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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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Everyone justifies their own costs in different ways. That's the point she's making.
So in regards to TV, why should I take YOUR point of view into any consideration? Why don't I just make a few threads and a couple hundreds of posts about how people that PAY for TV are sheep, lemmings, stupid, blah, blah, blah.
Do you get the picture yet?
Everyone justifies their own costs in different ways. That's the point she's making.
So in regards to TV, why should I take YOUR point of view into any consideration? Why don't I just make a few threads and a couple hundreds of posts about how people that PAY for TV are sheep, lemmings, stupid, blah, blah, blah.
Do you get the picture yet?
Yes, exactly! Let's hope being blunt sinks in.
No apples and oranges...feel free to post whatever free country.
Just because I find paying for cell phone data a waste. Multiply it by a family of four and there you have that $1200 just for DATA that most everyone already pays for through Internet access.
I think I'd feel weird having to pay under contract for something I already get free.
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I think I'd feel weird having to pay under contract for something I already get free.
I could save $500 a year if I did it myself, and that is only for a family of two!
I could save $500 a year if I did it myself, and that is only for a family of two!
See Data you pretty much have to pay for....unless you are at Starbucks or pilfering off your neighbor.
I already pay for it... why would I pay again just to have 4g whatever? Just to have a status huge phone.
for example, if I had a flip phone my rate would be the same ... but because I have an android I pay an extra $30/mo data fee. So my "smartphone cost" is 30x12=360/yr (NOT my monthly phone bill x12)
... it is worth the extra to get all of my emails on the go ... esp work. I was going to drop it and go back to a reg. phone and my wife (electronically challenged person) actually said "it's kind of nice to have at least one person be able to look something up when we need it".
See Data you pretty much have to pay for....unless you are at Starbucks or pilfering off your neighbor.
I already pay for it... why would I pay again just to have 4g whatever? Just to have a status huge phone.
All about Convenience.
I have access to water...I pay for someone to run pipes into my house so I don't have to go to the river. It is all the same water, but $125 every 3 months is worth it for at home access. Same reason water costs me $1.00 a bottle at the store...if I want access to the river water WHERE EVER I am...I have to pay a premium.
I do not have to pay for the internet...that is free all over the place...I am paying someone for access to it. I pay $30 for simple access from my house...I choose to pay another $20 for access from ANYWHERE I WANT.
You don't want to access it anywhere...I do...I have to pay a premium for that, and I do.
So, if the actual price for a data plan for your phone was $1200/year would it be worth it to you?
A excellent example of how I find value in having a smartphone and paying for data at a fraction of what OP claimed in his original trolling post is doing what retailers call 'scan & scram.' IOW when shopping I will use an app on my phone to scan the barcode on a product I am interested in buying, and compare that store's price with other store prices (the app does all this) in my area plus interweb retailer prices like Amazon. Almost always I can find a much better deal for the product on the interweb just from the app. It also lets me look for the product on SD or on um....'another' deal site so if the product is a hot deal somewhere I can get in on it before it sells out. Has this saved me money? Hell yes! On several deals I have saved as much or more than my phone's cost WITH data for that entire month so OP's trolling is just that....ignorance and trolling since he never allowed for the scenario I just described. It blows his claim out of the water and proves that a smartphone may or can in fact save you money....sometimes enough money to more than pay for itself completely in a given month.
All about Convenience.
I have access to water...I pay for someone to run pipes into my house so I don't have to go to the river. It is all the same water, but $125 every 3 months is worth it for at home access. Same reason water costs me $1.00 a bottle at the store...if I want access to the river water WHERE EVER I am...I have to pay a premium.
I do not have to pay for the internet...that is free all over the place...I am paying someone for access to it. I pay $30 for simple access from my house...I choose to pay another $20 for access from ANYWHERE I WANT.
You don't want to access it anywhere...I do...I have to pay a premium for that, and I do.
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And is it on Android or iOS?