Only sports figure with a 700 millions contract I know is Ohtani - baseball player.
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Other why does someone who makes more than 700 million still use the old iPhone 13?
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Some sportsball player or other, who apparently is not also a tech person.
USB-C charging, always on display, the selfie camera is honestly awesome, faceID works a bit better, and it's snappier.
And I say this as someone who prefers the mini.
Different charging port, AOD (everyone I know with a 17 PM disables it), yes a better selfie camera for whoever wants to do that. Face ID works great on the 13. And it never lags. These phones are on 5+ year cycles now, it's just throwing away money that can be invested or used for more important things to pay for such incremental upgrades.
Happy I loaded the boat on AAPL shares between $130-200 over the years instead of paying $1,000+ every year or every other year for a slightly better phone.
Oh duh, I should've thought've that (plus the Japan reference by someone else).
Yeah he's shown in other ways he's a very grounded individual, and hopefully he's able to remain that way.
Thank you, that is certainly how I feel about getting new iPhone to replace our two iPhone13minis. Not sure about the “…Apple is losing money…” part though. Financial statements show many coins accruing to the Apple vault. Difficult to say what effect we stick-in-the-mud buyers are having. Makes for a good argument though.
Odds are it isn't about frugality.
It's about focus on making more than 700 million into the future.
Observe Steve Jobs & Mark Zuckerberg's sense of daily clothing.
They're famous to keeping to a set of clothes and not changing the style at all for a decade or two.
Those who spend their time on tech forums like MR like the latest and greatest and talking about it among themselves.
Is the fella who makes 700 million spending his time talking about his iPhone 13 or does he see it as a tool to get things done and not be a fanboi about it because it isn't connected to business.
In other words if people like us spent all our non-work time on up skill and productivity gains would we be maing more than what we are making now? Odds are yes but will you enjoy life's non-revenue aspect?
Frugality is a good thing. Conspicuous consumption is a bad thing. And a smart rich person would use a tool that’s good enough and donate the money they could’ve spent to someone who needs it
Yeah, I've had the opportunity to hang around people who make significantly more money than me. While they drive nice cars and have very nice houses, they usually neglect their tech - really terrible laptops, and phones that are many generations out of date. I see this at universities too (not cheap ones) - it's common to see a lot of old phones - even busted screens - despite some of these people being very well to do.
Me? I'm a poor sob who upgrades every year or every other year. Maybe that's why they have $ and I don't. lol
Me? I'm a poor sob who upgrades every year or every other year. Maybe that's why they have $ and I don't. lol
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Perhaps a famously successful person might even enjoy reading about and discussing Apple tech on MR forums without disclosing their identity. MR is a nice escape from reality sometimes.
I’m still rocking a 12Max but in my case, I bring in $700 million less.
I am assuming Ohtani.
NVM: someone answered it.
My brother is still rocking the iPhone 7 with a broken... everything... and he has 15 million IIRC. I wish I could like that to be honest.
