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Disposable Cell Phones Arrive
headGasket writes "After the disposable cameras, here comes the disposable cell phones. Ideal for trash talk. Seriously, there is a $5 incentive to not dispose of it in the trash and bring it back for a rebate on the next one." These seem like a nice alternative to being locked into a lengthy contract, or for people who only need a cell phone for a short period of time.
...or does that phone look a shitload better designed than most of the current overgadgety, tacky, moronic-buttoned phones that saturate the market? I swear there's a special kind of drug you must need to be on to design current phones.
(barring the T610, which is simple and gorgeous for it)
Does anyone else find this crass? It looks like the trend towards low-cost, disposable, devices for mass consumption is not going to let up anytime soon. What ever happened to the care for quality, workmanship, and longevity in products? I guess it's as they say, "they don't make 'em like they used to."
I wonder how long it will be before one is obliged to produce ID in order to buy one of these things. Many law enforcement agencies object to cell phones that are not tied to an identifiable individual because it makes it much harder to get an order for tapping the phone.
If intelligent life is too complex to evolve on its own, who designed God?
No idea why you say that.
I can walk into any phone shop in Belgium and buy a pre-paid GSM card without leaving my name. I can then use that card in any GSM phone anywhere in Europe.
I am also aware of similar schemes in other European countries.
The criminals already have anonymous communication methods and that it is as it should be, because it means the rest of us do too.
Kristoph