Smartphones may push the limit of technology
With everyone wanting to surf the Internet, check email and waste their day away trying to beat their friend’s high score in “Doodle Jump,” many people find their cell phone bill much higher at the end of each month compared to their older phones.
This sudden increase in a user’s monthly bill is the result of a required monthly data plan tacked on by the phone company.
While it seems most people don’t mind paying the extra $20 to $30 per month — myself included, as I recently jumped into the smartphone game — many people don’t see the point in having a device that does anything more when all they want to do is make a phone call.
However, in a world dominated by smartphones, data plans and 3G, it’s nearly impossible to find a worthwhile phone that doesn’t require a higher monthly bill.
These devices that can hardly even bear the name of “phone” have become so convoluted — some users can’t even keep up. Some people just want something that calls their grandbaby — nothing more, nothing less.
While I can understand it costs phone companies a lot to build, support and maintain these cellular networks used for surfing the Web and downloading the newest version of the “I Am T-Pain” app, there should be some sort of option to buy the same handset and just turn off the Internet portion.
Instead you’re forced to either buy a smartphone with the extra monthly bill, or you have to buy — for lack of a proper phrase — a dumbphone...read more here.
*From www.lsureveille.com*
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