XPost: misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.mobile.android   
   From: arlenholder@newmachine.com   
      
   On Mon, 3 Aug 2020 18:40:33 +0200, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
      
   > Well, I pointed out that I agreed with the *generic* statement that a   
   > smartphone without a dataplan is useless, with a big smile. You can   
   > demonstrate exceptions, and so can I; I have an active smartphone   
   > without a dataplan. But instead of having a conversation as everybody   
   > else here and having a good time, he resorts to insulting me because I   
   > do not agree with him.   
      
   Play your worthless silly childish games Carlos...   
   o This is what transpired (verbatim):   
      
     > I had to ask that VP if she ever graduated from high school, since a   
     > smartphone is just fine on WiFi or off the net, but she _insisted_ that a   
     > smartphone is worthless without a data plan.   
      
     Carlos: She is right :-P   
      
   The point is that a smartphone without a data plan, for an _intelligent_   
   person, is perfectly functional.   
      
   Just like a smart phone without a cloud account is perfectly functional.   
      
   It's my opinion that the dumber people are, the more they need crutches:   
   a. Data plan   
   b. Cloud storage   
      
   There's a _reason_ MARKETING pushes this stuff to the ignorati, Carlos:   
   o Do people of reasonable technical ability store their private data on the   
   Internet (if so, for what gain?)   
      
      
   Only the ignorati would claim that a smartphone is useless without a   
   cellular connection to the Internet - and they did - she and you both.   
   --   
   The less intelligent the person, the more they require the cloud.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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