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-People into vulgar displays of wealth? It may sound snarky, but there's definitely a market for that kind of thing - and this device, probably not by accident
by lb1lf 5y ago
-People into vulgar displays of wealth?
It may sound snarky, but there's definitely a market for that kind of thing - and this device, probably not by accident, is priced just so that you can afford it even if you're only aspiring to the wealth you wish to signal that you already possess.
Clever.
- usrusr 5y agoThere's definitely a market like that but I'm not sure that this product is a good fit. I'd expect the typical buyer to more along the lines of being so wealthy that they don't even notice how hard they are displaying. What they show off isn't the price, it's that they consider bothering about smartphone performance to be beneath them. "I don't care if maybe some Samsung or Nokia or BenQ or Whatever is offering more for less. This phone does everything I need. Did you know that father was traveling with a Leica in his youth?"
- meepmorp 5y agoI feel like the intersection of people with the inclination to spend money on this with the people who's value the Leica brand to be pretty small in mass market terms, but you have a point.