kingpepe8006@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-23 months agoWhy do iphone users still see their phones as a status symbolmessage-squaremessage-square65linkfedilinkarrow-up189file-text
arrow-up189message-squareWhy do iphone users still see their phones as a status symbolkingpepe8006@sh.itjust.works to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · edit-23 months agomessage-square65linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-square[鳳凰院 凶真 Hououin Kyouma]|[alt: 黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui]@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up14·3 months agoCheapest iPhone is $600, cheapest android phone can go as low as $20 (like those walmart prepaid phones locked to a carrier). When the average person think of android, instead of thinking about a flagship samsung phone, they think of the lowest budget phone. So in their mind, if you have android, you’re automatically categorized as “poor”/“cheap”, regardless how much it actually costs.
Cheapest iPhone is $600, cheapest android phone can go as low as $20 (like those walmart prepaid phones locked to a carrier).
When the average person think of android, instead of thinking about a flagship samsung phone, they think of the lowest budget phone.
So in their mind, if you have android, you’re automatically categorized as “poor”/“cheap”, regardless how much it actually costs.