fne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agoGen Z is ditching iPhones for $100 'feature phones,' and the numbers don't liewww.zdnet.comexternal-linkmessage-square127fedilinkarrow-up1175arrow-down1197
arrow-up1-22arrow-down1external-linkGen Z is ditching iPhones for $100 'feature phones,' and the numbers don't liewww.zdnet.comfne8w2ah@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square127fedilink
minus-square14th_cylon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down5·edit-22 years agoiphone is clever marketing scheme to become a status symbol for a generation that no longer has a car as one.
minus-squareHamartiogonic@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years agoAnd that’s why you shouldn’t buy those things new. If you really really want one, get a used one. Sure, it’s a few years old, but it’s fine as long as it’s still updated. Besides, you’re paying only a fraction of what it was when it was released.
minus-square14th_cylon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·2 years agoyou are talking about a car, right? because it doesn’t work well for iphone with their planned obsolescence… https://www.ifixit.com/News/11208/batterygate-timeline
iphone is clever marketing scheme to become a status symbol for a generation that no longer has a car as one.
And that’s why you shouldn’t buy those things new. If you really really want one, get a used one. Sure, it’s a few years old, but it’s fine as long as it’s still updated. Besides, you’re paying only a fraction of what it was when it was released.
you are talking about a car, right? because it doesn’t work well for iphone with their planned obsolescence… https://www.ifixit.com/News/11208/batterygate-timeline