The phone may have become a status symbol, but it shouldn't be. Emily Stewart is a senior correspondent at Business Insider, writing about business and the economy.

You can get someone on the phone at a lower tier, depending on what you need, but to get phone access to a dedicated team of advisors, you have to invest $50,000.

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