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Disposable Cell Phones Arrive

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the junking-one's-conversations dept.

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.

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  1. Dis pose a ble... by RLiegh · · Score: 0, Redundant

    are you serious?

  2. Pay as you go by Espen · · Score: 0, Redundant

    This seems to me to be no more than an incredibly stupid and environmentally wasteful way of achieving what is already done in the rest of the world with 'rechargable' pa-as-you-go phones. ie. low-end phones with SIMs carring calling credit that can be topped-up by buying phone cards in grocery stores etc. The only thing you pollute the environment with here is the piece of paper with the top up code.