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Uh? I live in a first world country (Spain) and the minimum wage is lower than the base iPhone Air price. Of course a lot of people can not afford it.

• hrfvbgcc 1y ago
  There are many things that are expensive that are nevertheless not particularly seen as “status symbols”, in the sense of commonly used to publicly display one’s status/wealth/whatever.
  • Nyr 1y ago
    Well, I can tell you that in my country, a significant portion of the population sees it as a status symbol.
• hu3 1y ago
  USA minimum wage isn't much higher than iPhone Air price. $7.25/hour = $1,160/month for 8 hours of daily work, monday to friday. iPhone Air costs $1000 according to https://www.apple.com/iphone/compare https://www.apple.com/iphone/compare
  • adventured 1y ago
    Americans don't earn the minimum wage. You're talking about less than 1/2 of 1% of the working population. It's a nearly worthless metric (other than as a political reference to how long it has been since the minimum wage has been increased and how far behind the median it is).
    • jb1991 1y ago
      it’s just another of the many many comments in this thread where people throw out statistics to make a point, but those statistics are typically detached from reality or not even focused on the main topic of the conversation.
• torginus 1y ago
  I replaced my old iPhone XR with a brand new 16 this year, not because anything was wrong with it (even the battery was OK), but I wanted to see what the changes brought. I was quite surprised that other than the much better battery, USB-C, and much better camera, and sometimes faster speed, the old one was holding up quite well. You can get an old iPhone XR for 100 EURish, in decent condition. I really have no idea what model year iPhone's others have.