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@Cerb The funny thing is, I am entirely serious.

I would not lie to you.

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 Awww!

:D

@Mahnax Yeah, yeah.

I think the colorful iPhones look nice. iOS 7 looks fairly nice as well.

I want the blue one.

I would never believe you to be someone to throw hundreds of dollars of money away.

Nor a consumerist who likes brands over value.

Well, the phone will only cost me about $200, and it suits my needs perfectly. Nothing's being thrown away.

I am apalled that you would think that I'm buying this for the apple logo on the back.

You would pay 4000 dollars over two years, or how much is it?

Why else would you buy Apple if not for the logo...

I'm used to it. It works well enough. It's compatible with devices I already own.

cries

It does not boast about features I'll never use. I am content.

With Dropbox etc. you can make everything compatible.

You cannot use Swype.

I do not want to use Swype.

You are confusing your preferences with mine.

You will once you get used to it! It's the best.

No, I think I am content with a nice blue iPhone.

I'll get the Gmail app, the Duolingo app, Chrome or Safari, and a few other various things, and I'll be ready to go.

You would be the only person in this room to use an Iphone!

Except Noah.

Excellent, I've broken off from the hivemind.

But the hyvemind is rational.

What other people do or do not use does not concern me.

@Cerberus There is nothing irrational about buying an iPhone in my situation.

I do not need processors out the wazoo or cameras with which one can film box office hits.

How much is the plan you would be getting with the phone?

Around $60/mo. The plan is not specific to the phone.

It's mainly the OS that is the problem with Iphones: it does not allow you to do useful stuff.

What is one useful thing that I require that the iPhone cannot do?

What is the cheapest plan you can get that has some data usage?

@Cerberus $45/mo. for 200MB of data.

If you're up to it, watch Armando's comparison of features in IOS and Android.

@Mahnax No cheaper plan exists?

I asked a question and you did not answer it.

What if you go prepaid?

Not really an option, it looks like you can't get data with prepaid here.

@Mahnax Okay, in all seriousness: yes, you can browse the Internet and send messages with an Iphone. It can do the basic smartphone things. Just like my spare € 40 smartphone.

@Mahnax What do you pay per MB if you have no data plan?

Do you have Wifi at school?

@Cerberus Don't know. I haven't had much time to look into it, and I don't have time now.

@Cerberus Yes.

And at home, obviously.

Okay, so how many mobile MB do you really need?

I have no idea.

I am the 4th Marshal

I use about 100 Mb or so, in months, I think.

And I could use far less: I use as many as I can, because I have them.

If plans in Canada are anything like here, you basically can't have a smartphone without an unlimited data plan

Because I have Wifi everywhere, at work, on the train, at home, at my friends' houses.

@Theta30 dangit!

@Theta30 I mean congrats!

@Cerberus On the train? Really?

Yes.

And it's free.

Oh, wait. Yes, there was Wi-Fi on the trains in Finland, too. I forgot.

Sometimes it is sluggish; usually it works OK.

We travelled across the country on a Saturday for € 10, free Wi-Fi, comfy seats.

Nice.

Yeah. Trains there are pretty good.

And they're also building free Wifi at train stations everywhere.

And city centres will probably follow...

So anyway, what I'm saying is, perhaps you can just get a very cheap phone-only plan and use overage data for like € 1 per MB.

I pay € 5 for 500 MB, so I don't need it, but I would otherwise do that.

I don't like using phone for internet, too small screen

Meh, it depends.

We'll see. Time for work for me though, goodbye!

Bye!

Commute safe!

Aedia, can't you cure Mahnax of his Apple ailment?

He may find the worm on his own.

Heh.

Doubt it.

You think so?

I still kind of think he's joking.

Hmm.

Dangit.

I'm not hardline anti-apple. I had an iphone as my first smartphone (I still use it as an ipod) and my household has owned several macs

I do hate iTunes with the passion of a thousand defenestrated computers though.

Haha.

But you wouldn't buy an Iphone, would you?

I mean now.

We've all meandered in the past.

Not this tasty side dish.

Nor this 'un!

Or how do you spell that.

I might use this'n.

Hmm.

I could have sworn there was a vowel somewhere...

@Cerberus Here. Have a u.

@MετάEd O, U.

@cornbreadninja麵包忍者 I.

It must be like un.

As in young uns.

Right?

@Cerberus Not anymore. I wouldn't go back to an Android phone with the manufacturer's bloated decorative UI and carrier junk on top either, unless I had to (like if my carrier didn't have good coverage somewhere I needed)

Yay!

Although I can personally get over the bloatware. Or flash a different ROM.

hi

@anti-happiness hi

Hi.

i'm gay

Not anti-gay?

no

gay

are you anti-gay?

he is anti iphone

Yeah.

So why are you telling us you're gay?

i don't know, it's just a random thing to say

I see.

So what are your views on gay marriage?

My opinion is that the government should have no say in the private decisions of its citizens. Including who they marry. Who they leave their estate to. Who visits them in the hospital. And who they give their children to.

Right.

Were you on this website before, under another name?

nope

I wonder if I'll ever get Sportsmanship.

no, why?

Just a hunch.

me too

Such a coincidence.

Does Jasper have a sock puppet in chat?