Even if you don't have a Virgin Mobile store, you can see available phones in other stores. I pretty much narrowed it down to two or three and then irritated other stores by going in, touching the phones, and not buying them.
Looks like civilization finally caught up with us.
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Dana - Jan 04, 2013 9:11:45 am PST #21733 of 25501
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Jesse - Jan 04, 2013 9:14:59 am PST #21734 of 25501
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
do you facebook, tweet, take photos, play games, need gps, need to email, travel a lot (car, bus, or plane), read, watch video, listen to music, skype?
I do some of those things! And can imagine doing others. I don't travel a lot, and have no real commute right now, but that could change, of course. The NextBus app might be worth it. And, I don't know, maybe I would do less personal business on my work computer if I had a smartphone, but it's not like it looks better to be playing with your phone at the office. At least right now I just look like I'm typing, which could be anything!
It's just the lack of imagination -- I don't use one for anything right now, but I'm sure I would get into different habits/routines with the option.
§ ita § - Jan 04, 2013 9:17:27 am PST #21735 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The things I use that cost money:
- various art and photo manipulation apps
- various customisation apps and plugins (Locale/Tasker/etc)
- secure Exchange client (work)
- robust Office clone (work)
- wifi synch with iTunes (over the wire is free with this product)
- Words with friends without ads
- removed ads from to-do app and note keeping apps--mostly as a thank you to the developers
- VOIP integration with Google voice for free US/Canada phone calls from my non-phone devices
I have 3 Android devices, and it's always allowed me to use a once purchased app on all of them without me trying to jack the system. If you consider the cost of all of them, and the savings of the last one, I got my money back.
I don't know where the spend is with iOS, since I have very few apps on my iPod.
Jesse - Jan 04, 2013 9:21:27 am PST #21736 of 25501
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Even if you don't have a Virgin Mobile store, you can see available phones in other stores. I pretty much narrowed it down to two or three and then irritated other stores by going in, touching the phones, and not buying them.
Oh yeah, good one.
le nubian - Jan 04, 2013 9:23:57 am PST #21737 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
ita,
I have spent a LOT of $$ on apps (and a small amount of $$ on in app purchases). I think I am probably on the medium side of iphone users.
I need to go to my Itunes receipts to determine, but let's just say I know I have purchased a $30 app to access my work computer and dammit that was worth it. I made that purchase years ago. The first year of iphone was expensive, but since I've held on to apps that I spent $$ for, it has become less expensive.
I spent $23 on apps last month (which isn't really typical), $14 in November, and $6 in October.
Jessica - Jan 04, 2013 9:26:37 am PST #21738 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I paid $9.99 to upgrade to the Pro version of IM+. Other than that I can't think of anything on my phone that cost more than $3.
(Some of the games I have on my iPad cost more for the "HD" versions, but that wouldn't be a factor if I switched phones.)
§ ita § - Jan 04, 2013 10:16:11 am PST #21739 of 25501
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I definitely consider myself a power user, and I've spent $0 in the past three months on apps. Maybe $15 in the past six? But probably less than ten.
Are the platforms that different, or are our consumer profiles the distinction?
le nubian - Jan 04, 2013 10:21:31 am PST #21740 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
perhaps I am a power user!
consumer profiles are a bit different, ios people are more likely to download apps and more likely to spend $$ on apps. I have an app that alerts me to when apps go on sale, so that helps quite a bit.
meara - Jan 04, 2013 11:17:44 am PST #21741 of 25501
I've probably spent less than $20 on apps? Most are free, a few I've got the free version, and only a few have I spent $1 (a couple of games, maybe?). And even fewer, I've spent $2-3.
I use the apps I use a lot, but I don't use that many, I don't think?
-t - Jan 04, 2013 11:37:23 am PST #21742 of 25501
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I feel like I've spent $$$ on apps, but I suspect that mostly that's things like magazine subscriptions, since I've decided I would much rather read periodicals electronically than on paper and also shell out for back issues because I am a sick completist. That adds up. And all shows up as iTunes on my CC statement.
I think I've bought one or two pretty pricey apps because they were particularly useful to me, but I don't remember what they were, now. It's possible that my "eh, for $0.99 I'll give it a try" attitude has added up to a lot, but not so I've noticed.