By Tu-Uyen Tran, Grand Forks Herald
I’ll admit that I got dragged kicking and screaming into the smartphone age.
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When it was time to replace my phone a few years ago, I had a choice of pricey smartphones or dumb phones that seemed worse than the phone I was replacing. Since there’s less money to be made in the dumb-phone market, I figured my choices would only get worse.
So, I shook my fist at Verizon Wireless and paid for a smartphone.
What I wanted was to pay about the same and get a little bit more. What I was forced to do was pay a lot more and get a lot more, most of which I didn’t think I wanted.
But I’ve owned two smartphones now and, though I still hate paying a lot more, I really like getting a lot more.
This column isn’t meant to be a sales spiel. If you don’t want to get a smartphone for philosophical or financial reasons, that’s OK. But if you’re holding out because you’re a curmudgeon, just give in already. You’ll still respect yourself.
Read the full article by Tu-Uyen Tran of Grand Forks Herald.
