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Re:The $3500 Shirt – A History Lesson in Economics by stegosaurus on Saturday January 24, 2015 @04:53PM (#8941159)
Adding to this; I could totally conceive of a situation in which I could end up homeless but still rocking a modern smartphone - because it just simply is an irrelevant expense in the grand scheme of things. It'd buy me 2 weeks worth of food and shelter, in exchange for losing my 'window on the world'.
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Re:The $3500 Shirt – A History Lesson in Economics by brazzy on Saturday January 24, 2015 @06:31PM (#8941469)
And if that amazes you it marks you as old - because you remember a time when a mobile internet device was a frivolous luxury rather than a not-cheap-but-not-truly-expensive necessity. Ancient people can be recognized for having the same attitude about cell phones in general :)
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Re:The $3500 Shirt – A History Lesson in Economics by richardbrevig on Saturday January 24, 2015 @05:08PM (#8941211)
I've seen homeless youth charging their phones at outside outlets.
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