[mech765]

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/MEHOINUSA672N

https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/LES1252881600Q

Over the time period since the original iPhones release, median household income and median full time wage have both grown faster than inflation.

[epolanski]

That has to be true only for some countries in the world, but far from being the average. I don't think this applies to most of (western) Europe or Japan e.g.

[randomdata]

The article is explicitly adjusted to US inflation, not Japan inflation, or anywhere else. In the US, wages have grown faster than inflation.