Are iPhones considered statues symbols in the UK?

J_B

oldagetraveller1 said:

It's a bit like most Apple products and those who pay the inflated prices. How does one know if someone has an Apple product?

Simple answer, they will most certainly make everyone aware of it, either verbally or visibly.

By pompously adding "sentfrommyiphone" on every email 🙄

mrochester

I’ve never thought of the iPhone as a status symbol. A phone used by so many people can never be a status symbol. 

brewerdave

mrochester said:

I’ve never thought of the iPhone as a status symbol. A phone used by so many people can never be a status symbol. 

Not so much the iPhone itself - but the "need" to have the latest version !

mrochester

brewerdave said:

mrochester said:

I’ve never thought of the iPhone as a status symbol. A phone used by so many people can never be a status symbol. 

Not so much the iPhone itself - but the "need" to have the latest version !

That’s not something unique to the iPhone though. Plenty of people rushing out to buy a pixel 8 now. 

prowla

Murmansk said:

Probably unreasonable, but I tend to think that iPhone owners have more money than sense - I've never felt the need to spend more than £250 on a new Android phone. I'm sure there are plenty of people using older models of iPhone which are fairly cheap and there are some models of Samsung phone on Android that cost as much as a top end iPhone so spending a lot on a phone is not unique to Apple fans

I'm sensing negativity...

Me, I'll buy an iPhone if I want to, but I may take a look at Android next time, as I don't like Apple's deliberate obsoleting of items and their bricking of cast-offs.

My favourite iPhone was the X; subsequent ones are not as nice and my current 13 Pro is a bit too chunky.