[citation][nom]sstym[/nom]if anything, a phone with a recognized brand name should cost LESS than a plain phone. If a company like Armani, or even Apple, Nike, or any other famous brand gets to display their logo on something you are wearing or displaying all the time, they should offer you a rebate.Now if you are stupid enough to pay more in order to become a live advertising machine, go ahead and pay for it. Your cash won't be in less deserving hands.[/citation]
you got it backwards. the brand does not use you to advertise itself; you use the brand to advertise yourself. the label is a status symbol, and such symbols must cost a premium, or else it will no longer function as one.