Quote Originally Posted by quickdodgeŽ
dtmmcnamara's thread kind of got me to thinking about cell phones and some of the features they have. I have never been a materialistic person. I don't need a lot of shit(especially expensive) to make me happy. Cell phones are one of these items. I have a phone and it has a camera, the fold out keyboard and all, but I regret buying this one. I don't need a phone to take pictures or play music or have all kinds of shit on it. All I want is a cell phone that makes calls.

What is it about all these features that makes you want to spend hundreds of dollars on a phone? To me it doesn't make any sense.

This is, in no way, not a diss to you who do get into these phones. Just a curious question. So don't take it wrong. Later, QD.
Good question.

1. People want to communicate more and more (most people).
2. People want information quicker and quicker
3. People want to "feel" needed.
4. People do want to be trendy and phones are now a "fashion" item.
4. People feel "safe" with a cell. (oh, what if I get lost, etc)

Thus the explosion in cell phones. Funny but I was the same way, didn't care what my phone looked like until last year. BUt with the internet capability, the text messaging, the IM (AIM, etc), being able to store data, the experts predict the Cell phone will mean almost everything to people in the next 20 years.

Here is mine