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Some people honestly don't give a crap about which iPhone they're using, so long as it works reasonably well.

Also, rich people like this don't get rich by being a few generations out of date on their smartphone or keeping some old car around or whatever. They do it by getting a lot of money and then putting it into investments that return a good yield. Let's not pretend anyone is going to thrift their way into being a billionaire.
 
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What does he/she spend their time doing? Buying more things that (they feel) project success perhaps?

Stand next to a man sitting in his Lamborghini, holding your iPhone in your hand. That smoking hot brunette walking by will probably ask to borrow his phone, even though she does not see one in his hand. ;)

I begrudge no one for their wealth.
 
The smoking hot brunette is almost all ways more trouble then they are worth.. rich people would mostly ignore them while the commoners drool..

Later that night he will buy three of them for the night if he feels like going out anyways..


Woop woop!!
 
Stand next to a man sitting in his Lamborghini, holding your iPhone in your hand. That smoking hot brunette walking by will probably ask to borrow his phone, even though she does not see one in his hand. ;)

I begrudge no one for their wealth.
I see misogyny is alive and well in your head.

It’s not about begrudging anybody their wealth, it’s about pointless projection of it or thinking it makes you a better person which is ultimately the road to loneliness and disappointment.

Anyone impressed by your wealth and attracted to you because of it is also (obviously to most people) not worth your time of day.
 
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13 is not even old — probably as fast as on day 1. And they are all the same year after year: I couldn't tell a difference between a 13 and 17.

Even the 1st SE is useable and fast, and it's many generations behind.
 
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why does someone who makes more than 700 million still use the old iPhone 13?

just wondering.... after see the guy on TV the other day. (the sports channel)

Edit: never mind.... my friends just reminded me that the Japanese are frugal... even someone who has a 10-year 700-million contract.
We all have in mind the newly rich and famous showing off in the media, but actually, many well-to-do people are more discreet and frugal than you might think. This carefulness with their money partly explains why they've accumulated so much. Splurging on luxuries and the latest fashions only enriches those who sell them.
 
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