<p>^ My dad hates that I have a smart phone sometimes. He acknowledges that I’m smarter than him and now I have technology to prove it 
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<p>(All in good fun. He’s the first to say that his daughters are leaps and bounds ahead of him.)</p>
<p>Sports246, I know people who are low income (think $20k or less a year) who need smart phones for work related things (shared calendars for example). You can get an IPhone for $35 a month. That is cheaper than my abundantly dumb phone.</p>
<p>What Thumper said. My phone more than pays for itself. At one job, a shoot will be emailed out and first one to answer gets the shoot. One shoot pays for 3 or more months of my phone.</p>
<p>romani is SO right.
With something valuable lost in the mail, my first thought is- How can I get it replaced?-
My first thought is not- I’ll sue!
Like others, I hope the OP brings more to this country than a lawsuit.</p>
<p>The OP just asked the question. I assume she is satisfied with the answer. She had alot to lose had the answer been otherwise. Geeez.</p>
<p>As it is said: “sometimes the question is more important than the answer”.</p>