It is wiser to invest that money than to buy an iPhone.

[Koadharber]

I am not really a fan of the iPhone, but there are people I know who are fans of the iPhone. They can't buy or use any other phone except the iPhone because it fits the kind of online job they are doing. They can't do such work with Android phones.

Such people buying iPhones because of their kind of work is understandable. For those who buy iPhones to show off, nothing again, that's the people we should tell to have a rethink of buying an expensive phone because next year, the iPhone company will produce another iPhone, and that iPhone they are showing off will appear old in people's eyes. The worth of it will depreciate.

For securing landed property or buying Bitcoin over the buying iPhones is worthy decision to make for someone who cares about his or her future

They are making iPhone to be some sort of status symbol on which once you do have it, then other people do sees you that you are financial capable. 
Well, this is happening into our place on which it does have that kind of impression that be on this way, this is why some people or lets say women do end up on having sugar daddy because of trying out to get one.

Going back into the topic about investing into Bitcoin rather than on buying an iphone on which this one decrease its value overtime then there's no brainer on which one you should be choosing.
Smart people will definitely go for the investment side rather than on letting themselves buying unnecessary stuffs specially that we are already that having our own phone.
Some people do only buys up whenever it breaks but if its not then why would you?

[john_egbert]

^ Definitely right.

If you don't need the phone currently and it's capabilities - invest.

Stay strong and hodl.

Get the results.

Simple as that.

[cryptomaniac_xxx]

^ Definitely right.

If you don't need the phone currently and it's capabilities - invest.

Stay strong and hodl.

Get the results.

Simple as that.

And that's how we get rich, we don't need those flashy or latest gadgets. As others say, those who buy expensive Iphone just wanted to be rich, as compare to rich people not wanting to buy expensive things.

So if we have a working phone, then why buy a new one? as long as it still serves the purposes, like calling or text someone, then I do not think that buying a new one is a good idea. We should think on our to grow our money by investing it and sooner or later we will be happy that we make the right decision not to buy any of this expensive phone in the market.

[Roseline492]

We always think of doing something for long term but we regularly spend a lot of money for short term happiness. I am not saying this for those who have a lot of money, but for those who don't have that much money, there is no need to buy an iphone for around $1200 to $2000 right now. 

Maybe buying an iPhone will give that person temporary happiness but when a person spends that amount of money on investment without buying an iPhone, but in the future he will get a good amount of profit from this investment and it will be seen that he can buy more iPhones

In as much as I like the advise to choose investment over immediate pleasure as a financial advice but thinking the investment of $1200 in Bitcoin will give many iPhone is what could be hard to be true because $1200 investment is actually common if being left stagnated without an intention of making it a flow investment, so the hire reward is from input, so actually if you are advising don't make the person to expect too much. However Bitcoin has really touch a lot of people in terms of there lifestyles because a lot has learn how to be adjustable because how to invest more than what they already have is always the first thought

[bhadz]

^ Definitely right.

If you don't need the phone currently and it's capabilities - invest.

Stay strong and hodl.

Get the results.

Simple as that.

That's simple as that. But someone's crave to own this device is unstoppable when they have saved for so long. We cannot stop them from buying after they have saved money. It's true that if it's not needed and it won't be used for making more money, don't buy it. And invest it first to Bitcoin but if you're unstoppable and you want that badly, choose your happiness because it cannot be given by anyone even if you invest and you have to wait a little bit longer.

[Justbillywitt]

Using a complementing smart phone is very good, you might think it's waste of money until you get to that level when you can afford it, then you will realise that it is not for publicity or being noticed that you have an iPhone. Most of the people who are buying these phones, are using it to promote their business online. Sometimes you need a good camera to shoot videos. Before someone has the heart to remove such an amount to buy such a phone there must be something that's giving the person such mind to that. That someone bought an iPhone doesn't mean they don't have investments, it could also be that it is profit from their investment that they got the money to buy the phone. Some people have iPhone gifted to them. Let's not always see people who use expensive phones like they are wasting money, they not. There's must be an aspect where that phone is being useful to that person. Especially in this era of content creation.

[Gozie51]

So we have to give up some temporary happiness to achieve something better in the future.

Well you might call or say those are temporal happiness but for some people that is what happiness is for them, that is what being comfortable is for them. Actually you have made excuse for those who can afford it multiple times, the super rich and wealthy but for those who barely can manage to get it, I think it is a lifestyle for those people. They are not the type that sees investment as what need to be done, for them the future will take care of itself and so no need for investment. It is natural for them to be okay with such lifestyle and mock those who think about the future. I believe most of those who deride Bitcoin as scam, those who fear to take other types of risk like real estate and properties, stock buying are part of the category that would prefer to show up with iPhone .

[Solodoski]

So we have to give up some temporary happiness to achieve something better in the future.

an iPhone which is better off termed a phone is just a normal gadget that has become a necessity for most individual.
if you can afford one, there is no point comparing getting one to using that money to buy bitcoin. investing in bitcoin does not mean you cannot buy fancy things that give you your desired satisfaction.

if the money is available that i can afford to buy an expensive phone and it won't affect my finances, i would not tag that to be a bad spending habit, it might just be that I want to use that brand of a phone while I still implement my investment plan. it is only bad when i am doing a misplaced priority whereby i don't have much and choose to spend above my means. that is wrong even if i am not using the money to invest in Bitcoin.

[AmaGold70]

I'm not using an iPhone now because I can't afford it at the moment but I will definitely get myself one, buying an iPhone doesn't really mean that someone is spending lavishly because for anyone to raise a huge amount of money just to buy an iPhone that means they have many ways of making money and earning good. We often see iPhone users as people that doesn't know how to invest, I won't lie, there are people that purchase an iPhone just for showoffs and there are people that purchase it for their online businesses but either way it is still their money and they know how to make more money.

[Republikcoin.com]

^ Definitely right.

If you don't need the phone currently and it's capabilities - invest.

Stay strong and hodl.

Get the results.

Simple as that.

Every tool or device that we use must of course refer more to the level of need that we need because it will be more beneficial for ourselves than just considering the lifestyle through a particular mobile device. So the simple understanding that you said is not wrong at all as long as the reference is to the need so investing in Bitcoin while still using a simple device that is still safe to use is a much more beneficial option than spending more money just for a device with less commensurate needs.

[virasog]

So we have to give up some temporary happiness to achieve something better in the future.

It depends upon personal preferences. Sometimes the happiness is more important than to keep on investing and investing all the time. Remember we got only one life and limited years to live. I have seen people invest money all the time and never fulfill their wishes and eventually die leaving all that money useless for them.

As the example that you have given about iPhone, if someone already have iPhone 12 or 13, then he shouldn't be buying the latest version of the phone and invest that money elsewhere but if someone like the iPhone but doesn't have one and if he got some extra money, no harm in buying iPhone and fulfill his wish  

[Zadicar]

So we have to give up some temporary happiness to achieve something better in the future.

It depends upon personal preferences. Sometimes the happiness is more important than to keep on investing and investing all the time. Remember we got only one life and limited years to live. I have seen people invest money all the time and never fulfill their wishes and eventually die leaving all that money useless for them.

As the example that you have given about iPhone, if someone already have iPhone 12 or 13, then he shouldn't be buying the latest version of the phone and invest that money elsewhere but if someone like the iPhone but doesn't have one and if he got some extra money, no harm in buying iPhone and fulfill his wish  

Yes, it isnt really that bad for sometime on which you do consider yourself on buying up on something on which that makes you happy. Not all the time you will really be that having the focus on dealing up with investments and would rather be thinking that you should be at least be putting up some focus on buying on things on what makes you happy or that you've been long time been dreaming or wanting on. The only issue on here is on the time that you do buy up things on which arent necessary then this is where things becomes shit on which you will really be that experiencing out such situation on where you might be having that shortage of funds because of unwise or non worth purchases. Some people do skip out on buying expensive things and they do rather put those into investments like crypto or whatever investments that you do want to deal on with. It all matters about someones preference into this state on which this isnt really that something new or shocking at all. Just let them on what they do want to purchase and since its their money then its full rights into it.

[Stablexcoin]

We always think of doing something for long term but we regularly spend a lot of money for short term happiness. I am not saying this for those who have a lot of money, but for those who don't have that much money, there is no need to buy an iphone for around $1200 to $2000 right now. 

Maybe buying an iPhone will give that person temporary happiness but when a person spends that amount of money on investment without buying an iPhone, but in the future he will get a good amount of profit from this investment and it will be seen that he can buy more iPhones from the profit of that investment. But our brains think very little like this, we prioritize what we get in the short term or what happiness we get for the short term as opposed to spending money. But intelligent people always think differently. I already have a smart phone now I don't need to spend two thousand dollars to buy another smart phone where all my work is going on with the previous smart phone. I don't know how many people have thought about this matter that I said here. But everyone should think like this, maybe the investment will not give you big profit in short time but if you can make a habit of holding it for long time then I believe that investor will be successful after reading it for a long time.

So we have to give up some temporary happiness to achieve something better in the future.

Are you a threat to someone's choice of happiness?

You don't need to say cruel things when the choice of others doesn't satisfy your cravings.

Phones are an important part of us, reason why you see people have more than one (two) because it's satisfying to live according to technological advancement. You must not be wealthy to get what you want, happiness is measured by what it is worth personally, even the amount spent obtaining the iPhone cannot be a life changing amount if spent on Bitcoin.

[tabas]

It's clear that over the years the dollar value for those phones during launch was not much different, but the bitcoin volume keeps on decreasing to show how much they are worth over those years.

That's right, the price of these phones doesn't change that much at all. But the value of dollar depreciates and the value of Bitcoin increases over the period of these years.

This is a good chart that I am always looking forward if some of my friends ask me what is a better thing to do with their money. And if someone who holds around 0.01BTC on their stash and aims to have an iPhone. Maybe some other years and they'll see to have it in lesser price equivalent to Bitcoin and at the same time they'll have both of it still.

[bitgolden]

I always hated this type of comparison, never made sense to me and the fact that there are still people who support this makes no sense to me. If buying a PHONE, the most basic item that we are using every single day, makes our investments smaller, then is it our fault? Shouldn't we making enough money that buying a phone should be as simple as buying a few burgers?

I mean you could make it a bit more expensive than that, like 100-200 bucks, but 1000+ dollars? Most recent ones were like that in price, and that never made sense to me. Telling people to spend less on stuff, instead of telling companies to pay better, is a wrong way of thinking. Companies make tens of billions, and people support them, people buy a phone, and you tell them to invest instead.

[STT]

Actually the answer could be for either because its what you do with it that matters most.   The greatest value is in use not the purchase prices which are nominal labels.   So I could easily say the iphone is the better to 'invest' in if you require it for some work or in gaining work, why the iphone and not a cheap clone smart phone Im not so sure on.

Apple have gigantic margins to their products, to buy this brand is almost a kind of cult.   However if you need some specific feature then sure but Im told by an Apple user they dont do that much extra special, the other reason is just pure luxury and personal preference so you like the magnetic stuff they do as most phones dont etc.

[fuguebtc]

Depends on what you want to use it for. If it's just for showing off, then yeah , it's 100% not something you should buy but if it helps you a LOT in terms of your work then yeah I guess it can be worth it. Honestly don't know what work needs/requires an iPhone, let alone an iPhone of the latest models really.

I reckon in most cases, justifications may seem like it make sense, but this "justification" was made to make sense by the wants of the person themselves lol. And if a want justifies a need, then that's just what you want, not what you need. Well, tbf not that they'd invest it even if they knew, but hey, even if it wasn't Bitcoin ,I reckon any investment would just be as good as investing than buying.

When it comes to video recording, photography and video editing...iPhone can be considered as one of the flagships that offers the best quality in the mobile market. Therefore, those who are working in the field of content creation on social networks such as youtube, tiktok...will need to use it, and owning them will be much more convenient and economical than owning genuine and professional cameras worth tens of thousands of dollars.

Yes, it depends on the purpose of use and needs of each person. And honestly, I don't even think comparing buying an iPhone to investing is a fair comparison, they are completely different. After all, everyone has their own life, needs, interests and thoughts, we should not judge others just because they are different from us.

[pinggoki]

It is wiser no matter how you put it, even if the scenario favors highly on buying a new iPhone, the wisest choice will always be to invest in it rather than buying a phone. Phone is a depreciating asset and you don't want to be caught in that part of it's life cycle, be content with the flagship but cheap phones on the market if you really need a new phone but other than that, invest money for the future, you're better off having money in the future rather than not knowing where you will get your next money. It really offends me when people ask me this kind of question and then they try and justify the wrong choice, if you justify the wrong one then you should've never asked for advice in the first place and you should've chosen to get the wrong choice in the first place.

[Reatim]

They are making iPhone to be some sort of status symbol on which once you do have it, then other people do sees you that you are financial capable. 

what is funny is you will see people with iphones still struggling to make ends meet because they decided to buy smart phones instead of saving up the money to invest and get more profit there are definitely good functions that only iphones can provide but honestly a lot of people only use it for aesthetics

Smart people will definitely go for the investment side rather than on letting themselves buying unnecessary stuffs specially that we are already that having our own phone.

there are much cheaper phones out there that may not be as good as iphone but can still get the work done and functions properly that is enough for us who does not have that much money yet

[Majestic-milf]

 Everyone has what they regard as priority and even if investing is better than buying the latest iPhone, some will still argue that the risks involved in trading and investing is not worth it and for their peace of mind, it's better to get the phone after all they can use it for other means that can still fetch them money in a ' much safer way'.
 Some people always have this belief that being equipped with the latest brand of iPhone is a means to measure status but truly it's still a liability because imagine where you can't have access to powering the phone as regularly as you like, it then becomes pointless because no matter how many upgrades they bring in the iPhone products, they've still got a disadvantage of poor battery and this is what other phone products have capitalized on to make their own much stronger and better.
 No one needs much explanation or convincing on which is the better one of the two but like I said every one has their choices and what they place as priority.