Youth, even in my day, has always wanted the latest of whatever is the day's fad.

I can also state with confidence that it was the same when my mother was a teenager, in the 1920s, as we have had an almost identical conversation in the last five years.

Now just to destroy my first post. I am neither young or trendy but I do have a Nokia 5300 with MP3 Player, camera, radio and oh yes it makes phone calls as well. I used to carry these things separately so this phone saves me doing that.

I also agree with wee eddie the young always want the latest of whatever is going one of the reasons being that you would get a hard time from your mates if you suddenly whipped out a mobile phone the size of a house brick, or a pair of trainers only your grandad would wear.

Again having said that I have just realised my trainers are one of the latest styles by a well known trendy manufacturer.

Having just read this post I suddenly realise I must be going through my middle age crisis :)

Somewhere between the last two. This might seem strange but I am probably more fashion conscious now than when I was younger, I never really bothered then, definitely a sign of mid-life crises methinks.

I agree with Si_L, I like to use a high-end mobile as I do tend to find its features convenient to use - especially the internet since I don't have access at home at the moment. However, I don't pay a fortune for mobile phones, I get them free with my contract, and I only pay £13 per month for that. (Admittedly I'd pay a lot more on pay as you go and the phone wouldn't be free.) I certainly wouldn't pay £260-odd for the iPhone, no matter how good it was, but if you are getting the phone for free then why not get a decent, good-looking one, that has lots of gadgetry should you ever need it?