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minus-squarewarmaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down11·10 months 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-squareubermeisters@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·edit-210 months agodeleted by creator
minus-squarecrispy_kilt@feddit.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·10 months agoOnly poor people think a smartphone is a sign of wealth
minus-squareWiller@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·10 months agoOnly spoiled children would say something like that
minus-squarewarmaster@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down19·edit-210 months agoYet no single wealthy person would dare whip out an Android.
minus-squareDra@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·edit-210 months 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-210 months 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-up2·10 months agoOnly the wealthy people who gained none of that wealth themselves.
minus-squareHonytawk@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months 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-up6arrow-down2·edit-210 months 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.
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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