When the world started to emerge from pandemic lockdowns and curbed travel, millions of well-heeled consumers dusted off their credit cards to engage in revenge spending. High-end handbags, shiny diamonds and top-shelf champagne were the objects of desire.
Add fancy phones to that list.
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