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I've been assimilated, resistance was futile... (Original Post) Archae Apr 2018 OP
Welcome to 1998! The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2018 #1
As long as it's not smarter than you are. n/t PoliticAverse Apr 2018 #2
It's always smarter than you are. Ferrets are Cool Apr 2018 #9
It was the right time to make the leap True Dough Apr 2018 #3
LOL! Archae Apr 2018 #5
I was the last one in my family to get one Siwsan Apr 2018 #4
I never did get an iPhone-- still have my cell ailsagirl Apr 2018 #6
Like my brother Freddie Apr 2018 #7
I don't text or have a smart phone either Ohiogal Apr 2018 #8

True Dough

(17,305 posts)
3. It was the right time to make the leap
Mon Apr 2, 2018, 06:21 PM
Apr 2018

You've already dropped the "ic" at the end of your screen name, so why not?

Siwsan

(26,268 posts)
4. I was the last one in my family to get one
Mon Apr 2, 2018, 06:27 PM
Apr 2018

But that was back around 2004, or so. I was going to out of state war protests and my poor mom asked me to get one so I could call her, should I need for her to arrange bail. No kidding. So I got a pre-paid T-Mobile flip phone that cost me less than $100 a year to keep going. I'm not a big phone person so it served me just fine.

I'v only recently 'upgraded' to a smart phone and started texting.

Freddie

(9,267 posts)
7. Like my brother
Mon Apr 2, 2018, 07:05 PM
Apr 2018

He has a trac phone "for emergencies" and does not text. No iPhone, no tablet (neither of which you will pry from my cold dead hands). He's only 3 years (and seemingly a generation) older than me. He's pretty frugal (not poor, just cheap) and that's part of it. He'll come around eventually.

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