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The Werewolf

@QasimRashid I agree with the basic point you're making - but - there are MANY very functional smartphones far, far less expensive than an iPhone.

I know because I own them (and one iPhone which oddly, I consider the least useful smartphone I own).

If I was poor AND I decided that the smartphone I *had* to own was an iPhone, well, it seems to indicate I might need help managing my financial resources.

22 May 2023 at 5:22 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.social
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H. A. Kirsch

@TheWerewolf @QasimRashid

Why should food benefits let you buy a premade sandwich you can just make your own for less

22 May 2023 at 12:21 | Open on meow.social
Bjornsdottirs

@TheWerewolf @QasimRashid Your less-poor friends all own an iPhone? You would have to have one also otherwise you're weird and also less hirable.

22 May 2023 at 13:20 | Open on mastodon.top
James Wells

@TheWerewolf @QasimRashid
Yes and no. Yes, the iPhone 13 is expensive if you buy it outright, but multiple US cell phone companies will give you a free iPhone 13 for just for signing up for their $35 per month service on a 2 year contract.

At the same time, there are "second hand" stores where you can buy iPhone 10s & 11s for under a hundred dollars.

Android phones are even less, and can be bought, with service, without a home address or credit card for under $15 per month.

@TheWerewolf @QasimRashid
Yes and no. Yes, the iPhone 13 is expensive if you buy it outright, but multiple US cell phone companies will give you a free iPhone 13 for just for signing up for their $35 per month service on a 2 year contract.

At the same time, there are "second hand" stores where you can buy iPhone 10s & 11s for under a hundred dollars.

22 May 2023 at 13:27 | Open on mastodon.acm.org
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