Dr. Seuss wrote a book about this....I think it was called the Star Bellied iSneetches
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Dr. Seuss wrote a book about this....I think it was called the Star Bellied iSneetches
I do miss the days when Steve had Apple design an iPhone that he thought has the optimal size, layout and specs to be the best iPhone for everyone. It was a simpler time and it was a lot of fun.
But times change. Apple doesn't operate in a vacuum and its competitors reached out to consumers and consumers responded. In turn, Apple responded and is continuing to make adjustments.
Now we have to make hard trade offs in picking from multiple offerings a phone that has the features we want while considering the cost to battery life or one handed use and pocketability. That introduces opportunity for dissatisfaction that you might not be able to get everything on your wishlist in one device. Or get a device that seems as optimal for needs of today as single models were for needs of the past.
But I think now that we are where we are, it would be folly for Apple to try and return to the one size fits all offering of the past. I don't think I need to enumerate why.
But times change. Apple doesn't operate in a vacuum and its competitors reached out to consumers and consumers responded. In turn, Apple responded and is continuing to make adjustments.
Now we have to make hard trade offs in picking from multiple offerings a phone that has the features we want while considering the cost to battery life or one handed use and pocketability. That introduces opportunity for dissatisfaction that you might not be able to get everything on your wishlist in one device. Or get a device that seems as optimal for needs of today as single models were for needs of the past.
But I think now that we are where we are, it would be folly for Apple to try and return to the one size fits all offering of the past. I don't think I need to enumerate why.
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iphone as status symbol? It's enough I turn heads with my Rolex watch, driving my S-Class Mercedes to notice that it's because of my phone they're checking me out...
I don't have that watch and that car, btw...
I don't have that watch and that car, btw...
Isn't that what the Apple Watch is all about? Hello, $17,000 watch with no internal hardware advantages over the $450.00 watch.
Hard trade offs? I make hard trade offs on cars; not phones...
And I always have buyers remorse.
Um I got my Rose Gold 6s because I was up for an upgrade and I thought it was pretty. I didn't get it to flaunt it. Period.
I think the TS just hasn't gotten out of elementary school yet. I could definitely see how iPhones are a status symbol for kids up to 14. When I worked at a school a few years ago some kids came and asked me which phone I had and I said the iPhone 5 (which was the latest at the time) and they were all impressed running around telling their friends.
For us grown ups however, the phone is a tool and obviously for us using the iPhone, it's the tool that works best for us.
For us grown ups however, the phone is a tool and obviously for us using the iPhone, it's the tool that works best for us.
Funnily enough, I rarely use my iPhone actively. More often than not, it's just sitting inside my purse. The reason I can't switch to another smartphone (or heck, even a dumbphone given my usage - my iPad already has its own LTE) is because of integration with the iPad. The iPad's pretty much always in my hands and I use it to answer and make calls, and receive and reply to messages (iMessage and SMS). iOS 8 was such a useful update for me.
If I wanted an obnoxious Apple status symbol, it'll be a $15K Apple Watch Edition. If I ever win the lottery grand prize though, I rather prefer an understated Patek Philippe.
To me it was a very hard trade off to put up with an iPhone whose size was uncomfortably large for me to get the best available camera with OIS and the display with the sharper display and better battery life.Hard trade offs? I make hard trade offs on cars; not phones...
I think now with the third option available and my priorities readjusted I just might choose an SE if I could have the choice to make over again. Maybe.
To me it was easy, 6s. I don't need the "best" camera, I have a dslr and good lenses. I don't know if I could go back to a 5s size, and don't want to move to a plus sizes.
I have a DSLR, too. It's just hard to have it always on me for those spontaneous once in a lifetime photo ops in my family.
The 6S is a nice size for compromising between good display and portability. But it still isn't that much less bulky in my pockets than my Plus. I miss cycling with my 5s. Depending on how things go with my daughter's SE I may sell my 6SPlus and get an SE. That's a tough call because my SPlus is excellent. It's just challenging keeping it on me in the summer.
LOL!!!! So I bought my iPhone 6s Plus Rose Gold as a status symbol? Good one!
I had bought white iPhones since the 4S. I bought the first gold model, the iPhone 5s, to try something new. I bought the iPhone 6s Plus because I realised having a large phone would not be a big deal since I already had a Note 4. I bought the Rose Gold because I had never had a rose gold phone.
If the iPhone 7 comes out in purple I might have to consider it because the last purple phone I had was a BlackBerry 8520 and it was sooooo purty.....
Before you ask, I drive a Honda CR-V LX. Why didn't I get the EX? Because it has a sun roof and I don't want a sun roof. Why didn't I get a Civic? Because I wanted AWD.
Do you think it might possibly be that the difference is not one of class but rather one of functionalities? Could it be that people might not want a large iPad Pro but would like most of the tech in the larger model down to a smaller size?
If it were a matter of class, why would I have ordered an iPhone SE, and why am I ready to put the SIM card on it instead of my iPhone 6s Plus?
Why would I order a smaller SE and be ready to put back my larger Plus? Could it be I prefer the design and that's got nothing to do with class?
Honestly, sometimes the answers are much simpler than vast conspiracies.
I wouldn't really call a phone a status symbol, even if it's an iPhone. We're talking about a device that is maybe a couple hundred bucks more than something else and millions of people have one. A status symbol would be a $80k car that does the same thing as a $12k car except looks nicer and rides nicer. When we're talking about something that costs multitudes of thousands of dollars difference than we can call it a status symbol.
Went to the Philippines and left my dslr any home. Big regret. Took great shots with the phone but when I needed to zoom in on some monkeys, I wish I had it.
In most countries on this earth, a $1k phone is a luxury that most people do not have. People on this forum tend to have more disposable income than the average, and as apple enthusiast we tend to make this a priority.
According to the below website the worldwide average household income is <$10k USD...
http://www.gallup.com/poll/166211/worldwide-median-household-income-000.aspx
By this, to MOST people on earth, an iphone is a luxury. There are tons of cheap phones that are used worldwide, for people who can not even afford the cheapest apple product.
A note to the OP, I think they started this split when the introduced the 5c, it was released at the sometime (or very soon after) the 5s, making it a cheaper alternative on their phone line.
This is true. Poverty line in the US is living like a king or at least a solidly middle or upper middle class existence in some countries. Someone making $50,000 a year is already in the top 0.31% richest by income.
http://www.globalrichlist.com/
That said, I do consider anything not necessary for my basic living as luxuries (want vs need). Apple devices just tend to be on the pricey side of wants. Well aware it's a luxury but it's a luxury I can afford.
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Yup... I am an American who group up in Jakarta Indonesia in the 80's - mid 90's... Americans, and most Europeans have NO idea how the rest of the world lives. I mean China + India making up almost 40% of the worlds population have SOOOO much poverty... This doesn't even account for the rest of Asia and Africa.