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Re: SOME AMERICANS SAYING NO TO SMART PHONES AND EMBRACING DIGITAL MINIMALISM?


@occasionalrain wrote:

Strange that people want huge TV screens but are content to look at photos, do banking, communicate with friends...all on a tiny cell phone screen.


 

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ITA .....  I would never do my banking ... or read grocery ads ... on a tiny screen.

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Re: SOME AMERICANS SAYING NO TO SMART PHONES AND EMBRACING DIGITAL MINIMALISM?

@Tinkrbl44 In response tto the question you asked @nancy drew, Everything is backed up to the cloud so it could immediately be recovered if necessary. Same info is also on my IPad and laptop.


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Re: SOME AMERICANS SAYING NO TO SMART PHONES AND EMBRACING DIGITAL MINIMALISM?

Call me ridiculous......It's easier for me to have a paper supermarket ad, circle my choices, make a list.

 

I see shoppers standing in mid aisle, for many minutes, scrolling and scrolling and scrolling down.  Even still there 15 or so minutes later.

 

I would need my prescription reading glasses, which is a pain to carry around, not to mention possibly dropping them.  

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Re: SOME AMERICANS SAYING NO TO SMART PHONES AND EMBRACING DIGITAL MINIMALISM?

I pretty much do everything on my phone and I love it. I only pull up my laptop when I have to.
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Re: SOME AMERICANS SAYING NO TO SMART PHONES AND EMBRACING DIGITAL MINIMALISM?

@silkyk- Are you talking about AT&T?  AltAhough we have not received any notification, there is a story going around that  AT &T wants to cancel landlines in California. 

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Re: SOME AMERICANS SAYING NO TO SMART PHONES AND EMBRACING DIGITAL MINIMALISM?

@wagirl I am with you i love my i phone. I rarerly us the phone but I do check my email on it all the time. 

 


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Nope--sorry--but I would not be without my phone!! I enjoy technology and enjoy all the convience of it. I don't "live" on my phone, never have, but it does make my life easier. 


 

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Re: SOME AMERICANS SAYING NO TO SMART PHONES AND EMBRACING DIGITAL MINIMALISM?

I don't find that strange @occasionalrain   Different devices for different needs/scenarios.

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Re: SOME AMERICANS SAYING NO TO SMART PHONES AND EMBRACING DIGITAL MINIMALISM?

My 6.1in Galaxy S22 Ultra was $1100.  It comes with a pen that I can use to take notes when speaking to clients.  It has 5 cameras and is a joy to watch if I'm not casting the screen to a tv.  It's a tax ride-off because I use it for business.  It's a handheld computer.  It's invaluable and came in quite handy today when the power was off for over two hours.  I could still do business.  Our old landline was VOIP so it wouldn't have worked without power,

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Re: SOME AMERICANS SAYING NO TO SMART PHONES AND EMBRACING DIGITAL MINIMALISM?

@monicakm  You work from home? I didn't know you had a business. It's a good thing that we have the technology to do that.

 

I do all my banking on my laptop and have my mobile phone for talk,text, photos, contacts, etc. I have threel computers, so don't need internet on the phone. 

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Re: SOME AMERICANS SAYING NO TO SMART PHONES AND EMBRACING DIGITAL MINIMALISM?


@reiki604 wrote:

@Tinkrbl44 In response tto the question you asked @nancy drew, Everything is backed up to the cloud so it could immediately be recovered if necessary. Same info is also on my IPad and laptop.


 

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Well, that's good.  Even if you have everything backed up, if it's stolen, you're out about a grand to replace it.