Just saying....

I recently visited some old friends and they all asked me 'why haven't you bought an iPhone yet'. They all have iPhones, some of them are still studying. This has happened for the 3rd time in the last 2 years. I earn decent and can easily afford one but its very hard to make them understand that I don't need one since I just use my phone for 3/4 apps per day WhatsApp, insta, gpay. It's just an observation that we as Indians or you can say some of us have started to associate iPhones with a person's image. Have you also faced similar things? PS: I like apple products but I don't see much value being added to life using an iPhone.

Reality ye hai

I purchased a Calvin Klein set for a vacation in Bali. It was ~15k for the set and I must say that I enjoyed being in them. So did someone special. 🤭 What about other people here. What is the most expensive thing you purchased?

Thanks to code, I can finally afford a gift like this. Once upon a time I would have called this outrageous but now I get it. My GF is very special to me and she might just be the one! Wish me luck!

And, would you prefer standing out from the crowd or just end up being one among them?

I have been pursuing some aspirational products like Apple Watch SE, Airpods Pro 2, PS5 etc. since a long time. I go to the Amazon page and add it to cart but then my conscience questions me as to is it worth spending so much on it? I earn decently and live in BLR but still I dont fully understand to give my mind a valid reason for purchasing a 40k Watch that shows time, some metrics and some automation. Also 20k for listening music, 50k for playing games. It feels as if is it sane to spend much on these personal material stuff? How do you folks look at this while making purchases?

Phone is a necessity. Ok cool, no problem. But expensive phone, oh sorry SUPER EXPENSIVE PHONE??? Not really. If you can't afford one, why do you want to buy one? EMI pe phone lena, does it even make sense? And why do you want to go over your budget and get a phone, on which you are only going to watch reels, and occasionally take some photos? If you have money, no problem. But if you are living on edge, you have bills to pay, you barely save some money, why would you in your right mind get a phone so expensive? Forget the phone, the maintenance itself requires monthly spending. Forget charger, cover, glass, apples very own services apple music, applecare, etc all those things are also going to cost. If you are not going to use those, and instead go for some cheap free to use service, get a normal not so expensive phone. You don't even have an apple ecosystem or are trying to get one in the near future. You are already not using half of the features the iPhone has, then what's the point? I'm tired of my friend's half cooked brain arguing over getting an iphone. No offense bro, but you hardly save a month half of what airpods cost. The market is so volatile. You should focus on savings for your own emergency. I don't see a need for why you need an iphone. Heck, I saw a rickshawala owning a 15pro the other day! Good for him for getting an iphone, but then how are you managing finances? Am I missing God's daily drop of money or are people really this dumb?

I'll start: asking for money from the government