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Did you miss this? > Build quality on the Android devices even in the $200 realm are damn near what the iPhone offers. It's not just the software. I'm guessi

• yibg 7y ago
  In many cases quality for a Toyota is superior to a BMW. Try maintaining a BMW that’s over 5 years old compared to a Toyota.
• mruts 7y ago
  Veblen goods (which you good argue an iPhone is) are very sticky and very profitable. To say that veblen goods shouldn't exist is kind of missing the point.
  • rubicon33 7y ago
    Please show me where I said they shouldn't exist? There's definitely a market for them, so I think they should exist. It's just - if I'm being honest - you're either a fool, or very rich, to be buying some of these "veblen goods" (given the more than adequate alternatives)
    • criddell 7y ago
      Very rich? If you replace it every year and spend $1000 each time, that's only around $3 / day. There are an awful lot of people that can afford that. When you consider how a phone is the primary computing device for a lot of people, it's an even easier decision.
      • rubicon33 7y ago
        When you start getting really serious about retirement savings, you'll understand why a difference of 0.50 cents per day v.s. $3.00 per day, is actually a big deal. Enough of those differences, and things start to really add up. Enough things add up, and you realize that money could have been making you ~8% in an index fund for the last year. Suddenly, the iPhone, the multiple Starbucks, the BMW, the designer clothes... all things rationalized as "just a few bucks a day" ... end up costing way more than that.