Do you have a mobile phone?

I have been using iPhones for 13 years. I currently have an IPhone 13 that I purchased 4 years ago. Many newer models have come out, but this one works great.

I have hearing aids with bluetooth capacity. I use the app on my iPhone to fine tune them.
 
Back when I did have a landline phone, I forwarded it to my cell phone when leaving the house. That way, if I was expecting an important call, I did not need to stay home to avoid missing it. I don't play on my phone. I use it for what a phone was intended for.
 
Yes, I do have a cell phone. We opted out the landline in 2004, like Ronni did.
At first, we had iPhones but decided to switch to android Samsung phones instead. They last longer. (I had problems with my iPhone batteries.)
My phone is a Samsung flip Z6. I like a lot because as it is a flip phone, I can carry it easily in my pockets. My husband has the same one. It is easy this way. My tablet is also a Samsung, so I can synchronize them.
I am not crazy about the updates, (on iPhones or android) they always seem to mess up something.
 
First we just yelled out the window, or used e-mail.
I had a Pager, then they came out with cell phones. So we dumped the pagers.
Had a few cell phones. I have had the same number for around 30 years.
We had a landline and an answering machine until about 15 years ago. We dumped those.
It did not make sense to pay for a landline when everyone in the home had a cell phone.
I mostly use my cell for calls and text. I will look at the weather or search things I want to know about once in awhile.

I never use my cell phone when I drive. When I am out I put on it vibrate settings. If I am at any sort of appointment I turn my phone off. If I forget to bring the phone I just go on about my life. I do not answer when I am busy anyway.
Leave a message I'll call you back. :D

As far as the Social Media remark I made, I was not disputing anyone.
I am on social media because they consider a Forum social media now.
I was confused because the forums I had were privately hosted and paid for by me.

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IMO internet phones have hastened the demise of traditional social contact and interaction. They long ago became the new smoking.-- people constantly fiddling with them and checking them. It's sad.

Look at families in restaurants. No one is talking to one another. They're all staring down at their hand-held devices in silence. I've actually had people get up off the treatment table to answer their cell phone! They've become the center piece of their lives.

And the younger set? Absolutely pathetic. Minimal social interaction. Internet phones ought to be banned for kids under 18, or even 21-- just like booze. They could still have portable phones without internet access, in case of emergencies.
 
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My early analogue phone had a plug-in landline style, handset. It was perfect, all that I needed. At the time I was in business with my brother. He insisted that we invest in, what was then, still relatively new, I-phones. He went and bought The Apple wotsit for each of us. He took to it immediately, I floundered. That was twenty years ago, we have since both retired, my brother has bought an upgraded phone twice since then, I am still floundering with that Apple i-Phone, and twenty years on, still cannot fathom how it connects to the internet. I would much rather have my analogue phone back.

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I degoogled my smartphone since quiting gig work and went to one phone. The smartphone was just too big for my taste, I just needed talk and text. I put the sim card in my flip phone after removing the canceled one and no joy :(, it was broken. Oh well, I only paid $39 for it.

I thought it was a cool KaiOS device because it had wi-fi, gps, maps, bluetooth and a crappy camera. But after about 2 years I realized that I never used any of that.

Bring on the Easyphone Prime A6 for $49. I didn't bother to read the directions and it took me all of 5 minutes to figure out the proprietary software. No camera, no wi-fi, no gps or maps, just a very nice clickety keyboard and bluetooth. This thing is the epitomy of simple, efficient and fast. Popped in a sd card and it pumped classic rock out of my Sony bluetooth speaker like a champ. The perfect keyboard is fantastic for expert one-handed T9 texting. If that was an Olympic event the Easyphone is the device you would use.

I'm in luddite heaven(y)
 
I have an iPhone but I do not love it. Quite the contrary. Half the time I'd like to hammer it into dust. Too many constant improvements so that any stray movement of my finger might change what app I'm on or what I'd doing with it. But while its is hard to live with I can't imagine not having it available.
 
I have one for mostly games, It's basically my toy. I seldomly take with me when I leave and it hasn't rang in a year since I didn't give many people my number. I don't even get scam texts. I also have a landline I use mainly for appointments and the apartment buzzer. It hasn't rang in almost a year. I really prefer my privacy and never have personal calls.
 
As someone in UNIX computer engineering test support from its earliest era, and as someone not chatty oriented, that really never needed to use phones much, I resisted obtaining a cellphone, I considered toys, for a long time while just using my landline. But gradually, lack of pay telephones away from home became a serious impediment, so in 2016, or long after most others had cellphones, bought a Moto G6 that is now just a backup without a SIMM.

Note have been up to my neck in phone tech, as my last 8 years in Silicon Valley was the sole person repairing and testing VOIP business phone system, media gateway switches. On my new high end phone, I've disabled a whole lot of functions, to make it simple, as not interested and many of which are just annoying.

Will purchase new Smartphone
 
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outlander said:
The dependency most people have on smartphones makes you wonder how everyone didn't get lost or how they got relevent information before their invention? :ROFLMAO:
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they used all the things that smart mobile phones have replaced - ie street directories, phone books, land lines, public phones, paid bills in person, had physical credit cards. alarm clocks, watches etc

If people still want to use any or all of those things, that's fine - but I'm happy t o use my smart phone for most of them.
 
outlander said:
The dependency most people have on smartphones makes you wonder how everyone didn't get lost or how they got relevent information before their invention? :ROFLMAO:
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I have walked hours the wrong way.
And what about car navigation. I remember the rides to Spain when I was a kid. My dad drove and my mom read the paper map and almost sent him to the wrong country.
 
It's all in the preparation. Back in the day if the route was new I would study the map in detail ahead of time. So that even if I made a wrong turn and found myself off course, I had a general knowledge of the area and could quickly recover.

Doing gig work I have seen many grevious errors from gps, and it certainly isn't the best at choosing the most efficient route.
 
jhummel73 said:
Very handy tool for life. I don't leave home without it.

Wife and I can easily locate each other in WalMart, lol.

I am able to reach out to people I haven't seen in 45 years, if I want to. 😄
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I found cousins I had never even seen. We hang out on Facebook. One posts nature photo's almost every day.
 
I am looking forward to the day when I can dump my wallet and just carry my phone, it is getting closer, already has my driving licence, soon it will have my Opal card (transport), eventually I will have my credit card on it, it is my diary, my street directory, camera etc.

My land line went years ago when I realised it was only used by scam and spam callers, anybody I knew always called me on my mobile, it is so much cheaper anyway.

I don't know how it compares with other countries but I pay $300 a year for all my domestic and international calls and texts plus more data than I ever use. I am very happy with that
 
I have a smart phone, but don't use apps on it. What worries me is what would happen if it got stolen, or I lost it at any time. If I had my whole life on the phone then I'd be bereft of just about everything, but as it is, if I want to get money out of an ATM, or pay a bus or train fare, I can do so from my credit card, just as I can use my A-Z of London, or wherever, to find out where I am, or what route to take, etc.

It really does worry me that so many people put all their eggs into one basket, that is so easily lost or stolen.
 
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