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Re:What do wealthy people buy, that ordinary people know not... by rsynnott on Monday May 19, 2025 @09:02AM (#44029403)
> A person with 100 billion in 1998 could not have bought one despite it being a decade away for the entire population.

Oh? What d'you call this, then? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_9000_Communicator

Now, granted, most very rich people would probably not have _wanted_ one of these.

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Re:What do wealthy people buy, that ordinary people know not... by kortilla on Saturday May 24, 2025 @11:39PM (#44085336)
That’s not a smartphone. Re-read what I wrote. No amount of money would have produced anything close to an iPhone.
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