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iPhone status symbol without having to haul around a huge bulky phone. Most users probably use/need 10% of what a max pro iPhone offers, but they want 100% of
by Workaccount2 1y ago
iPhone status symbol without having to haul around a huge bulky phone.
Most users probably use/need 10% of what a max pro iPhone offers, but they want 100% of the max pro status.
Now they can keep the status without needing to carry a chonker.
- thekevan 1y agoI bought a new iPhone 13 for $200 a few months ago and I love it. It does everything I need by far. Newer iPhones take better pictures, yes, but the 13 is still no slouch in that regard.
- ar_lan 1y agoI have my iPhone 13 Pro Max for 4 years now and the only problem I really have is storage and the battery. I'm debating if I just replace the battery and let this run another year... since the iPhone X I haven't seen any major upgrades still that feel like they'll matter in my day-to-day life. A flip would be different...
- dervjd 1y agoDefinitely replace the battery, it will make a huge difference in your everyday use.
- mrandish 1y agoI'm still rocking a four year-old Note 20 Ultra. I bought it new the week after they announced the Note 21 Ultra when it was clear they were dropping expandable storage. So it's five year-old tech and I can't see any compelling reason to upgrade. It still looks practically new despite never using a case and dropping it dozens of times. It runs all the apps I use quite fast and there's nothing slow about it. I keep looking at new flagship launches and I keep not seeing any new capability, feature or performance that would make a noticeable difference to me. I replaced the battery myself last year and generally keep the OS clean, not letting app cruft accrue. I'm not a luddite nor am I price sensitive. I remain ready and willing to buy a high-end flagship phone the moment it does anything new I actually care about. It still gets regular security updates even though a couple years ago Samsung stopped updating it to their latest customized version of Android. And despite looking, I still haven't seen any new Android OS or Samsung One UI feature that would matter to me. Bottom line: I don't think it's you or me, I think it's that phones are mature tech and unless you have a specific use case or it breaks, there's just not much reason to upgrade.
- NBJack 1y agoI haven't felt compelled to give up my S23 Ultra. The 10X lens is just too useful, and I enjoy the way they did the S-Pen. My previous S21 Ultra is still in use and still going strong.
- m463 1y agocan't you get 1tb?
- dzonga 1y agowhere from ?
- thekevan 1y agoWalmart on Straight Talk. $45/mo for unlimited data and 10gb hotspot usage. I don't know if it's one of those things where you get "unlimited" data but you get X amount of data until they throttle it. I'm usually near trusted wi-fi and I've never run into it.
- ar_lan 1y agoIs iPhone still viewed as a status symbol? Genuine question - maybe I'm too in my own bubble but it seems like iPhone just completely dominates the market and is viewed as the "default" phone, which to me implies status quo, not luxury.
- afavour 1y agoThe Pro is still seen by some as a "flex" by some, visibly having all three lenses. The Air is likely just a more visible flex, thus it will probably sell well.
- Nyr 1y agoYou are in a bubble: the anglosphere. In most of the world, the iPhone does not dominate the market.
- torginus 1y agoYeah but not because people can't afford it.
- Nyr 1y agoUh? I live in a first world country (Spain) and the minimum wage is lower than the base iPhone Air price. Of course a lot of people can not afford it.
- hrfvbgcc 1y agoThere are many things that are expensive that are nevertheless not particularly seen as “status symbols”, in the sense of commonly used to publicly display one’s status/wealth/whatever.
- Nyr 1y agoWell, I can tell you that in my country, a significant portion of the population sees it as a status symbol.
- jdprgm 1y agoThe idea of an iPhone still as a status symbol in 2025 seems strange to me. I understood it in 2008. They are so commonplace and also not really that expensive where it is a financial flex like some watch that cost 10k+ or something.
- shaboinkin 1y ago“Sixty-three percent of adults said they would cover a hypothetical $400 emergency expense exclusively using cash or its equivalent, unchanged from 2022 and 2023 but down from a high of 68 percent in 2021.” https://www.federalreserve.gov/publications/2025-economic-well-being-of-us-households-in-2024-executive-summary.htm https://www.federalreserve.gov/publications/2025-economic-we... $999 is a lot of money.
- helqn 1y agoNot when you will buy the phone on credit which many people interpret as getting it for free.
- hbn 1y agoOr those god-forsaken monthly payment plans that exclusively exist to get people who don't know how to budget racking up more debt
- Workaccount2 1y agoYou can explain it to them and they don't care. I happen to know more than a few.
- ashdksnndck 1y agoThey are offering 0% when treasuries are yielding 4%, of course I’m going to take it.
- yoz-y 1y agoLike many other things, these services work well _if you already have the money and don’t actually need it_
- epolanski 1y agoI think you're making up a non existent issue. On the other hand, the cameras on plateaus are real issues because they don't lay normally and the cameras are very easy to scratch.
- kelnos 1y agoSo I don't get this. Yes, my N=1 experience, but: I don't put my phone in a case, and only use a screen protector. I have a Pixel 8 (arguably one of the more notoriously ridiculous camera bumps), but have of course had other phones with camera bumps before this. I am generally careful with my phone, but of course I've dropped it, knocked it off a table onto the floor, etc. But I've never ever scratched the camera. Have I just been lucky, or are they harder to scratch than one would expect?
- hrfvbgcc 1y agoIs there, in your experience, a group of people that consider a phone a substantial status symbol? (Edit: Should have refreshed I see. Feel free to ignore.)
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- scarface_74 1y agoNo one could tell the difference between the Max Pro and the cheaper Plus model in the previous years or even the SE. The reason for the Max Pro is the larger screen and better battery life
- barbazoo 1y ago> haul around a huge bulky phone > chonker Can't see the specs for the iPhone Air but it looks much larger than my SE 2022. I wish they would bring that form factor back. Obviously not as powerful as bigger iPhones so not useful for posing purposes.
- choilive 1y agoiPhone hasnt been a status symbol in many years. Its as mainstream as a Toyota Corolla.
- nullbyte808 1y agoUmm most people buy them for the hardware. On paper my 16e sounds really good but is crap compared to the 17 pros cameras plus photonic engine. Apple gimps software in non pros. I don't take alot of pics so I don't really care for the pro. Id rather get an old DSLR.
- astrange 1y agoIf you just want a camera get a mirrorless. They're smaller than DSLRs and easier to adapt lenses to. If you don't care about lenses Fujifilm cameras are probably the most fun to use. (But if you use it rarely it's better to just rent one, and then you can get a really nice one.)
- Schnitz 1y agoIt doesn’t always have to be status. Apple is very good at withholding features from low end models to ensure everyone has that one thing they want that makes them go for the pro variant.
- jb1991 1y agoIs it a status symbol when more than half of the people in all the cities around you in your country have an iPhone?
- qmr 1y agoSince when are iPhones status symbols? Even the very poor all seem to have new-ish iPhones. Also not sure what you're on about with "huge bulky phone".