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[Anonymous032819]

My smart phone stopped working, so I needed to get a new cell phone.

Thing is, I rarely use my cell phone. It was mostly in case of emergencies, or a power outage.

So, I decided to go back to an old fashioned flip phone.

Plus, I'll be saving money on my monthly phone bill.

I'm not knocking smart phones. They are nice, but if you're not really using it, is it worth the money?

So what's old is new again.

[chlema]

@Anonymous032819 I'm with you.  I have a plain old flip phone that sits in my purse and rarely is used.  My DD offered to buy me a smart phone but why?  My purse is already smart enough lol.

[songbird]

My brother in law only had an old style flip phone.  He recently upgraded to a newer style flip phone.  He does not own a personal computer.  He never had an email. So he never purchased anything online.  He doesn't exist online.

[kaydee50]

I posted in another thread that I hope "smart phones" do not become mandatory for simple, everyday things like buying groceries.  I use my "stupid" flip phone very infrequently so I don't see the point of spending a lot on one.  I pay AT&T $25 every 3 months and that's more than enough for me.

[Shelbelle]

I keep an older phone in my purse just for emergency only, have not used it in several years. No need for a phone attached to my hip or anywhere else. My DH adds me on to his plan from Consumer Cellular for next to nothing. 

[bikerbabe]

My iPhone is my little PC. I don’t even own an iPad and since completing nursing school I barely use my laptop. I do everything on my phone - calls, texts, internet. I have a ton of apps on it, including Instacart, telemedicine with my surgeon, Amazon. It’s actually the one appliance or electronic device I can’t do without.

[ECBG]

I love my Samsung 9.  It's a small computer.  I use it often when I watch tv but if I have something to do or order something, I prefer the rather large screen on our desk top.

I also type faster than I text.  Never could get how people could text with two thumbs!

[songbird]

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@bikerbabe wrote:
My iPhone is my little PC. I don’t even own an iPad and since completing nursing school I barely use my laptop. I do everything on my phone - calls, texts, internet. I have a ton of apps on it, including Instacart, telemedicine with my surgeon, Amazon. It’s actually the one appliance or electronic device I can’t do without.

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I'm with you.  I use my Samsung phone to call, & buy things. I still use my home computer, but more and more, my smart phone.  I started out with a flip phone when I got a job at a university.  I still remember all the kids talking on the flip phones.  Then smart phones moved in.  Kids no longer talked.  Communicate with the their thumbs instead.  It influenced me to move to a smart phone in 2013.  Never looked back. Still call mostly and talk, rarely text.  Faster and easier just to talk. But only recently started purchases on the smart phone.  Before I used my home computer.  Just opened an app for No Contact Papa Johns.  Order on smart phone, includes tip.  Drover puts pizza on clean surface & rings doorbell.  He stands 6 feet away from you.  You pick up pizza.  Amazing!

[I am still oxox]

I could never do that in 1 million years, I am always using my phone for research.

[Anonymous032819]

Since my laptop died, (that's a future purchase) I have been using my Kindle, which I can do pretty much everything that I did on my laptop, shop, pay bills, taxes, watch YouTube, post here.