Yup ..my dear dear friends..
I went to the dark side a long time ago.

Why buy low end? you ask...Dave...
Because it isn't worth buying high end..
and it most certainly isn't worth buying middle of the road ...
And it most definitely isn't worth it when every year sees something that one covets more than last year.

So I have what I call a "Snowden Special" ...
Not that it is "special" ...
rather because it is a throw a way...(Like the poor bastard was..)

So I have a garbage android ...
for exactly the few apps needed that the n900 cannot do and cannot do any longer
...and for the LTE .for the few calls I do.
Still use my nxx0 daily.
But now it is at that tipping point where...I cannot say I can get by without something more current ..JUST to keep in touch with friends and family who use a current phone.

I would rather use a $1000 + a year on something more worthwhile,like a proper linux phone, or a ton of BB's, Pi's, or pocketchip's....
....Than continually go for the latest android , iphone or windoze...and "Chase the Dragon" perpetually ..like some Junkie .


Oh I was in the picture mscion..
I was on the grassy knoll.

So Dark side...
yup.
out of pure necessity ...
like pretty much everyone else here