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Does having a fancy smart phone with a 3-5" screen make you feel important?

7,353 2,746 July 28, 2011 at 09:28 AM in Question (3)
Otherwise why do you pay for data to look at a screen that small?
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ikonoklast
07-28-2011 at 11:19 AM.
07-28-2011 at 11:19 AM.
Quote from Jason_of_Texas :
If spending that much on phone erks you, you will love to know how much I spend on haircuts a year hahaha 20 bucksX2 times a week. How much is that?
That's a lot of haircuts. laugh out loud
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07-28-2011 at 11:20 AM.
07-28-2011 at 11:20 AM.
Quote from ForeverDcember :
My smartphone was $75 (not hundreds). I don't pay for data (also not hundreds).
Iagree

My phone was free with a 2-year contract, and I pay an extra $10 a month for the droid market. (And it's TOTALLY worth it.)

Hardly "hundreds and hundreds" by any means.
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boltman2007
07-28-2011 at 11:20 AM.
07-28-2011 at 11:20 AM.
Quote from IVIal :
$2,080.

Yeah, wow.
Boy if you ever changed your place of business you would close their doors!
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someone28624
07-28-2011 at 11:21 AM.
07-28-2011 at 11:21 AM.
Yes, exactly, that's why I got it. I don't actually use my iPhone 4's crapass screen for viewing anything. I just pay for the data for shits and giggles.
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07-28-2011 at 11:21 AM.
07-28-2011 at 11:21 AM.
Quote from IVIal :
Iagree

My phone was free with a 2-year contract, and I pay an extra $10 a month for the droid market. (And it's TOTALLY worth it.)

Hardly "hundreds and hundreds" by any means.
How much is your total bill?
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Jason_of_Texas
07-28-2011 at 11:21 AM.
07-28-2011 at 11:21 AM.
lol Mondays and Thursdays, sometimes once a week,but only when on Vacation. They also do beard trim and hot shave.
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someone28624
07-28-2011 at 11:22 AM.
07-28-2011 at 11:22 AM.
Quote from chewspam :
Mine doesn't have a small screen. It's a droid x.
Per the OP, a "small screen" is 3-5 inches, making your Droid X, at 4.3" a small screen using the OP's definition.
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Jason_of_Texas
07-28-2011 at 11:23 AM.
07-28-2011 at 11:23 AM.
My phone saves my life somedays, I run buisness from it when Im out of the office, or at the golf course. I am am hardly a CEO or congressman, I dont tweet pics of me in my undies...
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Landers
07-28-2011 at 11:23 AM.
07-28-2011 at 11:23 AM.
Quote from boltman2007 :
So to summarize...

Angry Birds
Pron
While waiting for movies or being earlry to dinner
GPS
Contacts
"Productivity"
Replace TV when on road
Entertain when a passenger
Access SlickDeals
Apps

= hundereds of $$$

When you can do most of he same with items you already have?
Because, unlike people like "you" (I quoted you because I'm referring to the person your troll-likeness is portraying) we like to live in the future. Physical address books, calendars, additional GPS units, extra televisions, additional items for distraction/time passing aren't necessary. Everything is available in one small (yes, small), handy package.

You can troll all you want, but unfortunately, there are people that think this and it's kinda sad that they haven't joined this century yet.
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07-28-2011 at 11:24 AM.
07-28-2011 at 11:24 AM.
Quote from boltman2007 :
So to summarize...

Angry Birds
Pron
While waiting for movies or being earlry to dinner
GPS
Contacts
"Productivity"
Replace TV when on road
Entertain when a passenger
Access SlickDeals
Apps

= hundereds of $$$

When you can do most of he same with items you already have?
Dude, one of my favorite apps is my calorie/fitness tracker.

I can take my phone, scan the barcode of the wrapper of the energy bar (or whatever it was) I just ate, and it inputs all the nutrition info for me and keeps a running count of everything.

Where exactly can I get a device that will do that?
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chevvy
07-28-2011 at 11:25 AM.
07-28-2011 at 11:25 AM.
Quote from boltman2007 :
How much is your total bill?

I got a $100 gift card to dell.com with my smartphone, and it was free. So that offset 1/3rd of the year in data payments for me.
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boltman2007
07-28-2011 at 11:27 AM.
07-28-2011 at 11:27 AM.
Quote from IVIal :
Dude, one of my favorite apps is my calorie/fitness tracker.

I can take my phone, scan the barcode of the wrapper of the energy bar (or whatever it was) I just ate, and it inputs all the nutrition info for me and keeps a running count of everything.

Where exactly can I get a device that will do that?
Are you overweight and NEED this?
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ForeverDecember
07-28-2011 at 11:27 AM.
07-28-2011 at 11:27 AM.
Quote from boltman2007 :
So to summarize...

Angry Birds
Pron
While waiting for movies or being earlry to dinner
GPS
Contacts
"Productivity"
Replace TV when on road
Entertain when a passenger
Access SlickDeals
Apps

= hundereds of $$$

When you can do most of he same with items you already have?
And to sumarize, I don't pay "hundreds of $$$" for data or anything else. Also, I don't have another device that does what my smartphone does unless you count pen and paper and I don't feel like hand-writting down my poop logs (heh, logs).
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07-28-2011 at 11:27 AM.
07-28-2011 at 11:27 AM.
Quote from boltman2007 :
How much is your total bill?
It's a family plan with three phones (we all have androids) and the total monthly bill is $140. So my share of that is $47. (I'm rounding up.)

Not unreasonable to me by any means, and I don't even have cable TV!
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07-28-2011 at 11:28 AM.
07-28-2011 at 11:28 AM.
Quote from chewspam :
I got a $100 gift card to dell.com with my smartphone, and it was free. So that offset 1/3rd of the year in data payments for me.
You didn't answer the simple question.
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