Mobile phones, anyone else who doesn't need one?

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As the title I just don't see the point in owning one for myself, I'm either busy at work and it would be stuck in my locker ( don't get me started on young ones in work checking there twitter )
If i'm not at work i'm at home or out somewhere where I don't really want to stop what i'm doing to answer a phone call.
I don't really know what i'm asking tbh, I suppose I'm asking why should I get one?
 
As much as anything I have one so I can easily phone someone for help whether family, breakdown assistance or emergency services as applicable and vice-versa be contactable if family need help.

I generally have my phone in do not disturb mode and don't answer calls as a generality unless it is immediate family.

I also use my phone quite a bit for:

Music on the go
Camera
Note taking (I have a phone with a stylus)
Handy to have Google to hand to search for answers for things I might need or to find directions to a place, etc.

I actually rarely use it as a phone - even most communications with work is done via WhatsApp these days.
 
I'd be lost without my phone.

Went without one for a week a while back whilst waiting for a replacement and it was torture.

Anyone saying giving up your phone gives you freedom is an idiot, you lose access to news, contact with friends, information, music etc. It makes you, if anything, isolated.
 
I have a phone, but only use a data sim in it, it means I don't have a phone number, but can use all the data services, which works great for me. It is also significantly cheaper than a usual sim.
 
i have mobiles but no Sim at all, i just use it as a handy device. I used to have a contract but hardly ever used it.

They seem to have done away with pay as you go as it was and that was the best one for me and many others
 
darkgen said:
I use mine almost exclusively for 2FA. It's rarely used as an actual phone.
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Was about to type the same :) I worked from home long before COVID so work could get hold of me on land lane or skype. I carry it when out, but don't use for anything like browsing or music as I'd also need to start faffing digging out the reading glasses to read the screen/
 
My phone is my:

phone
texting device
camera
torch
calculator
internet access to the whole world
my wallet
my emergency lifeline
alarm clock
reminder tool
email access
Sat Nav
Traffic updater
Weather checker
Music player

and many many more useful things. All this in one tiny handheld device.

How can anyone in this day and age live without one, it would just seem hugely impractical.
 
Stumble Bum said:
My phone is my:

phone
texting device
camera
torch
calculator
internet access to the whole world
my wallet
my emergency lifeline
alarm clock
reminder tool
email access
Sat Nav
Traffic updater
Weather checker
Music player

and many many more useful things. All this in one tiny handheld device.

How can anyone in this day and age live without one, it would just seem hugely impractical.
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Pretty much this. For the 21st century, it basically enables my day to day living.

Camera, torch, all communications (email, phone, WhatsApp, SMS), all travel from booking to timetables to tickets to boarding cards, maps if I'm driving, it runs my house (smart plugs, cameras, smart bulbs), internet, calculator, calendar, alarm clock, proof of Covid vaccination, music.......

I can't really imagine not having a smartphone.
 
The only reason I need a smartphone is for 2FA/MFA and camera.

If it wasn't for security requirements, I would just buy a cheap non-smart phone and a decent camera.
 
I'm pretty much the same as @Stumble Bum - rarely actually gets used as a phone but used for so many other things. Funnily enough my watch is starting to draw level on similar usage. It's probably only the fact I look like an idiot talking into my wrist and a lack of camera that stops me almost exclusively using it instead of the phone now. 2FA, music, smart home controls, weather and wallet are all accessible conveniently on the watch.
 
lol at the cross post you made in the watch thread.

"Who needs a watch, don't you just check your phone?"

Make your mind up @Reality|Bites !!!
 
It would be like cutting off a limb, calling, texting, WhatsApp, banking, shopping, internet, YouTube, pubg mobile, huawei health, twitch to name a few.
 
Pawnless Endgame said:
I'm the opposite. £12/month phone bill for sim-only with unlimited minutes and text, 30GB data per month. No land line bill.
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Similar to me, unlimited texts, unlimited minutes, 3 GB, £8 per month, I rarely use half of data allowance, no land line bill either, save for the basic rental? never use it for outgoing calls.

Raikiri said:
I'd be lost without my phone.

Went without one for a week a while back whilst waiting for a replacement and it was torture.

Anyone saying giving up your phone gives you freedom is an idiot, you lose access to news, contact with friends, information, music etc. It makes you, if anything, isolated.
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I wouldn’t say idiot, perhaps misguided, but it’s up to the individual.
My iPhone was “in the shop” for a week, and they gave me a bog standard Nokia to use, what a come down, it was like having a watch with no hands, I gave up after a day and left it on the coffee table.
 
Raikiri said:
Anyone saying giving up your phone gives you freedom is an idiot, you lose access to news, contact with friends, information, music etc. It makes you, if anything, isolated.
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Idiot?
Nah, just adult. Some of us grew up without mobile phones at all, so can quite readily cope without one even today. At one stage, having a mobile was just bling and you were looked upon like the guys with wide open shirts to show off their hairy chests and gold medallions.

As for leaving all that bull ***** behind and being isolated.... Yes, that's the idea and the intent. I quite regularly turn my phone off, and phones aren't even allowed in my wife's workplace.

Stumble Bum said:
How can anyone in this day and age live without one, it would just seem hugely impractical.
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The only time it becomes a real problem is when a company won't register/deliver/serve you without sending a confirmation text, or something.
Everything else can be done with other methods (which many still prefer, as the kit/tech is still widely sold) or isn't as necessary as you think...

Phone - Find a landline, or make arrangements in advance.
Texting device - Use a landline
Camera - Do you really need the photo?
Torch - Get a proper 1,000 lumen LED one. Fenix, or Nitecore if needs be. Far superior to anything a phone will have.
Calculator - Go to school, learn to count.
Internet access to the whole world - Read a newspaper or use a PC.
My wallet - What's wrong with an actual wallet? How come banks don't issue phones instead of bank cards?
My emergency lifeline - Take a first aid course and carry an IFAK.
Alarm clock - Have kids. They'll wake you up nice and early!
Reminder tool - Use a Post-It note
Email access - Just buy some 'Grow It Big' cream from the local sex shop. It'll be cheaper than whatever the Namibian prince is selling.
Sat Nav - Learn to read a map. That way, you get to decide what the right way is and you won't have blazing arguments with the voice.
Traffic updater - Look ahead.
Weather checker - Look up.
Music player - Hum.

:p
 
Great, arguing to become a cave man to prove the point. Textbook ttaskmasker GD content 9/10 wouldn't read again
 
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