Phones are not conspicuous enough to be a Veblen good. Unless buyers start weari... | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit

		bduerst on Sept 12, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: iPhone X Phones are not conspicuous enough to be a Veblen good. Unless buyers start wearing it on their belt or around their neck.

joezydeco on Sept 12, 2017 [–]

https://www.networkworld.com/article/3092446/smartphones/we-...

bduerst on Sept 13, 2017 | [–]

Which is disproportionately weighted by heavy users. The average user isn't flashing their phone often enough to be conspicuous: https://blog.dscout.com/hs-fs/hubfs/blog_posts/Mobile_Touche...

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact