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Archae

(47,245 posts) Mon Apr 2, 2018, 06:14 PM Apr 2018

I've been assimilated, resistance was futile...

I now have a cell phone!

"QLink"

Charging it for the first time right now.

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I've been assimilated, resistance was futile... (Original Post) Archae Apr 2018 OP

Welcome to 1998! The Velveteen Ocelot Apr 2018 #1

As long as it's not smarter than you are. n/t PoliticAverse Apr 2018 #2

It's always smarter than you are. Ferrets are Cool Apr 2018 #9

It was the right time to make the leap True Dough Apr 2018 #3

LOL! Archae Apr 2018 #5

I was the last one in my family to get one Siwsan Apr 2018 #4

I never did get an iPhone-- still have my cell ailsagirl Apr 2018 #6

Like my brother Freddie Apr 2018 #7

I don't text or have a smart phone either Ohiogal Apr 2018 #8

The Velveteen Ocelot

(131,216 posts)

1. Welcome to 1998!

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Mon Apr 2, 2018, 06:18 PM

Apr 2018

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

2. As long as it's not smarter than you are. n/t

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Mon Apr 2, 2018, 06:20 PM

Apr 2018

Ferrets are Cool

(23,047 posts)

9. It's always smarter than you are.

Reply to PoliticAverse (Reply #2)

Mon Apr 2, 2018, 07:35 PM

Apr 2018

True Dough

(27,298 posts)

3. It was the right time to make the leap

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Mon Apr 2, 2018, 06:21 PM

Apr 2018

You've already dropped the "ic" at the end of your screen name, so why not?

Archae

(47,245 posts)

5. LOL!

Reply to True Dough (Reply #3)

Mon Apr 2, 2018, 06:49 PM

Apr 2018

Siwsan

(27,890 posts)

4. I was the last one in my family to get one

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Mon Apr 2, 2018, 06:27 PM

Apr 2018

But that was back around 2004, or so. I was going to out of state war protests and my poor mom asked me to get one so I could call her, should I need for her to arrange bail. No kidding. So I got a pre-paid T-Mobile flip phone that cost me less than $100 a year to keep going. I'm not a big phone person so it served me just fine.

I'v only recently 'upgraded' to a smart phone and started texting.

ailsagirl

(24,287 posts)

6. I never did get an iPhone-- still have my cell

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Mon Apr 2, 2018, 06:56 PM

Apr 2018

Freddie

(10,142 posts)

7. Like my brother

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Mon Apr 2, 2018, 07:05 PM

Apr 2018

He has a trac phone "for emergencies" and does not text. No iPhone, no tablet (neither of which you will pry from my cold dead hands). He's only 3 years (and seemingly a generation) older than me. He's pretty frugal (not poor, just cheap) and that's part of it. He'll come around eventually.

Ohiogal

(41,035 posts)

8. I don't text or have a smart phone either

Reply to Freddie (Reply #7)

Mon Apr 2, 2018, 07:20 PM

Apr 2018

Move over all you fossils.....

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