How can you equate those other brands that people used to camp also like a clothing brand or any brand or fads? Can you also "brand" them as social climbers?
My opinion is why tag others as such just because they have the means to splurge on expensive things and have a knack on it? Just let them be anyhow they arent messing your effin life!
Hahaha! Just chill bro. I never meant to offend you. Anyhow, since you seem to have missed the point, I'll expound:
The statement I was referring to was this:
Hindi ginagawang status symbol Ang cellphone...
To which my reply was:
Of course they do.
Notice that I said "of course they do" (as in "they do use it as a form of status symbol"), not something like "of course they are" (social climbers or whatever).
If people simply want to own the phone, why not pre-order (Apple's site/carrier/Walmart/Target, etc)? Why not live your life the way you normally would, then on the day of the release, go to your preferred store and buy it? No. They do it because they want to brag about it.
Now, whether people buy an iPhone to further their social standing, or because they think it's the best phone out there, or simply because they want to and they could is beside the point. I do however find it incredibly inane that just because it's "more affordable" in the US that Americans can't use it as some sort of social barometer. Remember, even though it is technically "cheaper" compared to prices in the Ph, it is still one of the best and most expensive phones in the US. Apple's still one of the most successful companies in the world. And people still put a premium on that.