Do you have a mobile phone?

I agree with them! I think mobile phones are one of the great achievements of marketing. They convinced us that we all had to have one so we could "stay connected," every second of every day to our friends and relatives who now worry about us if they haven't had at least ten calls by noon and are just dying to see a picture of our lunch.
 
Yes I have a moblile phone. I have a Qualcomm Snapdragon.
My cell phone does just about everything, except make me breakfast.( darn)
I am not on any social media sites. To much drama for my taste.
People either call or text me.
 
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Della said:
They convinced us that we all had to have one so we could "stay connected," every second of every day to our friends and relatives who now worry about us if they haven't had at least ten calls by noon and are just dying to see a picture of our lunch.
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I am not convinced of that at all.
I am not connected every second of every day, but people at home with land lines sure are! (Some days my phone is not even on)
No one I know cares about the number of calls they get by noon - landline OR cell.
 
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My property didn't have a land line when I bought it in 2012. So for many years we used a internet based phone (Ooma) which worked well and only cost about $3 a month. Only my son had a cell phone until about 2019 when everyone but me got a smartphone.

I held out until 2020 when I moved to Albuquerque to work Doordash and Ubereats for a couple of years, needing a smartphone (work only) for the work apps and getting a second flip phone for personal use. After retiring recently I went down to one phone (degoogled Android) and my poor flip phone has been decommissioned.

I have a Tello plan with unlimited calls/texts and 2 GB of data for $10 a month, I never use the data since I use my phone for calls and texts only.
 
Our landline was cut by our internet provider last year, so I was forced to get my first cell phone. I find it far inferior to the landline. It's uncomfortable to use compared to the receiver that curved nicely around my face and didn't have to be mashed against my ear. The landline came with voice messages that were easy to listen to. Now I have to work to get my messages to appear so that I can read them. Just making a call out takes longer with more buttons to push and more chances to get the number wrong. People text me and I can't text back because the numbers are too hard to use. I never had to charge my landline and I never misplaced it.
 
Yes, I have a mobile phone. My landline was disconnected approximately 3 years ago due to constantly rising costs. My mobile is on all day, and I try to answer every call from anyone I know when it comes in. When I go to bed at night, I turn on the "do not disturb" feature, which allows only calls from selected ("starred") contacts to get through. That way, my family and 2 close friends can reach me 24/7, but all other calls will go to voicemail.
 
Even people in third world countries have mobile phones.

I have a love/hate relationship with it. Hate the spam and the tracking. Love the maps app. Yes, a paper map is good but it doesn't show where you are and if you are lost, well, that feature certainly is handy. And yesterday, when the car repair place called me to tell me the car was ready, I was able to call the courtesy driver, who also had a mobile phone, to pick me up and take me to my car without trying to find a pay phone. There are definite advantages to mobile phones.
 
I opted out of a landline in 2004. I would have done so sooner, but until then I was living with my ex who wouldn’t give up the landline.
 
that's good hadn't heard about the do not disturb feature - where do I find that? I live on the edge of a forest glade and have a mobile ph and usb internet connection as you now see me type - magic heh!!!
 
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