Help me! Would you be able to get another phone after an iPhone?

[AlphaDogg]

I went from a crappy verizon phone to an iPhone 3G to an iPhone 4. After about a month or two with the iPhone 4 I gave up on smartphones. They're so incredibly unnecessary (computer science college student with a job, btw).

So now I have a $30 Nokia. It doesn't even have a camera, but it does have predictive text. It is more than a satisfying phone and it's much better than my old verizon phone and more pocketable than any iPhone.


Relevance? Do you pay your phone bill? Do you have a job to buy an iPhone? I trust your relatives want you to spend your mitzvah money on something a little more worthwhile.

I see your point, and I admire it. However, that does not mean that it applies to me. I live on my phone. I use it every day, between passing periods, etc.... If you were to have a device that you use at least 4 hours each day, wouldn't you want it to be an enjoyable phone? I know I certainly would.

Also, about the Bar Mitzvah money- it will likely be used to pay for a trip to Israel that the 10th grade at my school takes. I am in 9th grade, so that trip will be next year.

There are people on this forum who think that just cause someone had something that they didn't at that age (or still don't) that they must be a brat or just spoiled and totally undeserving (how dare some one else be luckier than them and it must mean they are brats).

To them I say their jealousy is showing.

I didn't have a cellphone at all until I was 25? I think (and it certainly wasn't my parents giving one to me) or even my own phone line (I guess the equivalent in my time as cellphones were non-existant/very rare) and the computer was the family computer (though I think I was the one who mostly used it). I don't begrudge kids today having their own computer (actually, it's probably a good thing because kids these days need to learn how to be very comfortable on a computer to get a good job, and you do that best starting them young).

And I'll echo judging from his replies the OP is showing a ton more maturity than a lot of posters I tend to see on here in general.

I completely agree. My mom tries to use the same reasoning as iBark, saying that she did not have an iPhone 4 as a kid, and doesn't understand why I need one. I appreciate your compliment regarding my maturity. But, if you ever met me, you would know that I am not mature about other things--I always laugh at that's what she said jokes, etc... Lol...

Wow nice! My mom isn't letting me upgrade until next year because she wants to see how good I do in school. (Oh, the wonders of being 14) lol
However, I might be buying AppleCare for $174 for my Mac (since I just got my allowance )

Maybe you can get some money from selling your 2G. Actually, scratch that, personally I'd keep it so you could go to unlimited data whenever you want

To stay on topic though, yes, I think I can go back to a normal phone. My mom's taken my phone away a couple of times, and yes, while it does suck, its not something that is not possible. Plus, I really don't have a choice anyways. What she says goes.

Yes, my mom take away my phone whenever I don't do something she asks, or do something she tells me not to do... You know the story . I do plan on keeping my 2G for that sole purpose-of using it to "cheat" AT&T into letting me use unltd data on my (future) iPhone 4 (or possibly 3GS, I am not sure if I will get enough money for a 4)... But, after using my iPhone 2G into letting me get the $20 unltd plan, I will go on the 4 and change it to the $30/mo unltd plan... So as not to cheat them out of actual money... Just cheating them into letting me use an "unsupported" (for lack of a better term) plan.

 

[wordoflife]

Yes, my mom take away my phone whenever I don't do something she asks, or do something she tells me not to do... You know the story . I do plan on keeping my 2G for that sole purpose-of using it to "cheat" AT&T into letting me use unltd data on my (future) iPhone 4 (or possibly 3GS, I am not sure if I will get enough money for a 4)... But, after using my iPhone 2G into letting me get the $20 unltd plan, I will go on the 4 and change it to the $30/mo unltd plan... So as not to cheat them out of actual money... Just cheating them into letting me use an "unsupported" (for lack of a better term) plan.

Thing is, my mom literally just "takes my phone" ... but I get to keep the SIM
... and, I get to put it in this bad boy.

I wouldn't get the 3GS. I would just try to get the 4, or just save up until you reach $199 whether it be the iPhone 4 or iPhone 5.

Hopefully I'll be able to pre-order an iPhone 5 (ooohhh, ahhh) so I don't have to wait in line and I can carefully open it up myself.

 

[AlphaDogg]

Thing is, my mom literally just "takes my phone" ... but I get to keep the SIM
... and, I get to put it in this bad boy.
[snip]

I wouldn't get the 3GS. I would just try to get the 4, or just save up until you reach $199 whether it be the iPhone 4 or iPhone 5.

Hopefully I'll be able to pre-order an iPhone 5 (ooohhh, ahhh) so I don't have to wait in line and I can carefully open it up myself.

When she takes my phone away, she literally takes the phone away for like a day or so... When I tried taking out my SIM card, to put it in an old nokia that we have lying around here, she caught me and I got in trouble... So, that is a no-go...

 

[wordoflife]

When she takes my phone away, she literally takes the phone away for like a day or so... When I tried taking out my SIM card, to put it in an old nokia that we have lying around here, she caught me and I got in trouble... So, that is a no-go...

My phone is gone for at least 1 - 1.5 weeks. Generally, she pretty much never takes my phone, but when she did in August, I didn't get it back until a month later

 

[TuffLuffJimmy]

I see your point, and I admire it. However, that does not mean that it applies to me. I live on my phone. I use it every day, between passing periods, etc.... If you were to have a device that you use at least 4 hours each day, wouldn't you want it to be an enjoyable phone? I know I certainly would.

My incessant use of my iPhone is exactly why I got rid of it. Get out while you're young. Spend your time worrying about the things you can do rather than the things you can have.

 

[AlphaDogg]

My incessant use of my iPhone is exactly why I got rid of it. Get out while you're young. Spend your time worrying about the things you can do rather than the things you can have.

Maybe that works for you, but it certainly would not work for me.

 

[TuffLuffJimmy]

Maybe that works for you, but it certainly would not work for me.

Your signature suggests that you're well equipped with Apple products as it is. Are you suggesting that working toward doing rather than having would not work for you? You may be a little too young to do any major reflecting on yourself but I highly recommend it.

 

[AlphaDogg]

Your signature suggests that you're well equipped with Apple products as it is. Are you suggesting that working toward doing rather than having would not work for you? You may be a little too young to do any major reflecting on yourself but I highly recommend it.

I do not understand what you mean. Would you mind elaborating? But, yes I do have a lot of apple products, I am not going to lie...

 

[dccorona]

I've had every iteration of the iPhone, but since I got my Windows Phone 7 phone, I havn't touched my iP4

 

[AlphaDogg]

It looks like I will be getting the 3G this weekend.. I have $101 and I ned $108.50 because of sales tax. So I just need $7.50 . I am so freaking close! My mom says that she can probably pay the $18 upgrade fee...

 

[TuffLuffJimmy]

I do not understand what you mean. Would you mind elaborating? But, yes I do have a lot of apple products, I am not going to lie...

I mean you've already given Apple enough of your parents money, and judging by the products you own, in a very short amount of time.

In my opinion, and it's only that, you should be spending your money on things like art supplies, sports gear, and traveling equipment. You know, so you can do real activities instead of check your facebook slightly faster than you used to be able to.

 

[AlphaDogg]

I mean you've already given Apple enough of your parents money, and judging by the products you own, in a very short amount of time.

In my opinion, and it's only that, you should be spending your money on things like art supplies, sports gear, and traveling equipment. You know, so you can do real activities instead of check your facebook slightly faster than you used to be able to.

I didn't purchase most of what is in my signature. All I purchased in my signature is: my 2010 13" MBP, my iPhone 2G, my 2007 2.2GHz X3100 MacBook, my 18.5" Acer display, and the KVM switch...

Most of it was either not needed by its original owner, or was broken, and I fixed it and am using it...

 

[Apple...]

No. Not only no but HELL NO! I can't even look at a 3G the same way after using my iPhone 4. I couldn't even fathom have to revert to a flip phone or some other crappy phone. Then again, I'm one of those data hogs so I'm sitting quite nicely with my unlimited data plan on my IP4. If needed, I could go back to another phone of equal functionality, say a BlackBerry or some Droid driven phone, but I could never go back to using a RAZR or some other "dumb" phone again.

Amen.

 

[AlphaDogg]

I forgot to update my thread. I got my 8GB iPhone 3GS about a month ago.

 

[LucidPsychosis]

Isn't the 3GS only $50 now?

 

[AlphaDogg]

Isn't the 3GS only $50 now?

Not when I got mine . I got mine for $99

 

[themadrussian]

So you paid $500 or $600 (or maybe $400) for your first-gen iPhone, and now your mom won't let you upgrade to a $200 16GB iPhone 4?

This is what you do:

1) Buy a refurbished 16GB iPhone 4 from AT&T. $150 with new 2-year contract.
2) Sell your iPhone 2G on eBay. Roughly $60 depending on the condition it is in.

At the end of the day, it costs $90 for you to get a new phone. Maybe even call up AT&T and tell them you're thinking about switching to Verizon and see if they'll give you a $25-30 customer retention credit.

Edit: Looks like you got a 3GS at the end of the day. Not a bad plan. Why not sell your 2G iPhone now? It should recoup the cost.

 

[AlphaDogg]

So you paid $500 or $600 (or maybe $400) for your first-gen iPhone, and now your mom won't let you upgrade to a $200 16GB iPhone 4?

This is what you do:

1) Buy a refurbished 16GB iPhone 4 from AT&T. $150 with new 2-year contract.
2) Sell your iPhone 2G on eBay. Roughly $60 depending on the condition it is in.

At the end of the day, it costs $90 for you to get a new phone. Maybe even call up AT&T and tell them you're thinking about switching to Verizon and see if they'll give you a $25-30 customer retention credit.

Ugh. If you are going to post in my thread, at least read each post. It has been stated that my mom agreed to let my buy an iPhone 3GS. It has been stated that I bought my iPhone 2G secondhand for $100. It has been stated that I paid $99 for my 8GB iPhone 3GS.

Edit: I saw your edit. I accidentally bricked my iPhone 2G. Sorry if I seemed coarse above.

 

[themadrussian]

Ugh. If you are going to post in my thread, at least read each post. It has been stated that my mom agreed to let my buy an iPhone 3GS. It has been stated that I bought my iPhone 2G secondhand for $100. It has been stated that I paid $99 for my 8GB iPhone 3GS.

Edit: I saw your edit. I accidentally bricked my iPhone 2G. Sorry if I seemed coarse above.

I wasn't really in the mood to read 65 responses, haha. I normally read the first 10-15 responses, but I missed the date (normally I check to make sure it isn't old but I forgot). Apology accepted.