Frazz by Jef Mallett for April 17, 2012
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Transcript:
Mr. Burke: Ever see yourself giving up newspapers for a less disposable source of information? Frazz: You tell me, Mr. How-Many-Smartphones-So-Far-This-Year? Mr. Burke: I keep them. The old ones are still in here with the receipts and manuals.
Unless you have money to burn, you usually only replace your smartphone after 20 or 22 months, when your contract is almost up…at that point you can usually get a huge discount on a new phone, if you’ll accept a 2-year contract extension.I don’t know anyone who’s bought several in a year, cos they’d be paying full retail, hundreds of dollars each…though maybe I just don’t run in those circles.