Ironic combination of headlines on CNNMoney

[hybrid]

I thought it spoke for itself....

[Kansas Beachbum]

What...you think they're related?  :-)

[Cheddar Stacker]

Crazy. Thanks for sharing. It really is amazing how simple it looks to us, and how much of a mystery it seems to be to every one else.

[pachnik]

Oh, my goodness!  That's funny. I wonder if there is a correlation?

[infogoon]

I found these ones a few years ago and saved them for posterity.

[AH013]

I thought it spoke for itself....

There's actually a negative correlation here.  Every GenXer knows iPhones are free* to buy and mom & dad pay the monthly bill, so iPhone 6 sales only serve to make GenXer's parents poorer and thus GenXers themselves relatively more wealthy.

*With activation of a new 2-year contract

[hybrid]

I thought it spoke for itself....

There's actually a negative correlation here.  Every GenXer knows iPhones are free* to buy and mom & dad pay the monthly bill, so iPhone 6 sales only serve to make GenXer's parents poorer and thus GenXers themselves relatively more wealthy.

*With activation of a new 2-year contract

Huh? I'm 48, Mom stopped paying for my stuff about 30 years ago.... ;-)  Generation X is creeping up on AARP membership.

Now as for my kids, that certainly was the case a few years ago....

[trailrated]

It's ok cause you can finance the phones now o.0

[arebelspy]

Hah. Great juxtaposition. Thanks for sharing!