QUOTE(lightning69 @ Jul 5 2011, 03:40 PM)
Maybe I use the wrong word. The proper word would be iMage.
Basically, everyone buys something for their own personal reason. When i buy a phone i look at the hardware specs, i chose SGS because of the screen, i read a lot so i appreciate the SGS Screen Size, plus when i travel i can watch videos either through the phone or via TV OUT (no need to bring a lap top). Most people get an Iphone and rightfully so because Iphone is very easy to use and hardly give any problems.
But you're also right that Apple have good branding and they have done so with very good Marketing (Americans are damn good at it thats why they are good at bullshitting about Weapons Of Mass Destruction). Most people have been brainwashed by the media for a long time. The media through its ads convince people to buy and consume, they psychologically brainwash us into thinking that after we buy a certain Product, we feel good about ourselves and we show this off to our friends to boost our ego. However i feel the feel good only lasts a while before we're back to reality.
Its really sad to see there are bags/watches sold nowadays that costs more than a car. People buy it because it gives them status and IMage. This IMage thing is quite sick actually. Meanwhile 35,000 children dies of poverty everyday, half of the population of this planet live on RM10/day.
Sorry if this is off topic, just want everyone here to think about all these and be grateful for what we have. Im really sick to hear about people buying something just for image or status. Please dont be influenced by the media. We need to snap out of it and realise what i coming soon : the biggest depression the world has ever seen. What that have been enabling us to buy this and that all this while is nothing but debt debt debt. Money in reality, is nothing but debt.