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I would like one but they're going to be too expensive. Besides, my two year contract doesn't end until next summer with AT&T/Cingular so hopefully by then they'll be cheaper and I can get it. If not I am just going to get the Blackberry Curve.
Can't argue with that. But once the human race advances there is no way in it'll turn back.
I would like one but they're going to be too expensive. Besides, my two year contract doesn't end until next summer with AT&T/Cingular so hopefully by then they'll be cheaper and I can get it. If not I am just going to get the Blackberry Curve.
They used pay phones and landlines, both of which are getting scarce in a hurry.
Meh, I don't see the necessity of a cell phone for a 15 year old. Mondays to Fridays the kid's in HS for most of the day. I don't know how the needs of 15 years olds in 2007 has changed drastically from 1997.
And teens hardly use cell phones to call their parents, that's for sure. My friends that had cell phones in HS used it as a portable game system/talking to friends during school hours. I'd hate to see them with $500 iPhones @ that age.
IMO there just ain't much going on in the life a 15 year old.
What are you going to do if your 15 YO hates the huge ing phone? It's a ing brick compared to normal cel phones. Just get him a flip phone that plays music. Teens are WAY irresponsible. He'll be losing it about every 6 months.
Oh, and I'll save you a little aggravation. Buy an unlimited texting package. They're going to do it like crazy. Also, inquire into disabling features like game and ringtone downloads and internet browsing. They won't tell you about it. You have to ask. A co-worker bought cel phones for her two kids, and they texted, downloaded everything possible, and generally acted like teens. Her first phone bill was seven or eight hundred dollars.
Last edited by exstatic; 06-25-2007 at 10:12 PM.
If your kids need to make a call, tell them to borrow their friend's phone. It's a win-win for everyone.
When they get a drivers licence is when u should get him one. Ask me, my kid almost died when she was almost 17. Pay phone............too old skewl!
But need to be taught!!!!
We have an extra cell phone, a family phone, that my kids use. Whichever one is gone (friends house, basketball game, etc) gets to use it. It has saved me a lot of aggravation and worrying. We live 11 miles from their school and sometimes I need to reach them if I am running late to pick them up or if they need to ride the bus, etc.
I made it quite clear that it still MY phone.
rockin a blackberry 8800..... A IPHONE!
iPhone costs wayyyyy too much. I'm happy with my Blackjack.
not really, i see pay phones and land lines everywhere. furthermore, while cell phones can be helpful they are also a crutch and promote laziness. you can get yourself out of any situation without a cell phone...
...but let me be clear, i am not against cell phones (even though i usually leave mine at home when i go out anyway), i don't see the need for high schoolers let alone junior high schoolers to have them.
Welcome to 2007.
iPhone pricing is not really out of line with any major phone release. i believe the blackjack cost around the same when it debuted.
i havent had a cell in almost 2 years but this iphone makes me want a phone again. hopefully ill get one soon enough.
my boss has a blackjack thats cool but its no iphone. this iphone is in cool
I don't think any 15 year old NEEDS an Iphone they may want one but they don't need it the thing has a blackberry it plays movies and music and has Internet if a kid needs a cell phone for emergencies than fine but since when does a kid need a blackberry for emergencies plus I think it would be better to wait till they get all the bugs and kinks out
I think a kid needs a cell when they are old enough to be out of the house without their parents in a non-school related manner - probably 15 to 16.
As for cell phones - I have one and it's my only phone. I cut off the land lines and haven't looked back.
That said, I have grown to absolutely hate the damn thing. It's an electric leash and anyone can get ahold of you at anytime. I like to get away from people for a while so most of the time during the days I just put it on silent and stick it in the center console in the car. I'll check it a couple of times to see if anything is urget, but other than that I ignore it.
I'm not buying another phone until one comes out that has satellite TV capabilities where I can catch the game while I'm sitting in waiting rooms or on the benches at shopping centers waiting for the better half to perform her instinctual shopping duties.
I pretty much heard that the iphone still needs a few kinks and bugs worked on, so if you want one, it is probably best you wait. I in particular could care less about the phone but hey thats me.
As far as kids are concerned, these days i've seen kids in elementary school have cell phones. WTF?!?! Back in high school when cells were first in and the pager was becoming extinct...lol everyone had one tho...my mom said wtf do you need one for? Pretty much didnt get one...I got my cell phone at the age of prolly 18/19 at this point i dont recall.
But as far as pay phones are concerned, it is becoming very rare out here in southern cali atleast to find some. Half of them dont work and the others you probably dont want your child in that area.
But no way in should you get your 15 y/o son a damn iphone...if you do make sure you insure it, and you will still probably have to pay $$$ if he loses it to replace it. I as a parent would say no.
Would love to get one, but my contract w/Nextel runs until the new year. I would love to get rid of my i870's to get a new phone.
time warner and sprint offer the piVot service.
http://www.apple.com/iphone/pr/20070626plans.html
doesn't seem like a bad deal with unlimited data.AT&T Inc. and Apple® today announced three simple, affordable service plans for iPhone™ which start at just $59.99 per month. All three plans include unlimited data, Visual Voicemail, 200 SMS text messages, roll-over minutes and unlimited mobile-to-mobile calling. With everything else already included, iPhone customers can easily choose the plan that’s right for them based on the amount of voice minutes they plan to use each month. In addition, iPhone customers can choose from any of AT&T’s standard service plans.
I think it'll be bad ass.
I'm in line on friday at noon, sold my ipod and sk3, no phone is perfect, but I do love the FULL internet in my pocket not the baby internet u get with the treo or blackberry, also its an ipod. The optical quality glass screen that is a touchscreen sold me also. The ipone also features a full os, mac os 10, how many other phones run vista or xp for that matter. Don't hate the iphone, u kbnow u want one lol.
I was planning on it awhile back, but I ended up getting a new Blackjack for only $75 w/ a 2 year plan a couple weeks ago. I'm sure they are cool, but I don't think I would ever spend $500 on a phone I know will be 1/5 of that in a year. Look at the RAZR, that thing was like $250 when it first came out. Now its the phone you get for free when you sign a plan.
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