Originally Posted by asyousay:
“We saw from the Riots that most of them had blackberrys and not IPhones .”
agreed.
Quote:
“Because they are cheaper to buy and use.”
supposition. Alternately it could be because BBM is very popular in that age range and iphones are no longer seen as cool, the point made by neo_wales.
Originally Posted by asyousay:
“That may be the case but I don't know any chavs that could afford Burberry hats for £150 or a jacket for £600.”
See that depends entirely. I'd put the vast majority of stereotypical "Essex boys" and girls in the chav bracket; and they aren't a particularly poor demographic.
chav, and more importantly 'uncool' doesn't necessarily correlate with a lack of money.