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Poor people will not care about facebook status updates. I have in no way have disrespect for poor people, just saw something wrong with your statement. Low in
by mandeepj 14y ago
Poor people will not care about facebook status updates. I have in no way have disrespect for poor people, just saw something wrong with your statement.
Low income individuals also will not care about smartphones. It is not expensive to get a smart phone, I believe most of them come free now as part of 2 year contract. The thing that is expensive is monthly phone + data plan bill.
- grecy 14y agoI traveled across Central and South America for 2 years. Without exception, every internet cafe I went to (a lot) was overflowing with locals doing one of two things: 1. Chatting on MSN 2. Facebook
- blablabla123 14y agoNot really different from Germany...
- andrewaylett 14y agoHow are you defining 'poor' in this context? Because I'd expect smartphone ownership to be more correlated with age than wealth, and at least in the UK it's quite easy to get a cheap Android phone for £99 on PAYG, or free on a £12.50/month contract. If you're willing to shop around, you can probably get a cheap phone on a £7.50/month contract (including data).
- mandeepj 14y agoTo me a poor is who can't get food and shelter for living.
- richardjordan 14y agoExpensive in the US. Because we accept the ridiculous pricing and behavior of the telcos and convince ourselves we have it the best it can be. In Europe things are far more competitively priced. I have traveled a lot in the third world and mobile devices are everywhere with smartphones increasingly prevalent. Stopping on a third world convenience store this summer, lost and looking for directions, the scruffy kid behind the counter broke off from playing with apps to show me on the map... On his iPhone.