Childish need, LOL. Maybe you should accept people are not machines and value stuff beyond its practical meaning. If someone works from 9 to 5 all year long, perhaps he wants once in a while to indulge himself with a new phone, even if his old one is still going strong...because it would actually make him happy? Or it would make happy someone else he cares about?  Somebody else would perhaps spend the money on a nice holiday, but people have all kinds of different desires and priorities...all of which can you label as "childish needs".

The other thing, especially iPhone, is a beautiful piece of machinery, not a screw driver. It has certain aesthetical value to it and by that virtue it does concern human emotion. One would think, you of all people, as an architect, can appreciate this and understand why people may desire beauty in their lives.

I just waited for the FedEx guy to deliver mine.  

LOL, the hatred for an electronic device.

That is a matter of opinion... and we know the old saying about everyone having one.  To me, my Nokia Lumia 820 is a better, more beautiful phone than an iPhone.  I looked at both before buying and chose the one that best suited my needs and aesthetic appreciation.  The Nokia won out because it gave me a warm, fuzzy feeling all over and the iPhone didn't.

Anyway, the thread isn't so much about iPhones or Apple products - any products in particular, for that matter - but about having a bit of fun.  Yes, I used the queuing for iPhones as a starting point [gotta start somewhere, and why not something current and ridiculous], but the whole idea was to inject some humour into the forums, hence the multiple smilies to announce my intent, to denote humour/tongue-in-cheek.

Sadly, it has gone off the rails and has become a 'this is about me, my choices' thread.  I mean, really?  Doesn't anybody know how to take a joke or have fun anymore? 

It's rather 'narrow' to simplify 'architecture' as an understanding [appreciation] of beauty.....about as simplistic as classifying a doctor as 'a Porsche owner'.

Architecture isn't just about aesthetics...but more importantly about social design and redesign.  How the shape/growth/development of cities is allowed to evolve.

You know....ghettos are not just an unfortunate breakdown of social ideals....they're living testament to failures of Architects' vision/s.

Tenement housing becomes slum....another of those chicken-and-egg issues.

All that being the case, you tend to balance the desire for crass bling against resources sustainability.  The ultimate example of consumerism-gone-bad is the bulldozing of brand new [never even been lived-in] residential developments because some bean-counter decides they're not going to be commercially viable AFTER the fucking things are built.

In 1972 a 20 storey building went up in London....and it was decided to leave it empty...because all it needed was a care-taker and the Govt. of the time would compensate the developers more than rental and wear and tear.

Again fucking absurd.

Meanwhile, lemmings are hell-bent on dumping their recent 'stuff' just  so they can have MORE-recent 'stuff'.

Look up on the net how many million tons per day of electronic 'waste' becomes land-fill .... then re-evaluate this yearning for 'bling'.

Sorry...but I've been an Architect for too bloody long...and am too bloody disillusioned.  I know nothing will change simply because it hasn't already.

Quoting moshi,

reply 34

certain buzzwords just trigger the same responses every single time.

i am not sure every member here would pass a Turing test.

Fuck Turing......

Oh.....thought there for a moment you'd said 'Tourettes' ....

ID changes allegiance to phones more frequently than I change my undies...

...which may or may not be a good thing....

ID's post about the Nokia Lumia 920 being the best phone he'd owned is about 2 years old now, me thinks it be time fer some fresh jocks, don't you?

That's if yer can peel 'em off.

Plus, time just seems to go faster the older you get, so 8 weeks seems like nothing.  When I was a kid, that was an eternity.

I guess you werent happy with Skype being shut down for Win 7 phones? My sister found out she cant use it anymore on her Lumia 800 - and ofc such phone cant be updated to Win 8. So the only solution is to buy a new phone - i can already tell it wont be a Windows phone.

Brilliant thinking by Microsoft. 

It's all opinion here.  Seems wrong to denigrate people for their opinions (stupid, sheep).  .02

We talk of sheep only to awaken RnD from his torpor.

iOS 8.1 ... hmmm. Looks like MS OS envy. Classic case.  

Just for laughs -

With improvements in lightweight carbon fiber & battery technologies, the iPhone20 will be as light as the iPhone6 & double as a Segway-style levitation-based transporter.