I use a $20 Alcatel phone from Dollar General. Do I need more?

I have had my Dollar General phone about a year. I pay about $25 a month for airtime. I have an ebook reader and a decent camera and a calculator and an alarm on my phone. I could download a bunch of games and apps but I don't because I prefer to do that kind of thing at home on my PC.

Do you consider me a loser because I don't have a $500+ iPhone? I don't. I can't imagine why anyone would ever need more than my $20 Dollar General phone.

No - you don't need more unless you want more.

I work at a tech company. I have Wi-Fi at work and Wi-Fi at home. I have an Android Tracfone and since I hardly use a cell phone I pay about $8/month for service (with Tracfone you can do that with 90 day 60 minute cards which triple on the Android Tracfone to 180 minutes, 180 texts,180 mb to last 3 months (very little data but I generally keep cell data turned off and only use Wi-Fi, which is also off except when I need it). The other way is with a 1-yr 400 minute card (what I use) which costs about $100 and gives and Android Tracfone 1200 min, 1200 texts, 1200 Mb to last for a year.

I think expensive phones are just a status symbol I do not need.

I have an ereader, a good camera, a good laptop.

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