I don't think so. I don't have an iPhone (at least, not in a long time), but my grandma does. And my neighbor, the driver of the taxi I was in yesterday, the ma

I don't think so. I don't have an iPhone (at least, not in a long time), but my grandma does. And my neighbor, the driver of the taxi I was in yesterday, the mailman... I might buy that argument for their laptops and desktops, but not the iPhone. Part of their appeal is making a phone that make the average person feel like a high-roller, but those people are just as much part of the target market as the wealthy and fashionable. Since the iPod, Apple has been pretty savvy about leveraging the appeal of their actual high-end products to increase the appeal of their more affordable offerings. At least, that's the only way I can explain the ridiculous gold Apple Watch.