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How old are you?

How old are you?

  • under 12

    Votes: 11 1.4%

  • 13-15

    Votes: 37 4.6%

  • 16-18

    Votes: 118 14.8%

  • 19-21

    Votes: 127 15.9%

  • 22-24

    Votes: 89 11.1%

  • 25-27

    Votes: 78 9.8%

  • 28-30

    Votes: 51 6.4%

  • 30-35

    Votes: 95 11.9%

  • 36-40

    Votes: 48 6.0%

  • 40-stone age

    Votes: 146 18.3%
  • Total voters
    800
cdinca said:
I'm having a hard time with the math on this one. Would you give me the formula for figuring my average age.
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no-one is asking for your average age, silly

step number one: how old are you?
step number two: tick the appropriate radio button

voilà
 
29

If I had the money I would buy it myself (I'm a student), but right now all I can afford is the service plans (since they will essentially be the same as my current plans). Fortunately my father promised to give me his original iPhone as a late-birthday/extremely-early-christmas gift, when he upgrades. Fortunatley for me he's getting a free upgrade and will be buying a new iPhone for me anyway (to keep his promise of an iPhone as a gift).
 
I am only 21 years away from stone age ahh well!! Too bad I wanted to meet the Flintstones ;(. I am 19 and plan to get the iPhone 3G first day. Don't care about the data plan, my dad is a lawyer ;)
 
wordmunger said:
I'm 41 (stone age) and I could "afford" an iPhone but I don't think it's worth the money.
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As per this poll, I'm "Stone Age" too ... I have T-shirts older than some of these posters! ... and I've come to the same general conclusion: its not a "cost issue", but rather, a "value issue".


-hh
 
naftalim said:
I see that the younger generation uses technology, but often many of them don't really know technology. My niece is 28, she has a PC, iPod, PVR all that stuff, but has no clue how it works or how to troubleshoot them. Its a good thing in a way, but they are not more technologically savvy than us geriatrics.
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Tell me about it. I took a web design "filler" class last semester since I had to be on campus anyway and an extra 4.0 is always nice on the GPA, but I could not believe the overall lack of technical knowledge of my (most were at least 10-15 years my junior) classmates. They can browse Facebook, AIM, and SMS 15 different friends all at once, but very few of them knew keyboard shortcuts, and it was horrible to watch them use anything more complicated than a chat program or attempt to troubleshoot any connection problems with the FTP server.
 
mrwizardno2 said:
I'm 23, and I think the data plan is outrageous... especially if there are no text messages included.
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I'm newly 20, and I totally agree. I dont understand why I need to pay $70/month for minutes I'll barely touch, and then $20 more for unlimited texting when pretty much all I do is text. I rarely call people, ever. It's not a question if I can afford it, but do I really want to? I have a very well paying job for being so young and a student, it's just going to be annoying, for lack of a better word, to shell out $90/month for a data plan which I believe isn't worth it but am forced to choose, as well as unlimited texts.
 
49 here. I had no idea how close that is to the "stoneage."
Anyhow I can't justify the cost of having a phone plan like that. I think it's a niceity not a necessity.
 
thegoldenmackid said:
Truly shocked (and slightly embarrassed) that the highest age category is my generation (16-18)...maybe these are the people that check the iPhone forum regularly...well to say little, Apple has a bunch of addicts for the future...
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ahh.. the baby boomers of the apple age

15 here
 
DWrightsGirlx26 said:
I'm newly 20, and I totally agree. I dont understand why I need to pay $70/month for minutes I'll barely touch, and then $20 more for unlimited texting when pretty much all I do is text. I rarely call people, ever.
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I find your comments interesting.

I am stone-age and I don't text. Occasional e-mail, but no texting.

When I want to contact someone, I call and if they are unable to answer, I leave a message. Very quick and effective for me.

My daughter, on the other hand, is just the opposite. She texts all the time.

There seems to be at least two different demographics concerning phone use. Eventually, I would think we will see plans that address this difference say:

Plan A - For the texting type

Plan B - For the talking type

Each with an add-on data plan.

Just an idea.

-hh said:
As per this poll, I'm "Stone Age" too ... I have T-shirts older than some of these posters! ... and I've come to the same general conclusion: its not a "cost issue", but rather, a "value issue".
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I had to smile at this comment as I have items of clothing over 30 years old. :)

And I agree regarding the "cost issue" verses the "value issue."
 
djransom said:
I'm 27 and coming from a Blackberry Curve I have no problem with the data plan as I was paying for it when I had my Curve. The Curve wasn't even 3G.
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I am moving from the curve to the iphone so I was paying $35 a month for data and 200 text. I feel the data plan is fair. I can't wait to get the Iphone. And I am 33.
 
I am 57 years old and love the iPhone 5. Being in the UK, I am on 3-UK contract, SIM only, as the phone cost £600 from the Apple store. I have 200 mins/5000 texts and 500mb data for £6.90 ($8.90) I can add unlimited data for an extra £5. Not bad at all.
 
Bumped from 2008! And it's still in the iPhone forum, lol.

Anyways, I'm 19... 20 in July.
 
(sigh) 32, I work for a philanthropic investment company in DC. Been paying for my own phones/bills since 2001 and didn't have one before then.
 
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