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Brikk Launches Pre-Orders for Diamond-Studded iPhone 7 Models Costing Up to $1.3 Million
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Is it better to make generalizations about rich people than about poor people? You really know nothing about the people buying this, other than you don't want them to buy it.
And they probably pay more taxes in a year than you pay in a lifetime even with their loopholes. Talk about contributing to the greater good.
I would love to be fabulously rich just for all the good things I could do with the money. I wouldn't waste it on things like this. Rather help build an orphanage and school in a poor country and make all the lessons free. Why does it always seem like the people who have lots of money are the least deserving people.
You know? You're right! Why DID Bill stay with Hillary anyways?There's a certain presidential candidate who established that years ago...
This is almost as ludicrous as Apple releasing an up-to date Mac Pro in 2016. ALMOST.
Maybe $1.3 million worth of pleads to Apple could make that happen.
Certainly better spent than on shiny rocks iPhone.
Maybe $1.3 million worth of pleads to Apple could make that happen.
Certainly better spent than on shiny rocks iPhone.
I think it's dumb too but the same could be said about a lot of things. People are starving and you're running around with an $800 phone?
All it says is they like the case and presumably have the money to pay for it. Nothing more. Anything else is just you passing judgement based on no information whatsoever.
How you can make the leap to someone owning this case showing they don't care about helping those less fortunate is completely mind boggling.
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Notice how I used the word "probably" as a way to cover the extra bases.
Irrelevant.
That changes nothing at all about what you said. You are still passing judgement on someone with no basis for it.
And those who can afford $10,000-$17,000 Gold and Rose Gold Apple Watches. Money is no expense for some.
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You can certainly E-mail Arn or the editor, Joe Rossignol and ask them. I found this interesting to read.
LOL ok, even tho you and others' main criticism is about how rich people should use their money for the greater good...
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Yeah, shame on me...
How about help build an orphanage in the country you live in?
[doublepost=1469050167][/doublepost]What is the profit margin on these products? On the surface, it looks like they are pricing like the pharmaceutical industry.
[doublepost=1469050336][/doublepost]These gaudy cases look like something Donald Drumph would spend his immorally acquired money on.
This so reminds me of air-conditioned dog houses, or diamond-studded braces for canines, and although I'll defend anyone's right to do with their money as they see fit, I'd rather not see or hear about such excesses.
In a contest between
1: building a school in a township in Africa and setting up a trust to keep it maintained and teachers paid for two decades
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2: having diamonds stuck to your phone
Diamonds stuck to your phone is never justifiable.
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1,000,000 plus dollars could build and fund a school in Africa. 600 dollars wouldn't even get you a flight to Africa.
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1,000,000 dollars plus could change thousands of lives (schools, Africa, etc.), 600 dollars couldn't. It's not the same. Also, mobile devices are an essential part of modern living and staying healthy, without them it would not be possible to do many jobs, including mine.People who make statements such as yours are myopic and binary in their small mindedness. Frivolous spending and charity aren't mutually exclusive. People can spend generously on themselves and help others at the same time. Someone up thread said it nicely. All the moralizing about excessive spending is pretty ironic on a site dedicated to Apple. None of us needs an iPhone, iPad, Mac, or an Apple Watch. Those funds could be used for "doing some good in the world." But we have reasons for our choices.
Would I buy something like this if I had the money? Hayellllllll naw. Would I judge someone else for doing it? Nope. I'm not that hypocritical. I buy stuff I don't need all the time. Just like everyone else. Doesn't mean I don't give to charity, volunteer my time, etc.
It is all relative. $600 would feed a lot of homeless people right here at home, but nobody is judging you for buying an Apple Watch you don't need rather than donating $600 to a local charity.
You are passing judgment on someone who would buy this case without having any idea about that person or their record of charitable donations.
The basis is there based on the fact that a product like this exists and that there are people out there who are odd enough to
Oh good. So now we are in agreement that you are judging someone based on how they choose to spend their own money. Glad we cleared this up.
It's not comparable. We are talking about a 1,000,000 dollar case. Nobody needs that. It is functionless. Such a case does not help you stay organised, stay healthy, or do your job more efficiently. As such, it is not relative. If somebody spent that much money on a house for their family to keep them safe, or a car to transport their family safely, or on their children's education, that would be different.
We are talking about a 1,000,000 dollar iPhone case.
I too find these ugly, but they were not designed for me. These phones are designed more for the Chinese market than the Americans or Europeans. Note that the website is only translated into one other language and Brikk is incorporated in China and Hong Kong along with the US. The wealthy Chinese market has been strong buyer of such things (I have a colleague who used to design bespoke models for Bentley Motors). With the Chinese market softening, Brikk's attempt is probably a bit too late. The "gold rush" for selling super ostentatious high end products to the new Chinese billionaires was a few years ago.