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Message: <blockquote data-quote="otherguy" data-source="post: 1005411" data-attributes="member: 63425">Whats the matter with Sri Lankan's and their addiction to very high end and expensive phones? I live in the US and every time I ask a friend in in Sri Lanka if they need anything from here, and first thing is almost always the latest and greatest phone.These always end up being in the $200 - $600 range. Correct me if I am wrong but that's about the average someone makes per month there? On top of that, they already have another phone that's only one generation behind. I would not have any problem with them if they can afford it, but they can't, yet they still dive into their savings for a phone. Not to say I am not fan of bleeding edge technology (computer networking and communications is my field actually), but blowing a month's salary on a phone seems ridiculous and in my opinion financially irresponsible. Is having the latest and greatest phone a way to make a social statement now, regardless if you can afford it or not?When I see this, it doesn't prove that you are rich or not, but definitely an idiot for being financially irresponsibleedit: specially with a thread like this <a href="http://elakiri.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38056" target="_blank">http://elakiri.com/forum/showthread.php?t=38056</a> (WHo hAVe da Most eXpensive cell phone...)</blockquote>

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