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To: 21twelve
All I know is my son (15 yrs), when he realized that it was not just the price of the phone but the plan that he would be paying for - he got a midrange Samsung. He probably doesn’t pull it out in front of his friends though!

What? Your son doesn't have to pay for a plan with the Samsung? That really makes no sense. The AT&T voice plans are the same. . . so the only difference has to be in the data plan. Guess what? They're the same or less for the iPhone.

13 posted on 09/21/2010 9:25:59 PM PDT by Swordmaker (This tag line is a Microsoft product "insult" free zone!)
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To: Swordmaker

“...so the only difference has to be in the data plan...”

Correct. I think they make you take the $10 plan no matter what (for texting). But the data plan was something like $35 a month. So he didn’t go for the higher plan, and then figured why have such a nice phone if he wasn’t going to use all of its capabilities. I think he mainly wanted to have it for phone and text (he already had a phone) and for the music (But - he already has an MP3 player).

Of course once he got it in his head that he needed a new phone he still had to buy a new one. (”The keypad is a lot cooler.”)

I’m glad he didn’t get the fancy one - but figured he could make his own decision. I remember saving up my money to buy a pair of Nike’s like my friends as a kid. The luster sure wore off though after the first touch football game and they were just as dirty as my previouse sneakers!

I think he was looking at a Zune(?) too - but that seemed to be pretty limited in the “apps”.

It’s pretty amazing what these “phones” can do. A guy at church has a decibel meter on his to check the sound system!


15 posted on 09/21/2010 10:08:02 PM PDT by 21twelve ( You can go from boom to bust, from dreams to a bowl of dust ... another lost generation.)
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