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I’ve only recently got my first smartphone. Didn’t want it, Didn’t need it. Still don’t, but I’ve come to realise if I don’t get to understand it soon I will find it near impossible to, and more and more it seems the world is demanding ownership of one.
My so called smart phone went into self dial mode and started to make random calls; I ended up removing all my international phone numbers from it for self protection.
They shouldn’t be called Smart Phones any more. Too many idiots using them. More and more areas of life are starting to need the use of them. The councils are starting to remove car park payment metres. You will have to use a smartphone app to pay for it. You can still do it via a call, but how long before even that gets removed.
I use a cell phone for making phone calls. What a concept!! No need for a smart phone. I can take care of issues when I get home. I am in no rush to do things, I am retired.
Here, an Android or iPhone is pretty much needed for identification for online banking and “secure” communication with public services, as well as for the awfully convenient mobile payments naturally.I just with they weren’t all so bløødy huge! I miss my Sony Ericsson X10 mini pro. Small enough to be pocketable, but still had a physical keyboard. I really, really hate touch screen keyboards.
Never had a phone that exploded but I had a music player whose battery failed and swelled to twice its original size destroying the case in the process.
I originally got a cell phone as it was very important for family communications, especially when traveling. However I resisted having one for years as a reaction to my original exposure to them: When the agency I worked for first got cell phones, they of course all went to the top managers, this being when cell phone use was quite expensive (at least for our contracts). Stories abounded about managers sitting at their desks using their cell phones, when the landlines (less expensive to use) sat idle. Cell phones would have been much more useful for those of us in the field, particularly for safety. Even where we worked, coverage was reasonably good and much better than our old radios!
allen@home almost 2 years ago
Ya think Sal.
C almost 2 years ago
How about a Tesla to go with that?
Baslim the Beggar Premium Member almost 2 years ago
Does he drive a Pinto?
William Shatner is 92 today.
catchup almost 2 years ago
I’ve only recently got my first smartphone. Didn’t want it, Didn’t need it. Still don’t, but I’ve come to realise if I don’t get to understand it soon I will find it near impossible to, and more and more it seems the world is demanding ownership of one.
pnemonic almost 2 years ago
He should’ve said he still has his trusty Nokia 3310
rshive almost 2 years ago
Only if it texts.
guinevere25 almost 2 years ago
i definitely agree & identify with you on that, catchup
John Wiley Premium Member almost 2 years ago
I don’t think Sal’s phone would’ve worked at all since Samsung pushed an update that crippled Note 7 to force the recall that was issued.
Grandma Lea almost 2 years ago
My so called smart phone went into self dial mode and started to make random calls; I ended up removing all my international phone numbers from it for self protection.
ladykat Premium Member almost 2 years ago
I just upgraded my cell phone. It’s going to take me ages to get everything going the way I want it to.
MRC112 almost 2 years ago
They shouldn’t be called Smart Phones any more. Too many idiots using them. More and more areas of life are starting to need the use of them. The councils are starting to remove car park payment metres. You will have to use a smartphone app to pay for it. You can still do it via a call, but how long before even that gets removed.
RobinHood almost 2 years ago
Happy Birthday to James Tiberius Kirk, rough he won’t be born until 2233
DawnQuinn1 almost 2 years ago
I use a cell phone for making phone calls. What a concept!! No need for a smart phone. I can take care of issues when I get home. I am in no rush to do things, I am retired.
T Smith almost 2 years ago
I miss the pocketability of my flip phone.
brouer almost 2 years ago
Here, an Android or iPhone is pretty much needed for identification for online banking and “secure” communication with public services, as well as for the awfully convenient mobile payments naturally.I just with they weren’t all so bløødy huge! I miss my Sony Ericsson X10 mini pro. Small enough to be pocketable, but still had a physical keyboard. I really, really hate touch screen keyboards.
willie_mctell almost 2 years ago
Never had a phone that exploded but I had a music player whose battery failed and swelled to twice its original size destroying the case in the process.
WF11 almost 2 years ago
I originally got a cell phone as it was very important for family communications, especially when traveling. However I resisted having one for years as a reaction to my original exposure to them: When the agency I worked for first got cell phones, they of course all went to the top managers, this being when cell phone use was quite expensive (at least for our contracts). Stories abounded about managers sitting at their desks using their cell phones, when the landlines (less expensive to use) sat idle. Cell phones would have been much more useful for those of us in the field, particularly for safety. Even where we worked, coverage was reasonably good and much better than our old radios!