Back when I first got my XPERIA I got a lot of comments on it. The ones that pissed me off the most were the ones saying “why the hell do you need a 600 dollar phone?” Well here’s the thing, I don’t NEED a $600 phone, but it’s a nice thing to have. For starters, I have the ability to check my email anywhere. If I am walking down the streets of Toronto and I get an email I can reply to it with no problem. I just pull the device out from my pocket, slide out the keyboard and begin writing. I can satisfy my Facebook addiction at anytime and I can read up on my favorite RSS feeds. Basically, it serves me as a really small laptop and sure, it’s never going to replace my Vaio, but for a quick task like posting a Facebook update the phone gets the job done.

But Matt, the iPhone is only 199 why not get that? No asshole, an iPhone with no contract is $680 for a new one. That’s even more expensive than my phone! If I wanted a contract I would have gotten one and gotten a better deal on my phone. It seems that a lot of people don’t understand telephone prices. They all don’t know that you CAN infact buy a phone without a contract and it seems like the $199 pricetag is only 199 and nothing else. Read the fine print. In order to get that price you have to sign a 3 year contract, and pay more than 60 bucks a month for service. You end up paying for more than what you need and end up losing money in the long run.

Moral of the story? Cellphones are bloody expensive and only have a ~500mhz processor*.

*On select phones.