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Ha! This is actually sound advice though. My mother needs a phone and left to her own devices her friends of the same age would probably convince her to buy a c
by SllX 4y ago
Ha! This is actually sound advice though. My mother needs a phone and left to her own devices her friends of the same age would probably convince her to buy a cheap Android (which would end up frustrating her eventually), or she just wouldn’t even buy a phone at all.
So I buy her phones. I pay for her service, and I pay for AppleCare, some peripherals and other services that make it useful. It’s the least I could do for her giving me life. She gets a camera too, doesn’t get caught on one side of the digital divide and more importantly, she retains the means of having a social life as she gets older.
- yamtaddle 4y ago> My mother needs a phone and left to her own devices her friends of the same age would probably convince her to buy a cheap Android (which would end up frustrating her eventually), or she just wouldn’t even buy a phone at all. My parents do that. Have plenty of money but just can't bring themselves to spend more than ~$300 on a phone. And, to be fair, if they spent double or even triple that but still bought Android they're correct that it wouldn't be an improvement, since the UI's the main problem. > So I buy her phones. Having watched my parents' experience over the years, I assure you you're doing the right thing.