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.

Comments

Re:Where's my disposable car

[Doomrat]

You can dispose of people if you chop them into bits and bury them. There's a rebate opportunity in selling the meaty parts to ethnic restaurants.

Terrorism

[henryhbk]

So why is this not an aid to terrorists. In all the movies/books you note terrorists/criminals using cell phones for a brief time then throwing them away. Well, this seems to make this cheaper/easier. There should be a requirement of ID with some verifiable component. I realize it is easier, and easier to forge id, but let's not make it trivial for every common criminal to have a trace-free phone

While I agree there is some merit to the privacy arguments, as someone who treated victims of the WTC attacks, I think a little viligance is a good thing..