> Growing up during the rise of the ipod, it absolutely was a status symbol It was a status symbol for you and your teenage friends. Life expectancy is current

> Growing up during the rise of the ipod, it absolutely was a status symbol It was a status symbol for you and your teenage friends. Life expectancy is currently around 80 in the developed world and teenagers don't really have disposable income, so teenagers weren't really driving sales. Apple made cool commercials and cool colors because they could.