We just did a similar discussion with my daughter on a laptop computer. But I do love to sneak a text in when no one is looking! I’m still very old school when it comes to cell phone use, if I’m in a crowd and my phone buzzes (never rings) I’ll either ignore the call or excuse myself to answer the phone. She wants something with web and music, just because. So I want her to get a cell phone for what she uses. But I know the dilemna, my daughter needs a new cell phone - hers is 3 years old and getting finicky. But it was free with my plan a year ago or I wouldn’t have it. Most of our lifestyle still seems to be about keeping up with the Joneses - even if we don’t know who the Joneses are! Its like that saying “he who dies with the most toys wins!” Only now it isn’t the number of toys, it is the newness and greatest technology toys that win.Ĭell phones - yeah I’ve got one - its a Razr. While I think it is wrong for a 10 year old to have a fully featured cellphone I can not judge the thought process of a parent I don’t know, for there are legitimate reasons for children to have cellphones. Parents today could just say “no” but it is easier to say “yes” and not have to deal with the kid complaining. Ultimately I think that kids are getting phones to early in life, and it is more social status then requirement, but like others have said I think it falls on the parents more then anything else. Right now I am looking at a new phone mainly for the pda features that mine lacks, but that doesn’t say that EVERYONE needs one. Now my current phone acts as an MP3 player, movie viewer, camera, and a bunch of other features which I still haven’t had a use for yet. I remember the first few phones I had nothing more then the basic phone features and maybe some games, I even thought it was special when I could use my phone as a modem and get 14.4 connection speeds on my computer. After some time using the phone I come to get used to having those features and don’t think I would get a phone that didn’t have them in the future. I have had a cell phone now for about 8 years and I must say that every phone I have gotten has many new features, most of which I think are not essental when I buy the phone. It’s like giving someone a fish rather than teaching them how to fish. If you give someone everything they want, what did they actually learn? Nothing. If they want a camera phone, $100 digital cameras will take MUCH better pictures than almost all smart phones. If they want music, they probably already have iPods. But if they want anything better, then they should get a job and earn it. If they want a cell phone, I see no problem with giving them a $50 phone. Shame on the parents for letting their kids ‘insist’ that they need Blackberries or other similar phones. By then, I could actually see myself using one to it’s full potential, and the memory will probably be upgraded to 16Gb or 32Gb, making it worthwhile for watching movies. (Plus, it was a free phone with my current plan.) I’ve seriously considered getting an iPhone in a year and a half when my current contract is up. That’s it, and right now that’s all I need from a cell phone. My current cell phone is used for making calls and texting. I honestly, looked for only a few features when I bought my phone, one was that it must flip, another was to have T9 texting, others included Blue tooth (becuase who wants to pay for ring tones, and texts of pictures to facebook), extended battery life, camera/video and a media player, just becuase I like being able to carry my music around with me. We would have to call and text each other to ensure that everyone knew. We have two schools as a part of our team, and if I meeting was canceled last minute, it wasn’t something either of them would put over the PA. I don’t think it would of run as smoothly as it did, if it wasn’t for the majority of the team having cell phones. I know whenever I get the chance I will call a peers cell phone, rather than their land line becuase I am uncomfortable with talking to people I don’t know (especially parents).Īs for upgrades to more flashy phones, I feel that it’s a status thing, if so and so has the most expensive phone out there, it might make them feel cool.įor the 2007 season, I was my team’s captain. I love technology, but is there a line that needs to be drawn?Ĭell phones just make life easier becuase normally they don’t belong to a family, like a land line might. Cell phones are a part of many peoples lives and they are getting flashier and flashier by the day, but is there really a need for all of the new gadgets and upgrades? I can understand businessmen need them for their work (whatever it may be) but seeing my peers, even my younger brother’s peers (in middle school) with fancy blackberries.
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