite being a group/couple/family sitting at a table, with nobody talking to each other, looking down their rectangles ...
I'm certainly not a teenager and haven't been for decades. I like the larger phones. I see a lot of people with them. I have a TV in my bedroom and I also have 2 home theaters in the house. Been married 20 years and my wife also as a plus sized phone. I fail to see what they has to do with anything?
It does everything the non-Plus/Max phones do.
I use it as a business tool. I know numerous professionals — doctors, lawyers, IT — who use one as a business tool.
Perhaps you’re over-generalizing.
Entirely agree. A Phone is a conventional device that is a multi tool and means of communication. By No means, if I see anybody with any specific iPhone or smart phone in general, do I pass judgment based on their livelihood, income, career choice, etc. I have far more valuable things that would indicate a status symbol over a smart phone.
I’m actually shocked to see *some* of the responses in this thread over a smart phone, it’s not that big of a deal, nor should a smart phone be that relevant in someone’s life.
I can only report what I am seeing taking a daily commuter train with 3,000 people a day and working in an office environment with 1,000 people a day. None of the executives are using Plus sized phones. Those that I do see with Plus sized phones are young people playing games and streaming movies.
Thousands of people a day, five days a week, and family outings, trips to the mall, sporting events on weekends in the NYC vicinity. Take that FWIW. YMMV.