[tsunamifury]

No you can go into a lot of details of how Apple engineers its cases to its proprietary M chips to technically prove their value. You can also point out value integrations in software. This isn’t a Veblen good and iPhone is very much a measurable utility.

[aredox]

The iPhone and iWatch are clearly status symbols. How many users really need the full power of those chips? How many actually use it?

I could go into very lengthy details into the technical prowess behind Rolex watches.

[hnfong]

It's really silly to argue that something with >50% market share (in the US at least) is a status symbol...

Maybe the top end models, but definitely not in general.

[shard]

Have you heard of the women who would not date men using an Android phone, as well as the kids being pressured or excluded? In some social circles Apple devices are definitely status symbols.

[hnfong]

Women don't date homeless men either. That doesn't make having a roof over your head a status symbol.