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> billionares use the same iPhones as you do! Not if they have the brain disease which makes this kind of thing appealing: https://caviar.global/catalog/custo

by jsheard 7mo ago

> billionares use the same iPhones as you do! Not if they have the brain disease which makes this kind of thing appealing: https://caviar.global/catalog/custom-iphone/iphone-17/?sort=desc https://caviar.global/catalog/custom-iphone/iphone-17/?sort=... Yes that flagship model incorporates an actual Rolex Daytona in solid gold.

A_D_E_P_T 7mo ago
For me, it's London. > https://caviar.global/catalog/custom-iphone/iphone-17/london_id28720 https://caviar.global/catalog/custom-iphone/iphone-17/london...
- phpnode 7mo ago
  Both of these are great, true expressions of a total void of taste
stronglikedan 7mo ago
I guess billionaires don't charge wirelessly. They just grab their backup custom iphone when the first one dies.
- necovek 7mo ago
  They've got someone carrying their battery packs with an extendable cable. Or maybe Big Ben hides the charging coils too.
- deleted 7mo ago
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wffurr 7mo ago
That's got the exact same processing hardware in it though, which was the OP's point. Not that they can't have a fancier case.
necovek 7mo ago
It is still exactly the same iPhone tech-wise, just with a custom "case". I wouldn't go as far to call it "brain disease" though: in a sense, it is OK for someone well off to spend on expensive products (made by less rich), so things would equalize at least a bit. Just like we in IT might happily pay 3% of our salary on slightly better shoes, and someone else would claim we have a "brain disease" because you can get perfectly good shoes for 5x less money.
- relaxing 7mo ago
  That iphone is not 5x more. Furthermore, who in IT is paying 3% on shoes? Even if you’re the hypebeast buying $1200 Balenciagas, I don’t see how the math works out.
  - necovek 7mo ago
    That iPhone is 15x more (I don't know the exact price, sorry)? Same order of magnitude. 3% of your monthly salary for $200-$500 shoes (I see plenty amateur runners getting carbon sole shoes in this price range, for instance), when you could get a pair for less than $50.
    - relaxing 7mo ago
      Ok I don’t know who’s running around talking about their monthly compensation or what that has to do with billionaires but sure, I see your math now.
      - necovek 7mo ago
        Thanks you for adding a slight to your "understanding" statement. You can try figuring out the point I was making (wealth is relative, even "commoners" like us overspend from someone else's perspective). I would say most of Europe talks and thinks in monthly (and even net after-tax salary), so hopefully that helps in the future when someone does not adapt to US gross annual salary figures for you.

by jsheard 7mo ago

A_D_E_P_T 7mo ago

For me, it's London. > https://caviar.global/catalog/custom-iphone/iphone-17/london_id28720 https://caviar.global/catalog/custom-iphone/iphone-17/london...

phpnode 7mo ago
Both of these are great, true expressions of a total void of taste

stronglikedan 7mo ago

I guess billionaires don't charge wirelessly. They just grab their backup custom iphone when the first one dies.

necovek 7mo ago
They've got someone carrying their battery packs with an extendable cable. Or maybe Big Ben hides the charging coils too.
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wffurr 7mo ago

That's got the exact same processing hardware in it though, which was the OP's point. Not that they can't have a fancier case.

necovek 7mo ago

It is still exactly the same iPhone tech-wise, just with a custom "case". I wouldn't go as far to call it "brain disease" though: in a sense, it is OK for someone well off to spend on expensive products (made by less rich), so things would equalize at least a bit. Just like we in IT might happily pay 3% of our salary on slightly better shoes, and someone else would claim we have a "brain disease" because you can get perfectly good shoes for 5x less money.

relaxing 7mo ago
That iphone is not 5x more. Furthermore, who in IT is paying 3% on shoes? Even if you’re the hypebeast buying $1200 Balenciagas, I don’t see how the math works out.
- necovek 7mo ago
  That iPhone is 15x more (I don't know the exact price, sorry)? Same order of magnitude. 3% of your monthly salary for $200-$500 shoes (I see plenty amateur runners getting carbon sole shoes in this price range, for instance), when you could get a pair for less than $50.
  - relaxing 7mo ago
    Ok I don’t know who’s running around talking about their monthly compensation or what that has to do with billionaires but sure, I see your math now.
    - necovek 7mo ago
      Thanks you for adding a slight to your "understanding" statement. You can try figuring out the point I was making (wealth is relative, even "commoners" like us overspend from someone else's perspective). I would say most of Europe talks and thinks in monthly (and even net after-tax salary), so hopefully that helps in the future when someone does not adapt to US gross annual salary figures for you.