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Yeah, me neither
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Cost is a non-issue- they are about £700 which is around £2 a day.
I spend more on coffee.
In terms of functionality, these devices are becoming primary computing devices.
For instance, when I go away on a motorcycle tour I take my iPhone and a charger.
If I didn't take it I'd have to take a dumb phone, a camera, an MP3 player, a GPS unit or a map, a laptop for booking hotels, or a list of hotels in each city, which is hard because I often don't know when I will end up.
Also some reading materials- books and magazines.
If I'm going to have a smart phone (and I am) then I want to have a good one it doesn't have to be an iPhone but for myself I see it as a worthwhile expense.
£2 a day is a reasonably small amount to pay to own one.
If I was on a budget I'd rather compromise on some other area of my life in order to be able to afford one.
But, it doesn't rule my life- I don't spend a lot of time using when I've got nothing else to do- it isn't my default 'go to' when I'm at home or out and about.
Edit: one more thing about cost. I sell my year old phone for £300-400 or so, I reckon it still ends up costing £2 a day once I factor in data plan, phone costs, although some of this is a deduction.
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It could be a generational thing? I know at 35 the level of technology that I've got now is probably enough, I'm not very techy, don't need gadgets and have allowed twitter and instagram (although I have accounts to pass me by).
I've got an iphone 5s and pay £10 a month sim only deal-the new technology the 6 introduced and now the 7 doesn't make me want them over what I have now, so I'll use this until it dies and then probably go for the newest model.
The cost isn't massively restrictive either, I imagine you could pick one up for £35 a month? £27 more (less than a 3 a day) for what you've got but it will be able to do a shit load more than yours.
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At the moment I can't imagine buying a new iphone as I can't justify it costing twice as much as my iPad (which I use loads).
IME a second hand top-end phone is a better buy that a new bottom-end phone.
I've got a Nokia 105, cost me just under £15 new. Until last year I had a Nokia 3310 but it finally died on me.
I've also got a Motorola Moto G - which I think is quite cheap as smartphones go - but I've only taken it out of the box a couple of times, I don't understand how to use it.
Can't see the point in paying for the latest phone. Well for me anyway
Ive just bought my own phone to use instead, a cheap iPhone 5C cost me £90 and it's already improved my work / life balance. So whilst I'm sure you can get cheap android phones that do work all the time I've never come across them.
And it it isn't just my phone playing up its company wide, the rest of the uk managers are constantly complaining about dropped calls and missed notifications
the 5C I just bought wasn't an expensive phone on release either but it does work all the time as does my personal iphone
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Personally, I have a relatively cheap (I think it was £60 off eBay?) phone and a £4.95/month SIM-only contract.
Like Octatonic says, if you regularly have to lug all the extra stuff around with you then a thing-that-does-it-all makes perfect sense. The iPhone works best for me so I'm happy to pay out for one, albeit it's a s/h one so I save a few quid.
Some people spend £50 a month on a phone, fuck that that's about 5% of my earnings
Not keen on contracts. I buy the phone. Nexus phones are good value for money.
GOing to get the 5x. £180 for 16GB (remember no memory card so that's it!) or £280 for 32GB... hmmm....
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