Heard statement re:cell phone

mrstime said:
I have a landline and that is it! I don't need nor want a cell phone. When I am out I don't want to be bothered by a phone call. If I am not home and you call me, you can leave a message and I will get back to you, or you can call back later.
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I do really agree with you, and I have no one to text to. The only thing is that I keep my cell phone in case I'm in trouble. I don't drive so I walk and take transit everywhere. I sprained my ankle once, could not put weight on it, no one was around so I called hubby to pick me up. And if I were feeling unsafe somewhere, I could call the police. And hubby refuses to have a cell phone and I do worry when he is out and about without me.
 

At mama's insistence we've had a flip phones for a few years and she turns hers on and puts in in her pocket every time she leaves the house but mine just sits on the dining room table collecting dust.....I very rarely ever carry mine.

DIL and son gifted us a new I-phone with Verizon a couple years ago (and pay the monthly bill) and I bet I haven't spent twenty minutes total messing around with it.

Our main phone is still our landline.
 
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I like my flip phone. No Google/Android or Apple, it has GPS/maps and wi-fi, both can be physically turned off.

I want to live my life focused on my actual enviroment so I can savor every detail and nuance.

Worrying about alerts, notifications, and expected to be instantly available is just stressful and distracting. While using a smartphone seems very convenient and essential, for me it takes away from observing the beauty of the world and dilutes real time experiences. Depending on a smartphone for everything is going to reduce your self reliance skills and ability to interact completely with your present situation/circumstances.
 

@KSav posted some scary stuff regarding the need for a smartphone to do anything in her building. I would not live someplace like that for a number of safety reasons.

I do have a smart phone, but it does not rule my life any worse than what a flip phone would do.

For me it’s a handy useful tool the same as a flip phone. I carry it with me all the time. One never knows in the barn when there’s an emergency and I need to use it.

Before the days of portable phones, I had a dial phone in the barn in case of an emergency. Carrying a small device on my person is a step up in my opinion, but it is a long way from ruling my life.

When the day comes that my old 12 series smart phone stops working, I will probably go back to a flip phone because I’m not paying the kind of money for a new smart phone that they are asking in this day and age.
 
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