Up until recently i never owned one, but now everyone in the family has one, my husband gets them free from work and fixes them, so they only cost us for the pre-pay card, so its good, i like them for emergencys etc, and now i am into TEXT MESSAGING, it was great when my sister was in las vegas, i could text her for 20cents a message and she would reply instantly and i would know what exciting things she was up to.
We are really into TEXT MESSAGING in nz, all the teens love it, and even us oldies it seems lol.
I must admit i used to get really bugged when i was out with my sister and her cell phone would ring, or we would be shopping together and i would be leaving her half way down the street text messaging alas i am now one of those, its like an addiction really, sigh, oh well, got to move with the times.