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mahatmakanejeeves

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25. "They don't have the cash to drop $1k on a smartphone ..."

Tue Dec 10, 2024, 10:34 AM

Dec 2024

https://www.tracfone.com/smartphones

I have a third generation Apple iPhone SE.

https://www.tracfone.com/phone/apple-iphone-se-3rd-gen-prepaid

It runs $190, and it's about to be updated to iOS 18.2.

Oh, darn, they've got free shipping now, and the red ones are back in stock.

As you can see, there are many phones that don't cost that much.

I pay about $80 annually to keep it active with Tracfone. I regularly use it to post at DU.

And good morning.

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Can't afford a smartphone? That's going to cost you. [View all] Celerity Dec 2024 OP

I despise every corporation in the world trying get me to install an app on my phone ... dawg Dec 2024 #1

I dread this XanaDUer2 Dec 2024 #2

won't cost me anything. saves me lots ShepKat Dec 2024 #3

You are missing the point. Many things will become (many already have) app-ONLY. Here in Sweden, in order to use Celerity Dec 2024 #4

Well, Sweden actually helps their poor sagetea Dec 2024 #5

no point missed ShepKat Dec 2024 #8

All those "usage areas" seem unpleasant... hunter Dec 2024 #14

Swish is just a mobile payment system, like Venmo, Cash App, Apple Pay, etc Celerity Dec 2024 #16

I am happy for the blessings these technologies brought you -- but please don't forget the rest of us cadoman Dec 2024 #20

I have no control over the systemic roll-out and use of technology. I am leaving no one behind. Celerity Dec 2024 #24

There are many downtowns where you literally cannot park legally without downloading an app bhikkhu Dec 2024 #9

I do not have any cash apps or even an ATM or even a debit card. LeftInTX Dec 2024 #48

I just ran into a side issue of this the other day. My fairly new (last year) 5G android niyad Dec 2024 #6

Monitoring our bathroom use lame54 Dec 2024 #7

Haves and have nots Johnny2X2X Dec 2024 #10

It's really tough in some rural areas to get a reliable signal. I have a choice of one carrier. No allegorical oracle Dec 2024 #38

Yes, the industry is focused on $ Johnny2X2X Dec 2024 #39

lol. Very true...but if we get a bit more "modernized" may that will change. nt allegorical oracle Dec 2024 #43

Probably why "We're not going back" wasn't the greatest of messages Wolver Dec 2024 #11

I'd gladly go back to being able to use cash to pay for goods and services cadoman Dec 2024 #19

My grocery store app saves me tons. I feel bad for those who don't use it. PeaceWave Dec 2024 #12

cost of grocery store app jaxxon20 Dec 2024 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Dec 2024 #36

It's the same with fast food apps, which I don't use. LeftInTX Dec 2024 #44

You're never alone with your smart phone. CoopersDad Dec 2024 #13

Something that needs to be addressed about smart phone use canetoad Dec 2024 #15

The goal is to track everyone like cattle soandso Dec 2024 #17

Yup, it basically pipelines everybody to a certain brand peregrinus Dec 2024 #31

so glad awareness of this is being raised -- it is arguably worse than voter id laws cadoman Dec 2024 #18

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Well, Hi Sunshine!! GP6971 Dec 2024 #22

Haven't seen you for a couple of days. GP6971 Dec 2024 #23

"They don't have the cash to drop $1k on a smartphone ..." mahatmakanejeeves Dec 2024 #25

I think about this all the time with Safeway's 4U system Sympthsical Dec 2024 #26

We Have That, Too ProfessorGAC Dec 2024 #27

Yeah, I think Jewel and Safeway are both Albertson's Sympthsical Dec 2024 #28

Jewel, Definitely... ProfessorGAC Dec 2024 #33

I miss Jewel Sympthsical Dec 2024 #34

Dominick's Long Gone ProfessorGAC Dec 2024 #37

That's decent. I think our HEB may have done away with digital deals. Or they may have stopped advertising them in the LeftInTX Dec 2024 #45

Our Stores... ProfessorGAC Dec 2024 #47

Safeway used to be one of the moonscape Dec 2024 #41

nothing a crowbar can't fix peregrinus Dec 2024 #29

There won't be any more free "Obama phones" for the poor either. Clouds Passing Dec 2024 #30

I hate it when websites close down and you have to use apps. milestogo Dec 2024 #35

FB is soooo much easier to create and share events than updating websites! LeftInTX Dec 2024 #46

There are a lot of 'excuses' GenThePerservering Dec 2024 #40

In Paris they are free. Raine1967 Dec 2024 #42