{"id":29,"date":"2013-04-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yule-tide.generalsemiotics.net\/index.php\/2013\/04\/12\/xpost-22-phone-birthday\/"},"modified":"2013-04-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-04-12T00:00:00","slug":"xpost-22-phone-birthday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yule-tide.blog\/index.php\/2013\/04\/12\/xpost-22-phone-birthday\/","title":{"rendered":"Post-22: Phone Birthday"},"content":{"rendered":"
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2008-04-12<\/font><\/strong><\/font><\/div>\n
\nThe above is what it says<\/span> on the back of my phone, behind the battery. It is the phone’s manufacture date. (April 12).<\/p>\n

<\/span>Today is my cell phone’s fifth birthday.\n<\/div>\n

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I got this phone from my friend Byungwon in early 2010. He was buying a new one. Maybe it was a smart-phone.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Buying a new phone is more common than I’d thought for Koreans. It turns ou<\/a>t that 68%<\/strong>\u00a0<\/em> of Koreans got a new phone in 2012, the highest turnover rate in the world. Of the 32% that didn’t get a new one, some must have gotten new ones in 2011, 2010, and 2009. The number of people still using a phone manufactured in 2008, before smart phones, must be very low. \/ <\/span>Hey, this phone still works fine. I’m used to it. The battery still holds a charge fairly well, to my surprise. Why do I need a smart phone? That’s my feeling on the matter.<\/p>\n

Now that Tim is gone, I think I am the only employee at the language-institute here without a smart phone. Oh well.\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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