Anyone else get bullied by their apple using friends for having an android?

[AlydaB]

I didn't need to. The only reason I was trading in my phone was that I could no longer make actual CALLS on it. Defeating its use as a PHONE. And I won't be trading this new phone in until it's unusable either. I drive a 16 year old car, and have clothing I've had for 20 years -- I use things until they die.

I really love that. I hope to do the same, because I loathe the culture of buying the next new Thing and discarding the old unnecessarily.

My current phone is my very first (now seven years old) and I'll likely have it until it finally breaks or becomes unusable. I've dropped the thing a million times (on concrete, on marble, off the back of my scooter), but the screen's never cracked even without a case and it works just fine. On the flip side, I got an expensive, fancy new phone a year ago and dropped it just a couple feet onto a hardwood floor the day I got it. The screen stopped working. Brought it in to get fixed, and the price of repair would've exceeded the cost of the phone itself, so I just went back to using my old phone.

Similarly, all my clothes and shoes come from older siblings or family members and I expect to make them last.

I believe some old stuff (noticed this especially with clothes, appliances, and- of course- my phone) is made to last, while newer stuff is not. Had a guy come to fix my family's fifteen-year-old washing machine and he advised us to keep it rather than buy a new one, because the new ones are "made to break". They want you to have to buy more. It kinda disgusts me.

Edit: Whoops. Just noticed how old this thread and comment is :>

[RedLenai]

No, I live in a third world country. I don't know anyone that owns an Apple or Ipad. Not even when I was a teenager. Neither have experienced bullying based on material objects of that kind, mostly because no one in their right mind goes to school nor won't let their kids go with an expensive phone, device or even gaming console.

Still gotta tell you, even if you get an Apple cellphone or whatever, then they'll probably check for something else to bully you, be it your grades, your perfomance in school, your interests, your appearance, clothing brand, shoes, etc.

However I can tell you the following, if mommy and daddy can buy your friends an Apple, then ask them to buy you one if they want you soo badly to have one. If they can't get you one, then they should shut up. You can communicate to your friends? Then that's it, your phone fullfills it's function.

Maybe get some friends that are not materialistic.

[fleurravenbooks]

My current phone is my very first (now seven years old) and I'll likely have it until it finally breaks or becomes unusable. I've dropped the thing a million times (on concrete, on marble, off the back of my scooter), but the screen's never cracked and it works just fine. On the flip side, I got an expensive, fancy new phone a year ago and dropped it just a couple feet onto a hardwood floor the day I got it. The screen stopped working. Brought it in to get fixed, and the price of repair would've exceeded the cost of the phone itself, so I just went back to using my old phone.

THIS!!! Few years ago i had some random ( at the time i got it it wasn't newest nor trendy) phone and it survived soooo much, i dropped it from stairs ( less than 20 but still) and it survived, i dropped it when i was walking and it opened ( old samsungs used to be able to opened to change battery ) and battery fell in small puddle of water.... it still worked perfectly ....then i got new phone ( i don't use that one anymore for obvious reasons) , that new phone would turn off when it was cold, it would turn off randomly, if it turns off when i have lets say 80% it would drop to less than 30%.....

[Shanny8]

I didn't need to. The only reason I was trading in my phone was that I could no longer make actual CALLS on it. Defeating its use as a PHONE. And I won't be trading this new phone in until it's unusable either. I drive a 16 year old car, and have clothing I've had for 20 years -- I use things until they die.

And that seems to be one of the topics now- product sustainability. I grew up poor, and wore the brakes off things and used things until it literally died/fell apart...now days they want you to trade in your phone(or laptop/computer) every 3 yrs at most and even go as far as to cease updating the OS so that these things can fail and force the public to buy their new product.

[authorvicomara]

I faced similar situations (though not specifically about Apple) back when I was in school. It's not pleasant, hang in there!
There are several scenarios how you could approach this situation, all depends on your character, how important those friends are to you and you wishes (e.g. do you wish to try and genuinely educate them by having a (hopefully) productive discussion, escalate the situation, let it slide and cope with it through clenched teeth).

In the situations I've faced, I'd usually try to explain my circumstances/reasoning first, ask them to stop. Some would understand/accept and would stop blabbering/suggesting nonsense, others would continue to be selfish and ignorant, and would continue to harp about the topic every chance they got.

Second phase would be to decide what to do with the selfish and ignorant ones - continue to befriend them or cut them loose.
Sooner or later I'd eventually choose the latter for those selfish, entitled and narrow-minded people. Because, why waste my time with 'supposed friends' who refuse to accept my circumstances and just selfishly push their agenda on to me for the sake of chasing pointless 'popularity', fake 'status' or whatever else is driving their overinflated egos.
That's not a definition of a 'friend' in my vocabulary.

After that decision is made, the process or swift or soft cutting off would begin. Daily irritation reduced to the minimum or completely eliminated, and extra time freed up to find new (and better) friends.

EDIT: Oops, just noticed this is a very old topic, with the issue probably long resolved. Ignore this whole reply.