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1st world problems... Edit: As a lower-middle-class American, my (budgetary) choice to be without a cell-phone has not impacted my quality of life in any notic
by bcook 12y ago
1st world problems...
Edit: As a lower-middle-class American, my (budgetary) choice to be without a cell-phone has not impacted my quality of life in any noticeable way. The linked story says nothing more than "life without modern conveniences is relatively inconvenient." How is that illuminating, in any way?
But yeah... my original comment is kinda deserving of downvoting, if I'm honest.
- imjustsaying 12y agoAnecdotally speaking, cell phones have appeared to be pretty saturated in all the developing countries I've been in. I bought my current phone for about $55. It's got a quadcore 1.3ghz processor, 512MB of RAM, a decent screen but a mediocre front and back camera. It might have some backdoors in it though, as it's got some software I can't uninstall without rooting. The plans, minutes, and internet bandwidth in developing countries have been far cheaper than say Verizon's (perhaps no longer available) plan for 1GB of data for $40. The plans range from about $2 for 1GB in some countries to $16 for 1GB plus a chunk of talk and messaging time.