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In reply to the discussion: Rules for using an iPhone (from a mother to her teenage son when he was given the iPhone) [View all]ananda
(28,831 posts)49. I pay $26 a month for my iPhone, no plan.
Consumer Cellular, AARP discount.
It works great. I turn data off and only use Wi-fi, which is free.
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Rules for using an iPhone (from a mother to her teenage son when he was given the iPhone) [View all]
Are_grits_groceries
Jan 2013
OP
If you are going to have this many fricking rules about an iphone then why buy one
LynneSin
Jan 2013
#4
yep, essentially if you can't embrace the technology, why pay for the technology?
wyldwolf
Jan 2013
#6
And if you don't have a service plan on the phone or the kid loses it - that's $600 to replace it
LynneSin
Jan 2013
#46
Guess what - you could get a much less expensive phone that has the same features
LynneSin
Jan 2013
#70
God damn... why not just give the kid a 1995 Motorola Flip Phone. Jeez.
OneTenthofOnePercent
Jan 2013
#7
Seeing that the trend is parents still supporting their grown children,
Sekhmets Daughter
Jan 2013
#28
That "Mom" sounds like an authoritarian passive-aggressive pain in the arse.
Ikonoklast
Jan 2013
#50
Thinking about this more -- if your teenager doesn't know these "rules" by the time he's a teenager,
Brickbat
Jan 2013
#21
That's a good idea. There's iPod / computer time, there's homework time, and there's family time...
SidDithers
Jan 2013
#33
19. You must acknowledge that THE GRATEFUL DEAD is the greatest band in the history of bands.
Warren DeMontague
Jan 2013
#51