But in the blink of an eye, the social status the phones once conveyed has become a thing of the past. Though the phones are still generally referred to as dageda, if you take a look around Taipei's streets, you'll note that almost everyone seems to have one. Even teenagers are carrying their own "boss-of-bosses," letting everyone know who's boss.
然而轉眼間，它所代表的身份地位象徵已成了過去式，雖然一般人還是管行動電話叫「大哥大」，但如果你在台北街頭晃一下，會發現，怎麼幾乎人手一機，連許多十幾歲的青少年也手持「大哥大」當起大哥來了。