Hollywood Runs on 4G Phones

Hollywood actors have become de facto role models and trendsetters in our society. If Sarah Jessica Parker wears a pair of Manolo Blahniks to a movie premiere, the impossibly high stilettos instantaneously become fashionable. They appear on the splashy pages of Vogue and InStyle as part of the magazines’ best-dressed lists and compilations. Then you see other celebrities and even socialites start to wear them. Before you know it, that super fashionable girl in your office is rocking a pair, and then you are finding knock-off brands at the local department store that are supposed to imitate the look for a fraction of the price.

While the connection between celebrities and fashion trends has been well documented over the years, there are other ways in which movie stars, musicians, and so-called “celebutantes” influence the purchasing decisions that everyday Americans make. One major arena in which these prominent people have a noticeable amount of influence is in technology and electronics. Sure, most American families have basic items like a good wireless Internet connection and a television with a thousand channels, but the constant need to upgrade to the next best gadget comes from the top-down.

This trend can be seen with the newest generations of wireless Internet cell phones to explode on the market: the 4G phone. 4G is short for “fourth generation”, and the newest features to be found on this device impress even the most jaded Hollywood consumers. The Internet speed is about 6 times as fast as it was on 3G, which means that users can browse web pages at a rate that they never imagined possible before with standard wireless Internet, let alone on a cell phone! This makes the phone an essential tool of the Los Angeles business world, as so much of making it in Hollywood is networking and making personal connections to secure your way to the top.

The incredible speed of these phones also means that people can download videos and files faster than ever, which is important to these celebrities! They might be sent a screen test or a few scenes they shot for a recent film, and need to watch it instantly. Having the newest generation of phone is the difference between being able to do your job or not! You, as the typical American consumer, could probably find more practical uses for such a perk, such as watching videos from YouTube when you are bored while taking the bus home after work.

So now that you see the famous people of Los Angeles toting around these new cell phones, whether your are truly interested or not, it plans the seed in your mind that this device might be something that you would want to buy in the future. The more you see the phone around your Los Angeles neighborhood, the clearer your desire for it becomes more intense. Finally, you go out one day and buy a 4G phone, donating your half-broken flip phone to charity for parts. Now you can enjoy your phone just like the Hollywood elite.