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When you get old enough you won't care what it looks like as long as it does what you want it to do.
Agreed. I am still using my SLVR I got in 2006. I have dropped it 10 times a day, it's gotten wet, it's been stepped on...still works great. It still always has a better signal than anyone's smart phone, no matter which provider.
I have internet at home, at work, and even in my car (thanks to Onstar - YES, you can just call them to ask a question - google!). Don't need a smart phone. Though I admit part of my resistance is that I HATE how it's turned folks into a society of tick-tick-tick constant iphone a-holes who can't even talk to the people around you.
On verizon the data plan is required. It will activate by itself when you call in.
It's not T-mobile when you can swap an old sim card from a flip phone and use that on smartphone to avoid ata. Not sure if that's possible on T-mobile anymore but it was before.
Anyone else notice this? Couldn't justify $30 a month of data I rarely used. I have a computer for email. I recently sold my eris on ebay, and went back to my Black razr2. Well, the razr2 broke last week. So, now, I'm left with regular phones that wouldn't even impress the biggest nerds.
EVERY current regular phone has intentionally been made to look lame. They could easily design a non-smartphone with a keyboard like the Samsung Alias, except made to look cool.
I understand I'm in the minority here, but the way I see it, if you pay for a data plan, you are just giving them free money in a down economy. Just what Verizon wants.
30 x 12 = $360
I personally would not give anyone $360 for no reason. I understand for some people it's essential to be able to check email and reply instantly at any given time. Smartphones have intentionally been made to "require" a data plan, when it could have been engineered to NOT require one, and just use wi-fi when it's available, which is basically everywhere given it's 2011, and the US is not sub-saharan Africa.
I think it's sad that a stylish dumbphone can't be found anywhere. Verizon knows it would hurt their profits, lol.
Do you really want a phone for how well it impresses other people? Seriously? Wow. I could not care less. I've had only 3...THREE...different cell phones. Ever. And the current one is almost 4 years old. It works. And that is all I need.
Agreed. I am still using my SLVR I got in 2006. I have dropped it 10 times a day, it's gotten wet, it's been stepped on...still works great. It still always has a better signal than anyone's smart phone, no matter which provider.
I have internet at home, at work, and even in my car (thanks to Onstar - YES, you can just call them to ask a question - google!). Don't need a smart phone. Though I admit part of my resistance is that I HATE how it's turned folks into a society of tick-tick-tick constant iphone a-holes who can't even talk to the people around you.
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