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Are Smartphones really worth $1200 per year to use???
April 9, 2012 at
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ON TOP of the phone itself ? I don't think so.
What is it? Social status? My friend has one so I NEED one?
I'll take my dumb phone and laptop any day.
What is it? Social status? My friend has one so I NEED one?
I'll take my dumb phone and laptop any day.
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I think you're just so intent on going against the grain (even though it's illogical, cumbersome, less convenient, and provides no actual benefit to you) so you can delude yourself into feeling "unique" and "special." 
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In fact, you're so hellbent on going against anything with any sort of mass popularity so you can be "different" that you actually make yourself believe that the crap you have is somehow "better." And the funniest part about that is that it makes you so angry, you have to lash out at anyone that uses the devices that you hate so much. Which in turn makes you look like a complete idiot to everyone else because of your gigantic delusions, and then you become a social pariah. Well... bravo, buddy. You certainly set yourself apart from the crowd. 
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Sounds to me like he has a shitty laptop and a shitty cell phone.
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And a shitty TV!
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It's 34" and weighs 300lbs!
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...and is 20th century technology
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At least he's got unlimited texting.
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34in tube tv? GTFOH
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That's the problem. He isn't using his mind. He is getting all of his information out of some old Popular Mechanics magazines from the 1980's
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This is Slickdeals after all and I have yet to be convinced paying for DATA is a slickdeal.
I'm not at all convinced that paying for movies or TV series on DVDs or blu-ray discs is even remotely a slick deal when I can stream or download everything I want for free. But that doesn't mean I should keep making threads and hundreds of posts whining about it, especially when it doesn't even affect me and I don't have any place in saying what other people should do with the money they earned. (hint, hint)
I still prefer the concept of an answering machine so nobody can track me down wherever I go.
I can understand the appeal for some but it just isn't something that fits into my life. I'm sure I can afford any phone and typical data plan out there but there still has to be some value in it for me and right now it just isn't there.
If it eventually gets to the point where I can get good online access at work I will probably reconsider.
I'm not at all convinced that paying for movies or TV series on DVDs or blu-ray discs is even remotely a slick deal when I can stream or download everything I want for free. But that doesn't mean I should keep making threads and hundreds of posts whining about it, especially when it doesn't even affect me and I don't have any place in saying what other people should do with the money they earned. (hint, hint)
Seems with smartphones instead of getting that explanation instead the response is that of an angry mob.
I still prefer the concept of an answering machine so nobody can track me down wherever I go.
I can understand the appeal for some but it just isn't something that fits into my life. I'm sure I can afford any phone and typical data plan out there but there still has to be some value in it for me and right now it just isn't there.
If it eventually gets to the point where I can get good online access at work I will probably reconsider.
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Hardly. I'd like to see how many people you could convince paying hundreds of thousands of dollars for one car is "worth it."
Seems with smartphones instead of getting that explanation instead the response is that of an angry mob.
Got it?
As for your obsolete TV....glad you are happy with it since that's all you can afford.
That's not true. Even if you have a phone with you, that doesn't mean you're constantly available. You could be driving, in a meeting, working, on the phone with someone else, in a movie, etc. I don't think anyone would automatically assume having a phone with you all the time means you're always available. That would seem like a pretty irrational assumption.
Simply for Picture Quality its pretty much unbeatable by LCD or Plasma.... the reason the US moved to those was energy savings and cost... but in terms of which TV produces a better picture hands down a direct view CRT wins...by choice.
Theft proof a plus.
Got it?
As for your obsolete TV....glad you are happy with it since that's all you can afford.
That's not true. Even if you have a phone with you, that doesn't mean you're constantly available. You could be driving, in a meeting, working, on the phone with someone else, in a movie, etc. I don't think anyone would automatically assume having a phone with you all the time means you're always available. That would seem like a pretty irrational assumption.
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I've never felt any obligation to return cell phone voicemails faster than home phone voicemails. I typically won't listen to my cell voicemails when I'm out and about anyway, unless it could potentially be about my kid.
Do your friends with cell phones just have some crazy, unrealistic expectations or something?