I have had a cell phone for almost 8 years (I'm 20 If you didn't know). I bought the phone with my own money, and my parents paid the bill untill I got my job when I turned 15. I had it becuase of my crazy sports schedual of soccer, track, swimming, wrestling, football, and baseball. Now 8 years later, and about 9 different phones my life is less hectic but still in the need for a cell.