SmartPhone
Mar. 12th, 2013 12:53 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
tygatiDuring yesterday's outing, amatsubu and I stopped by AT&T and T-Mobile to look at smartphones. Now, I am one of those people who hangs onto something until it falls into dust rather than continually upgrading to the newest and greatest thing. My cell phone is 6+ years old, and the one before that was of similar age when it finally decided not to turn on anymore. This is often a matter of stubborn pride for me, but increasingly I've been feeling disconnected from the world at large. I see all my co-workers checking this or that on their breaks, I come home from work to find pages worth of Twittering from my friends, and I find myself wondering... am I missing something? Should I finally join the rest of the 21st century?
Obviously, the biggest downside is cost. Based on what we learned yesterday, getting a smartphone would slightly more than double my monthly bill. My current plan is one that is no longer offered, and the closest equivilent they have is their Senor Citizen plan. :P I use my phone once or twice a week to call my mother and grandmother, and don't text at all. Occasionally I tell people that I am the most boring person on the planet.
So, the question is... is it worth it?
I don't know, so I thought I'd get input from the rest of the world. :3
amatsubu and I stopped by AT&T and T-Mobile to look at smartphones. Now, I am one of those people who hangs onto something until it falls into dust rather than continually upgrading to the newest and greatest thing. My cell phone is 6+ years old, and the one before that was of similar age when it finally decided not to turn on anymore. This is often a matter of stubborn pride for me, but increasingly I've been feeling disconnected from the world at large. I see all my co-workers checking this or that on their breaks, I come home from work to find pages worth of Twittering from my friends, and I find myself wondering... am I missing something? Should I finally join the rest of the 21st century?Obviously, the biggest downside is cost. Based on what we learned yesterday, getting a smartphone would slightly more than double my monthly bill. My current plan is one that is no longer offered, and the closest equivilent they have is their Senor Citizen plan. :P I use my phone once or twice a week to call my mother and grandmother, and don't text at all. Occasionally I tell people that I am the most boring person on the planet.
So, the question is... is it worth it?
I don't know, so I thought I'd get input from the rest of the world. :3