A free lunch?

AT&T has given us new free cell phones to accommodate certain upgrading, and to assure we continue to subscribe to their service. This was no doubt done in response to recent information that they had fallen behind Sprint and Verizon in quality of performance.

The new phones appear to do everything except prepare dinner and wash the dishes. That's a pity, because we would enjoy gourmet food preparation, and everyone hates policing serving utensils.

However, I have been admonished not to partake of the exotic apps, lest there be a charge for their use. My phone is strictly an emergency device, and for receiving calls from the bill payer when I am on the home phone internet dial-up. Considering no one needs a home phone any more, that makes dial-up deceptively expensive. Do you suppose I could convince the frugal bill payer of that?*

* First attempt was received unfavorably. Stay tuned.