It isn’t any different than buying Nike, Gucci, or Michael Kors. Many folks are extremely brand and status conscious.
Appearing high status is more important than many other expenses.
Appearing high status is more important than many other expenses.
No, it is just a basic functional smartphone for people who don’t like to configure these things (I’ll happily tinker all day with my Linux laptop, but smartphones are just like the worst form-factor, I want it to just work and then go away).
$429, actually.
I don't think it's that interesting a model either because it ignores the last 5 years of innovations like bezelless phones. For €349 you can get a nice midrange Android which does have a bezelless screen, fingerprint in display, oled display and often even a 3.5mm jack.
Sure it's not as fast but that's one one thing I care less about, if I need fast I'll use my computers. The phone is just for on the road.
"Only"? $600 is pretty steep. That it's not on the high end of modern phone prices is indicative of how crazy modern phone prices are.
Personally, I think they’re a heck of a bargain for what they do.
Whether or not it's worth it is a purely subjective thing.
Only? That's an inordinate amount of money for what's just a phone.
“Just” a phone would make and receive phone calls and that’s it.
i would argue the phone app on an iPhone is the least used function of the phone. It's certainly not "just a phone".
A $600 laptop is not a prestige device.
That doesn't even begin to make any sense. Can you run CAD software or serious photo processing on a phone (like DxO)? Nothing I run on a mac can run on a phone.