Especially when most people are insulated from the cost of the phone.

A car is a major purchase. It's the most expensive thing most people own other than a house.

> Buying a new $700 phone every couple years is a very different thing from buying a new $40,000 car because you can't get it fixed.

Isn't that what they said about the iPhone when it was first released? Perhaps your income level is less than the target market segment for the Tesla Model 3.