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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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boltman2007
07-29-2011 at 08:28 AM.
07-29-2011 at 08:28 AM.
Quote from zmarko :
It's your refusal to accept anything that people are saying. People have explained it to you 100's of times at this point. But you seem too dense to realize that people are going to find value in different things. You may have some fancy espresso machine, which I would find zero value in, but I'm not asking people repeatedly why they have one. They have one because they enjoy it. You really seem dense. Seriously.
Difference is very few have espresso machines making them special.

Seems everyone has a data plan! Great for the phone companies!
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Jason_of_Texas
07-29-2011 at 08:29 AM.
07-29-2011 at 08:29 AM.
to conform with the rest of the nation, same as a big phone and data plan,DUH Whee
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tresanus
07-29-2011 at 08:29 AM.
07-29-2011 at 08:29 AM.
Quote from boltman2007 :
Difference is very few have espresso machines making them special.

Seems everyone has a data plan! Great for the phone companies!
Sounds like you are the one caught up with the joneses...
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07-29-2011 at 08:31 AM.
07-29-2011 at 08:31 AM.
Quote from tresanus :
Thats fine, I am sure we all can think of things that make us laugh that other people buy.
But to not be able to see the value consumers perceive from a data plan is also laughable, especially if you already spend $$ on a cell phone plan (I bet more then my data and cell plan too).

It would be very tiresome to go out and fight everyone who I think over spent on something they didnt need. They can simply answer, it was worth it to me.. and what else can you say to that? Obviously it was if they traded the cash for the item/service.

I bought a second xbox for my bedroom so I didnt have to lug the one in the living room around if I wanted to play in our bedroom. Some may think it was stupid, to me it was easily worth the 200 bucks...
XBox is a bitch to disconnect I can see why you did it.
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Majide
07-29-2011 at 09:59 AM.
07-29-2011 at 09:59 AM.
You are complaining because people are paying money for entertainment... People want to pay hundreds of dollars on their phone plans for the same reason you want to pay hundreds of dollars for your TV/cable plan.

I agree that it's crazy to spend so much money per month on data plans and such - so I don't do it. I have friends who barely have money to pay for gas sometimes, but they have smart phones. I think that is very stupid. But for most people: if you have the money and you don't care - then go for it! I have the money, but I'd rather save it right now.


Then again many people in this thread brought up plenty of things that are convincing me to buy one Smilie
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square_one
07-29-2011 at 09:59 AM.
07-29-2011 at 09:59 AM.
Quote from boltman2007 :
Seems everyone has a data plan!
and that means everyone is a sheep right? it doesn't mean that people enjoy and find value in their smartphones/data plans.

seems like everyone has a computer too...and a tv...and a bed...and a vacuum... stupid sheep.
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07-29-2011 at 10:31 AM.
07-29-2011 at 10:31 AM.
Quote from Majide :
You are complaining because people are paying money for entertainment... People want to pay hundreds of dollars on their phone plans for the same reason you want to pay hundreds of dollars for your TV/cable plan.

I agree that it's crazy to spend so much money per month on data plans and such - so I don't do it. I have friends who barely have money to pay for gas sometimes, but they have smart phones. I think that is very stupid. But for most people: if you have the money and you don't care - then go for it! I have the money, but I'd rather save it right now.


Then again many people in this thread brought up plenty of things that are convincing me to buy one Smilie
I don't want to pay $130 for cable... I rationalize it because it gives me cable modem access (way faster than most smart phones), a land line, and NFL Network. I can record shows and fast forward through commercials. Saves time.

Had they never came up with NFL network and the games played there I would be streaming all my shows and ditch the digital cable HD-DVR. Fact is there is not much good entertainment anyhow.

Seriously what is good to watch besides NFL, History channel, PBS, Science Channel etc???

Even movies are lame what's the last GREAT movie you've seen?
For me maybe Avatar just because it was ground breaking in the technology of film making. It was worth the $9.
How many comic book films can they roll out? A: All of them! What was the last GOOD one?

How many times do you need to hear the same song?

Data plans for hundreds and nothing special forget it.
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Maleficent
07-29-2011 at 10:41 AM.
07-29-2011 at 10:41 AM.
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I'll settle for either proving you know more about tech, or proving that you're smart.
Snowball's chance in hell... laugh out loud

Quote from boltman2007 :
LOL... The apps are "cute"
So is your behemoth of a TV... Girly

Quote from tresanus :
What something is worth to an individual is not up for dispute.

Why buy a porsche when a kia performs the same function
Why do you need 3 bedrooms when you are living alone
Why do you need 4 pairs of shoes when you only have 2 feet...

We could keep going..
Secret Common sense, rationality and reasoning have no effect on the OP. Wink

Quote from tresanus :
Nobody is trying to convince you that you need it. They are justifying why they pay the $$ for it. If the money is worth more to you then the convenience then so be it, I don't argue with my grandmother for not having a cell phone either..
Your grandmother is probably nicer, smarter and better at understanding technology.
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moey
07-29-2011 at 12:13 PM.
07-29-2011 at 12:13 PM.
I just carry a pop tart in my pocket, that way when I get hungry I can eat my data plan.
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Landers
07-29-2011 at 12:21 PM.
07-29-2011 at 12:21 PM.
Quote from boltman2007 :
Seriously what is good to watch besides NFL, History channel, PBS, Science Channel etc???
USA's original series: Burn Notice, Royal Pains, Suits, etc..
SyFy's original series: Warehouse 13, Eureka

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How many comic book films can they roll out? A: All of them! What was the last GOOD one?
Iron Man, Captain America, Thor.


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How many times do you need to hear the same song?
You only ever listen to a song once and that's it? laugh out loud
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07-29-2011 at 12:23 PM.
07-29-2011 at 12:23 PM.
Quote from Landers :
USA's original series: Burn Notice, Royal Pains, Suits, etc..
SyFy's original series: Warehouse 13, Eureka



Iron Man, Captain America, Thor.




You only ever listen to a song once and that's it? laugh out loud
But those are YOUR opinions man, they don't count! OP's opinions are the only ones that count!

It doesn't matter if they don't make sense, or if they're crazy and stupid, they are LAW! Whee
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07-29-2011 at 01:03 PM.
07-29-2011 at 01:03 PM.
Quote from Landers :
USA's original series: Burn Notice, Royal Pains, Suits, etc..
SyFy's original series: Warehouse 13, Eureka



Iron Man, Captain America, Thor.




You only ever listen to a song once and that's it? laugh out loud

Are you serious about those USA SyFy shows? Never would I watch those, it'd be a waste of time.


Last good series was LOST and it ended badly pretty upset at the waste of an ending, The Office was good for a few seasons.

Before that maybe the first few seasons of X-Files...

Then going back really far Barny Miller, M*A*S*H and All in the family, Fawlty Towers, Bob Newhart, Mary Tyler Moore etc.


Really shows have gone downhill. Due to reality TV.

Oh I forgot Tosh .0 is funny.




Iron Man was ok
Captain America...waiting for cable
Thor...ok

Great NO I doubt I'll watch any of them over. Certainly not on a 4" screen LOL
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07-29-2011 at 01:05 PM.
07-29-2011 at 01:05 PM.
Quote from boltman2007 :
Are you serious about those USA SyFy shows? Never would I watch those, it'd be a waste of time.

Iron Man was ok
Captain America...waiting for cable
Thor...ok

Great NO
See what I mean, Landers? Roll
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tresanus
07-29-2011 at 01:17 PM.
07-29-2011 at 01:17 PM.
Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Workaholics
American Pickers
Storage Wars/Auction Hunters
Pawn Stars/Hardcore Pawn
South Park

I'd better not mention the HBO shows I liked or OP will do some math then ridicule me on how much I spent on premium cable for 10 years
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07-29-2011 at 01:23 PM.
07-29-2011 at 01:23 PM.
Quote from tresanus :
Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia
Workaholics
American Pickers
Storage Wars/Auction Hunters
Pawn Stars/Hardcore Pawn
South Park

I'd better not mention the HBO shows I liked or OP will do some math then ridicule me on how much I spent on premium cable for 10 years

Great I watch those too on FREE cable.

Great shows hardly. More like time fillers.

Just like Horders, First 48, Intervention etc.


Oh and HBO here's my favorite thing on FREE WEEKENDS I actually record some movies/shows and then realize how much of a waste that service is.

You'd think they would make available their BEST stuff... it's horrible should be a free channel cause that's what it's worth.

I had HBO when it first came out soon cancelled it. Remember the rotating HBO with the dent, of course not you weren't born yet.
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