Get your son something else (perhaps relating to your son’s interests?), like a powerful microscope, or a huge trampoline, or rent a VPS for him and emphasize on what it does… That way he can have the self-esteem that he also has something valuable.
The goal here is changing the subject entirely and not being forced by their game of “who has the best phone”…
The goal here is changing the subject entirely and not being forced by their game of “who has the best phone”…