Why is it that we want our belongings to do more for us than to function well?

When I was doing research, of which mobile phone to buy I looked at all the features that I would want in a mobile phone. I didn't just look at how the mobile phone looks from the outside and what colour it is. I wanted to know how good the video camera is, if it has a music player and if you can do video calling on it. Below are two phones one of which I purchased recently.



Both phones are almost equal in specs. The Phone on the left is a Nokia 6220classic and the phone on the right is Nokia N96. the only difference in these two phones are that the 6220c has an internal memory of 256mb but isn't a set back as you can purchase an additional 8gb external memory for around £30. the N96 has internal memory of 16gb which makes it the ideal media phone.

Why are we willing, as soon as we can afford it, to pay extra for things with appealing forms?

The Nokia 6220 is on the market for £280 and the Nokia N96 is on the market for £500. if i could afford it i would of probably bought the N96 as it is more appealing to me in form and specs i.e it is a slide phone and has 16gb of internal memory. so to answer this question i think people would buy what they can afford instead of the more appealing product but if they can afford the more appealing product thats even better. as i could not afford the n96 i went for the 6220c and bought the extra 8gb memory for £30.