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My 2 yen on this (and living in Japan I probably have a different experience of cell phones than you do...) Is that these things are completely useless for long conversations. Too expensive. However, they are indispensible for getting ahold of anybody! Apartments are tiny here, most people are never home. 95% of my cell phone usage isn't even calling, it's e-mail. Trust me, wander around the cavernous osaka rail station for an hour, when your friend is moving to Canada the next day and you only have 2 hours to see her, then you see the need for a cell phone. If I could have phoned her I would have been able to find out where she was in seconds. Instead I wandered for an hour. I got a cell phone the following week. It's eaten into my wallet, but it's saved me so much time that it's worth it.
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