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and a lousy one at that too!
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By 'lousy', you mean that you don't replace your mobile phone every 6-8 weeks like the manufacturers wish you would?
Software Zen: delete this;
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Gary Wheeler wrote: replace your mobile phone every 6-8 weeks like the manufacturers wish
years. (FTFY, in a conservative perspective)
I had my Motorola T190 bought long back till about two years back when I chose to replace with a Nokia 6030.
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The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep!
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I've owned four phones. Each of them has lasted multiple years, and have only been replaced because I was changing providers and took the opportunity to upgrade my phone as part of the process.
My current phone is an LG VX5400 (stop laughing; it makes phone calls), which I've had for a little over a year. I'm eligible for a free replacement or discounted upgrade next spring. At that time, I may switch to a phone with a keyboard, since I'm using text messaging more and more often to keep track of my daughter.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Ive had each of my phones for exactly 2 years. This is because of the way they first lock you into a 2 year contract, and then they use that contract to subsidize the price of the phone.
I wouldn't even mind the phones being as expensive as they are, IF i wasn't being locked into 2 year contracts. I've wanted an Android for a long time now, but until my Verizon contracts up I have no choice. I think the consumer should be able to buy whatever phone they want and choose whatever carrier they want. Any business that traps you into staying doesn't seem like they'll be too interested in providing good service.
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Surely it is your choice to conform to their purchase plan. I have alway purchased the phone I want and I do not have a contract. I may pay more for each call and my phone actually cost me money but it is all my choice.
You make your decisions you live with them, you can't whine at Verizon if they make you an offer and you accept it.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Yeah, and using that logic we can't ever complain about anything. The gas prices are too high because the oil companies are price fixing? Ride a bike! Food prices are too high because factory farms are putting the small farms out of business? You don't HAVE to buy the food, grow your own! Your country is bombing the crap out of another country for no reason? You CHOOSE to live here, so if you don't like it go someplace else.
Besides, the point of the internet is for nerds like us to whine all day on message boards. That's obviously why we're here 
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Something like that. 
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Eh... if applications for every phone could be developed in Visual Studio... 
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Predrag Tomasevic wrote: Eh... if applications for every phone could be developed in Visual Studio...
That would be great as long as the compiled application does not need to rely on the .NET Framework... Can we make a stand alone executable with VS???
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