All my friends had cell phones in school, but I never had one until I could buy my own, and then it was the cheapest prepaid I could get. My mother never wanted me to have one, and even though I bought it with my own money, I knew she would take it and get rid of it if she found it. All my friend going around with RAZRs, and I have the Nokia whatsit. Still had an antenna.
A cell phone would just "make it easier to be the town slut"
After I joined the Army and escaped that horrid bitch I always bought the best I could. I remember them getting smaller and smaller, and now with screens, they are getting bigger and bigger.
When I was in Korea, their cellphones were literal keychains. The charger I have for my current phone is bigger than those phones were.
Now I'm happy with whatever phone I get with a deal. I haven't upgraded my phone for about 5-6 years. It's starting to "fail" now. The internet keeps disconnecting when I'm attached to wifi, and now when I make a call, the sound drops to almost nothing even though I have it turned up to max. I have to use bluetooth or the headphones that came with it.
Planned obsolescence