> this form of payment for a person working just two hours a day every day could equate to about $21 a month—12 percent of the average monthly wage in the region.
Unless the average person in the region works 2 / .12 = 16.67 hours per day every day (do they?) this is a pretty raw deal.
Not long ago this was a big new feature being advertised for new phones. "Look! Picture messaging! Isn't that amazing" and already it's so old it's been forgotten. The world moves so fast!
A cell phone can indeed be the one and only relatively high-tech possession for a poor family in an impoverish region. Used cell phones and/or low-end handsets subsidized by the carrier help them proliferate.
Unless the average person in the region works 2 / .12 = 16.67 hours per day every day (do they?) this is a pretty raw deal.