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erinlough

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91. This may be true for some.

Tue Sep 12, 2017, 11:01 PM

Sep 2017

I have had lots of different phones and I go by what works for me. Bigger phones don't fit in my pockets so the big Apple phones are not my thing, SE or an older 5S for me. Android phones make me mad because of how they work so I go with iOS phones, that said it is a personal preference, not an opinion for everyone else. I backed a new smart watch on kickstarter so I don't need an Apple Watch right now.

My point is, sometimes it's not about privilege but preference. I have found you can come up with the money for things important to you so not only status seekers will get the iPhone ten. It's just too big for me. I would like the OLED screen though!

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The New Apple iPrivilege Phone Is Just For Some... [View all] MineralMan Sep 2017 OP

until they put back the head phone jack Im keeping my 6 samnsara Sep 2017 #1

I am a long time dedicated Samsung user but if you depend on MuseRider Sep 2017 #10

oh great there goes my back up brand samnsara Sep 2017 #15

I love them MuseRider Sep 2017 #26

I use a $200 Ulefone Power 2 and am happy enough with it. I could afford the S8 but I can't justify OnDoutside Sep 2017 #51

My daughter hates that the iPhone 7 doesn't have the headphone jack NewJeffCT Sep 2017 #35

I hear the iPhone SE has the headphone jack, along with the MineralMan Sep 2017 #38

Look hard at the first gen moto z play Egnever Sep 2017 #92

There is a small adaptor for use with headphones. DeeDeeNY Sep 2017 #56

As I mentioned in another thread, the iPhone X will cost about $10 more a month... brooklynite Sep 2017 #2

I ain't guessing. MineralMan Sep 2017 #3

Yep, people are ridiculous at times n.t FreeState Sep 2017 #7

Not directed at the OP Blue_Adept Sep 2017 #13

Maybe 'the elders' recognize... yallerdawg Sep 2017 #32

Many people will...my stock will do well. brooklynite Sep 2017 #59

Nothing like the excesses of capitalism... yallerdawg Sep 2017 #63

And the profits parked offshore to dodge US taxes. TheBlackAdder Sep 2017 #96

We get it, you are rich. You bring it up a lot. n/t USALiberal Sep 2017 #73

Yes, our "resident 1%er" OhioChick Sep 2017 #80

Wow, I would never post that even if true. n/t USALiberal Sep 2017 #82

Why not? The statement he makes is great. He supports raising taxes on himself and other 1%'ers stevenleser Sep 2017 #94

Marxist fetishism? Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #99

I am a Luddite and proud of it... whistler162 Sep 2017 #100

Just because the payments are spread out doesn't make the price less rediculous. NWCorona Sep 2017 #85

I don't want to hear Mike__M Sep 2017 #4

My ancient Nokia flip phone sounds like a phone MineralMan Sep 2017 #5

Kinda sad, though Mike__M Sep 2017 #16

I used to get lots of calls for Jennifer. They've tapered off MineralMan Sep 2017 #25

What's a "landline"? PJMcK Sep 2017 #39

Can't you say that about any product that minimum wage workers can't afford? FLPanhandle Sep 2017 #6

Hmm...it's a matter of choice, I suppose. MineralMan Sep 2017 #8

It's not just a cell phone though FLPanhandle Sep 2017 #11

I stick close to either home or the office, so most of my work and correspondence is done on ... dawg Sep 2017 #20

Smartphones are now integrated into other things too. FLPanhandle Sep 2017 #24

Sometimes I wonder how much disposable income does DU want people to have. SaschaHM Sep 2017 #9

I think DU is OK JonLP24 Sep 2017 #28

Ouch! PJMcK Sep 2017 #42

Trust me I do JonLP24 Sep 2017 #46

Not everyone is a fan of the passive-aggressive writing style. aikoaiko Sep 2017 #69

The most powerful private equity CEO in the world uses a cheap flip phone. dawg Sep 2017 #12

but he has the latest iPad to do everything else an iPhone does FLPanhandle Sep 2017 #17

I have an $85 Kindle Fire for that stuff. dawg Sep 2017 #19

Yeah, I have an old Kindle Fire, too. MineralMan Sep 2017 #41

What's a "map"? PJMcK Sep 2017 #43

Really. I have a giant road atlas and one of those big map books of MineralMan Sep 2017 #48

do you have a fire hdx? Mosby Sep 2017 #64

No, it's the original issue fire. MineralMan Sep 2017 #71

I used to resist reading books on my Kindle Fire 8.5 eleny Sep 2017 #68

I have a Samsung tablet, 8", I bought on sale at Costco. Ilsa Sep 2017 #88

People eat this stupid junk up all the time. moda253 Sep 2017 #23

I don't think he's trying to do it to appear "in touch". dawg Sep 2017 #34

Yes. I use my flip phone as a phone. I make and receive phone calls on it. MineralMan Sep 2017 #44

or he doesn't need the status symbol or the features of iPhone delisen Sep 2017 #101

Is Apple exempt from anti-corporatist progressivism? delisen Sep 2017 #102

Damn people that have more money! ProgressiveValue Sep 2017 #14

Funny. MineralMan Sep 2017 #45

... Major Nikon Sep 2017 #75

I reject your judgmental condescension DaleFromWPB Sep 2017 #18

just ignore it hardluck Sep 2017 #21

What? You don't know semaphore? jberryhill Sep 2017 #87

Flagged for review Orrex Sep 2017 #106

Cool! MineralMan Sep 2017 #31

Thank you. Trust Buster Sep 2017 #54

Amazon Alexa without a screen? MyNameGoesHere Sep 2017 #61

Cool story! n/t USALiberal Sep 2017 #90

I'm still using a 5s. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2017 #22

My wife just traded her 6+ for an iPhone SE for MineralMan Sep 2017 #29

Say, all you folks trashing me. There really ISN'T an iPrivilege phone, you know. MineralMan Sep 2017 #27

Report: New iPhone Will No Longer Secretly Record Every Word You Say Zorro Sep 2017 #77

What is the difference between driving a Ferari or a used Malibu? Takket Sep 2017 #30

Well, if the Malibu is 1978 or earlier might be worth it, never saw a Ferari before.... snooper2 Sep 2017 #36

Well, you can drive the old Malibu a lot farther between MineralMan Sep 2017 #37

Most of the people I know who own expensive cell phones Sen. Walter Sobchak Sep 2017 #33

Poor people don't get to have nice things. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2017 #40

I don't care either way Sen. Walter Sobchak Sep 2017 #47

I never notice handbags. MineralMan Sep 2017 #49

You can find expensive handbags in thrift stores that don't know any better JonLP24 Sep 2017 #50

I wouldn't know how to identify an expensive handbag. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2017 #52

Coach for the upper middle class. ProgressiveValue Sep 2017 #57

The young have done that for years onenote Sep 2017 #78

September 15. TexasTowelie Sep 2017 #53

Remember the idiots who fell for "how to drill your own headphone jack"? ProgressiveValue Sep 2017 #58

but can it make phone calls? still_one Sep 2017 #55

I wish I had more Apple products than I already have lunasun Sep 2017 #60

Not sure that I'd want to advertise my extreme wealth and privilege like that Proud Liberal Dem Sep 2017 #62

....slow day at the quarry, eh? Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #65

My iPhone never gets a good signal down in the salt mines Major Nikon Sep 2017 #76

This message was self-deleted by its author moondust Sep 2017 #66

Here's an idea. Jakes Progress Sep 2017 #67

No way in hell am I gonna buy one. And here's why. Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #70

Okay. And I won't be buying a holly bush. Jakes Progress Sep 2017 #109

was I being emotional and fit-prone, there? Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #110

To each. Jakes Progress Sep 2017 #111

don't get me started on the cargo shorts Warren DeMontague Sep 2017 #112

I want one... Adrahil Sep 2017 #72

Nt aidbo Sep 2017 #74

Looks like a cool device brokephibroke Sep 2017 #79

My S8 works great SHRED Sep 2017 #81

If that's your thing cagefreesoylentgreen Sep 2017 #83

Indeed. AJT Sep 2017 #89

I'm a PC/Android girl crazycatlady Sep 2017 #84

Same here! PC and an Axon ZTE Android phone that takes awesome photos! Half the price. WinkyDink Sep 2017 #98

I like my i5 jalan48 Sep 2017 #86

This may be true for some. erinlough Sep 2017 #91

I guess certain brands of phones are now status symbols. Willie Pep Sep 2017 #93

And here I am in Android Land. backscatter712 Sep 2017 #95

I own a Google Pixel MattBaggins Sep 2017 #97

Once, we needed technology to survive; now, technology needs us to survive. VOX Sep 2017 #103

We could easily afford this, however dkhbrit Sep 2017 #104

The Silent Generation OxQQme Sep 2017 #105

I just saw this on the news, wow, expensive. betsuni Sep 2017 #107

It is wasteful consumerism and represents all that is wrong with society alarimer Sep 2017 #108