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Other why does someone who makes more than 700 million still use the old iPhone 13?
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It still works just fine and these things are really not changing much over the course of a few years.
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Yes we have reached the point where most of the tech advances in smart phones in general have matured. So we will not see the big leaps between update cycles going forward.
Truly financially wealthy people try to hide their wealth.
People who floss generally are insecure and want to appear wealthy even though it’s all fake and financed.
Real wealth is being happy with who you are.
People who floss generally are insecure and want to appear wealthy even though it’s all fake and financed.
Real wealth is being happy with who you are.
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Also, rich people like this don't get rich by being a few generations out of date on their smartphone or keeping some old car around or whatever.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.
Also, rich people like this don't get rich by being a few generations out of date on their smartphone or keeping some old car around or whatever.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.
Do you know why Lamborghini doesn't have TV ads? Because the man who buys a Lamborghini doesn't spend his time by watching TV.
Likely he’s not interested in having the latest phone. Lots of wealthy people don’t have the latest iPhone and that shouldn’t be shocking lol .
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!!
Later that night he will buy three of them for the night if he feels like going out anyways..
Woop woop!!
I see misogyny is alive and well in your head.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.
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.
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.
Even the 1st SE is useable and fast, and it's many generations behind.
Not that it means much but I do because it should really matter how that wealth was eh "made".
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.
This is exactly how the rich get rich. They buy what they need and don't waste money on fads. If somethings not broke don't fix/replace it. That mindset helps build long term wealth. I have an iPhone 12pm btw still working fine rather put my money elsewhere to grow.
Indeed. My previous manager (not now, but I still work with her) makes about 1/4 million/year, in our LCOL Midwest area, and still carries an iPhone 8 Plus. She just doesn't care.
Agree and I am reasonably into tech (but below the enthusiast level as far as phones). A 1st SE did everything I needed. Running iOS 12 it was fast enough for everything I needed except poorly written websites. About the only features exclusive to newer iOS that I use are dark mode, RCS, and #images in Messages. I mean I don't need #images but have found them a lot of fun. I find the Photos UI/UX in iOS 18 a downgrade relative to iOS 15's. More clicks/taps. In any case I have a hard time saying what we've gotten over the past 6+ years other than bigger, heavier handsets that run an OS that seems to have expanded to fill all available hardware.
Yea, this is exactly how Shohei Ohtani got rich. By slowly accumulating his pennies over time, certainly not by wildly bursting into the MLB as a 100-year two-way phenom, grabbing a $700M pro sports contract and losing millions to his gambling-addicted former interpreter
NOPE, slow and steady, just like uncle Warren 🤣
You're absolutely right.... I forgot that I didn't even have to look far. My aunt's husband is rich.(old money) I remember when I was a little kid, I went with him to the bank and the manager escorted him to a private room where he was depositing some cash.(not much, just a stack that he took out from his suit pocket) I still remember how well the bank manager treated him, as if he was royalty. On the other hand, I've only know him to drive econo boxes like Toyota Camry... and he would only trade them in after 150k miles... or if it cost more to fix than what the car was worth. He also only flew the cheapest coach fares on short 1 hour flights or 14-hour flights from the US to Australia.
These days I dread replacing any device. It's not just the preferences that may or may not transfers but likely version upgrade with no recourse that may or may not break things that are working, may or may not lose data or at least render it inaccessible, potential new incompatabilities or glitches with other devices, and required preemptive minesweep of the privacy settings to look for something that got flipped or some new opt-out setting. When it comes to my phone, which I consider a work tool, I allocate at least a weekend to make the swap to a new device/OS.