Mobile phones can be seen as fashion statement, can this put pressure on you to renew your phone to

Good day and happy Tuesday!

Most kinds nowadays have tablets, latest mobile phones and so on.

If we still use the old phones, of course we might feel embarrassed when someone saw us using it.

But we should also be practical sometimes. There are lots of people around the world who doesn\'t have it.

We should always cherish and be thankful for what we have. We need to take good care of those things.

Thank you so much.

Teacher Nina

It is true that smart phones can be seen as fashion statement.

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>> I agree that smart phones can be seen as a fashion statement nowadays.

If we see someone who is still using a folder-type 2G or 3G phone, we might pull his/her leg by saying that you are from 60’s or a different planet.

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Actually most people are not a tech-savvy, neither use sophisticated or advanced features on the latest smart phone.

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>> Actually most people are not tech-savvy, neither use sophisticated or advanced features on latest smart phones.

We use a fancy and high-tech smart phone mainly for making/receiving a call or surfing the internet.

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>> We use fancy and high-end smart phones just for making/ receiving class or surfing the internet.

It means that from practical point of view, we do not need such an advanced device.

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However, we tend to try hard to keep up with the times.

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>> However, we tend to try hard to keep up with the new things.

Not only adults, but also young kids are put under pressure to renew their phones to the newest models because they do not want to be teased by their friends.

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In my case, I’ve recently changed my phone to the latest model, but the features I use are the same.

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Indeed, I do not see any additional values of paying a large amount of money to buy it.

>> Did you mean: Indeed, I do not see any benefit of paying a large amount of money to buy it.

Now, I regret that I should have not bought it.

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>> Now, I regret that I bought it.

How silly I am.

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>> I was silly at that time.