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Question: Should I get a smartphone?
My current flip phone is 2 years old. I'm eligible for a 2 year upgrade discount. (Although apparently Verizon is now charging a $30 fee for that. Which is ridiculous.) I don't have a texting plan because I don't really have many people to text with. For mobile email, I have a Kindle. That gives me free unlimited browsing... at 3G speed with a black & white screen. So I can check email, glance at Twitter, load FB's mobile page, etc. But it's slow and limited.
My take has always been that I'm not really away from home enough to justify the added expense. Adding a data plan would be $30 a month. Which adds up to $360/year. More if I wanted a texting plan, too. Not to mention what I'd inevitably spend on apps and such. And, of course, the phones (every 2 years) would be more expensive, too.
But I'm also trying to start a business. Maybe a better phone should be a consideration for that.
IDK. Most of my contact with friends and the world at large is online. Which means I have relatively little use for a phone... but much more use for mobile internet on those times when I actually am out and about.
Any thoughts or advice?
My current flip phone is 2 years old. I'm eligible for a 2 year upgrade discount. (Although apparently Verizon is now charging a $30 fee for that. Which is ridiculous.) I don't have a texting plan because I don't really have many people to text with. For mobile email, I have a Kindle. That gives me free unlimited browsing... at 3G speed with a black & white screen. So I can check email, glance at Twitter, load FB's mobile page, etc. But it's slow and limited.
My take has always been that I'm not really away from home enough to justify the added expense. Adding a data plan would be $30 a month. Which adds up to $360/year. More if I wanted a texting plan, too. Not to mention what I'd inevitably spend on apps and such. And, of course, the phones (every 2 years) would be more expensive, too.
But I'm also trying to start a business. Maybe a better phone should be a consideration for that.
IDK. Most of my contact with friends and the world at large is online. Which means I have relatively little use for a phone... but much more use for mobile internet on those times when I actually am out and about.
Any thoughts or advice?
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