Comment on How Apple tricks people into believing the iPhone is cool
pound_heap@lemm.ee 5 months ago
I’m not sure how viable this is for the court case… but totally agree with sentiment.
Maybe in US it is different with very available loans and phone plans that include top of the line iPhones, but in the country I grew up having iPhone was a big thing. Especially when you are teenager or in your 20s. It was a symbol of wealth.
My friend owns a small business in that country and he says that he had to buy an iPhone. His partners were looking down at him because he had a Samsung phone.
I guess it’s not like that nowadays, as Samsung has phones that cost the same or even more…
Technoguyfication@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
iPhones don’t have the same superiority in the US anymore, at least not in my experience. Maybe in the early 2010s when they were new and everyone wanted an iPhone, but nobody really gives a shit what phone you have here anymore.
They’re also easily accessible to most people now because cell providers will lease you a phone for some added cost to your phone plan each month, so you can get a $1,000+ phone for $20-30 extra per month which isn’t hard for many people.