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Are you new here?.................Stop complaining .......
Are you new here?.................Stop complaining .......
Stop complaining and figure out what works for you!
You can do that in the near term, but I think over time, because of the way the world is evolving, you're going to want the most up to date smartphone you can reasonably afford.
Within 5 to 10 years at most, paper money usage is going to be almost non-existent, physical credit card usage is going to go way down as well. The government, banks, credit card companies, and anything finance related will be moving everyone and everything digital.
If you have a budget friendly model, it's not going to be sufficient for doing anything other than making/receiving calls and text messages. Today it's easy for many of us to say that's plenty. However, over the coming decade it will not be.
+1 to the Motorola "G" series budget phones that sell in the ~$200 range. DW and I have both been using them for the past several years without major problems.
I had good luck with a Moto G phone, but I know some people have not.
First, even budget phones can do transactions. All they need is apps. The iPhone SE is only $400 or so.
Second, even Dave Ramsey knows cash is still king...
https://www.daveramsey.com/blog/cashless-society
Yeah, you might also be worried about college costs, weddings, and all the rest. Still, get a decent phone like Pixel 4a or whatever it's called, and enjoy yourself. Even a used Pixel 3 will suffice. Yeah, everybody recommends what they're using.Hardly complaining as my texting is deliberately limited
“On my way”
“yeah pork chops are fine”
“This is going to take longer than expected”
“German Pancake sounds good”
“What aisle are you in?”
You know critical stuff.
Did you miss my question, post #24?Yeah, you might also be worried about college costs, weddings, and all the rest. Still, get a decent phone like Pixel 4a or whatever it's called, and enjoy yourself. Even a used Pixel 3 will suffice. Yeah, everybody recommends what they're using.
You're gonna see more deals as the holidays progress. Great time to be alive.
Three years ago I switched to Cricket Wireless ($30/month unlimited phone and texting plus 2 GB data/month free). Cricket gave me a free LG smartphone for porting my phone number over to them from Verizon.
My free Cricket phone has calling and texting and internet, and a weather app front and center. But I never need directions so I don't even know if it has whatever would be needed for that.
Love my phone, love Cricket. (Thanks again for the suggestion that this plan might fit my needs, REWahoo!)
My free LG phone is fine so far. When it craters, I can get a new LG phone from Cricket that looks pretty much the same, for $79.
Honestly people spend too much money on smartphones.
+1
There's another active thread right now that makes my spin. I guess I'm missing out on a lot. Not exactly sure what.
I know I'm not missing saving thousands over the last few years.
First, you need your phone to be supported. The minute an app doesn't support your phone, or manufacturer doesn't provide for an updated release of the operating system installed on your phone, you're through as far as that app goes. <snip>
"iPhone SE is only $400"? You must be on the wrong thread, my friend - this is about "budget" phones, and sorry, $400 is not on the playing field.
Some of you folks can fight it and lash out all you like, but in time, you'll either join the rest of the world as it transitions, be left behind, or pass away as it happens.
For the price, the Moto G has been fantastic....
You can do that in the near term, but I think over time, because of the way the world is evolving, you're going to want the most up to date smartphone you can reasonably afford.
Within 5 to 10 years at most, paper money usage is going to be almost non-existent, physical credit card usage is going to go way down as well. The government, banks, credit card companies, and anything finance related will be moving everyone and everything digital.
If you have a budget friendly model, it's not going to be sufficient for doing anything other than making/receiving calls and text messages. Today it's easy for many of us to say that's plenty. However, over the coming decade it will not be.
You have a crystal ball? IMO your statements are speculative, not facts. ...
Nothing wrong with any of that & I tend to agree. Everyone has opinions and some of us will be right on some of the stuff. My issue is more that @nj states his opinions as if they were facts. Which they are not. There are no facts about the future, only speculation and opinions.My 2c. I think Howie is right on the part of paper money and eventually physical credit cards going the way of the dodo bird.... I can see that emerging in that our cash burn is negligible with most everything on credit cards and only a small subset of our credit card transactions are using the physical plastic credit card with the rest online.
But I think that will still likely be reasonable cost phones (like my $120 moto G7 Play) that will do the trick for transactions and that reasonable cost phones will not necessarily be limited to calls and texts.
Let's compare notes in 5-10 years and see.
My issue is more that @nj states his opinions as if they were facts.
Sorry for those who bows to peer pressure. Good thing most of them are young and have lots of opportunity to practice how not to care about what other thinks or require others' approval of their selfworth.My GF's daughter is paying $125 a month for her plan which includes the latest iPhone which she says she absolutely HAS to have. She says all her friends have large phone bill and "that's the way we do it these days".
I replaced my perfectly fine Samsung S7 (mostly because I wanted a larger screen) but got a brand new Samsung A11 for $200.
Big spender. My Pageplus plan is $10 every 120 days........... Even with that, my monthly plan is $6 [emoji23]. .........
Big spender. My Pageplus plan is $10 every 120 days.