- Catholic priest Rev. Fr. Kelvin Ugwu has condemned Nigerians converting iPhone XR models to fake iPhone 17 Pro Max units, calling it a sign of “poverty mentality” and lack of contentment.
- He urged people to stop trying to prove wealth or status, describing the act as “childish” and driven by insecurity.
Nigerian Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Kelvin Ugwu, has criticised Nigerians converting iPhone XR models to iPhone 17 Pro Max, describing it as a “poverty mentality.”
He said the act reflects a deep need to appear wealthy rather than confronting real economic struggles.
‘’It is lack of contentment, the presence of an untreated inherent disease called poverty mentality, and the sickness of trying to prove to people what you are not that make full-grown men and women knowingly buy an iPhone XR repackaged as an iPhone 17 Pro Max, just to pose as though they own one.
You don’t need to have an iPhone 17 Pro Max. Those who have it, aside from taking mirror pictures or videos to show themselves and the phone, what is really the big deal? Even that act is so childish.
Sometimes, you need to purge yourself of these sicknesses, especially the urge to prove something to people as if you owe them anything.
After acquiring iPhone 17 pro max, and showing it to the world, what next? It will give you long life bah?” he wrote.
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