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minus-squarewarmaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·1 year agoIt’s a status symbol, sure… it may be stupid and primitive as a trophy around a caveman’s neck… but we are just wired like that. Nothing special here.
minus-squarecrispy_kilt@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoOnly poor people think a smartphone is a sign of wealth
minus-squareWiller@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoOnly spoiled children would say something like that
minus-squarewarmaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoYet no single wealthy person would dare whip out an Android.
minus-squareDra@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-21 year agoThis is a figment of someones imagination and demonstrates the entire trope is backed by people with no intelligence, but lots of competitiveness.
minus-squarecrispy_kilt@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-21 year agoYour statement is not correct. Bill Gates uses Android phones: https://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-uses-android-smartphone-samsung-galaxy-fold-not-iphone-2023-1
minus-squareprole@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoOnly the wealthy people who gained none of that wealth themselves.
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThere are Android phones that are more expensive than the most expensive Apple phone you can get. Samsung Fold is 2150€ for example.
minus-squareDra@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-21 year agoIt’s not at all, and only the most purile idiots would ever think that, and completely proves my point
It’s a status symbol, sure… it may be stupid and primitive as a trophy around a caveman’s neck… but we are just wired like that.
Nothing special here.
Only poor people think a smartphone is a sign of wealth
Only spoiled children would say something like that
Yet no single wealthy person would dare whip out an Android.
This is a figment of someones imagination and demonstrates the entire trope is backed by people with no intelligence, but lots of competitiveness.
Your statement is not correct. Bill Gates uses Android phones:
https://www.businessinsider.com/bill-gates-uses-android-smartphone-samsung-galaxy-fold-not-iphone-2023-1
Only the wealthy people who gained none of that wealth themselves.
There are Android phones that are more expensive than the most expensive Apple phone you can get.
Samsung Fold is 2150€ for example.
It’s not at all, and only the most purile idiots would ever think that, and completely proves my point