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Does your smart phone control you? Could you live without it?

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Posted - November 24, 2017
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  • I don't have one.  I like the old flip phones that are more reliable and more secure.
      November 24, 2017 9:37 AM MST
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  • 17620
    Hear hear!!!

    I, too, carry a little Samsung Gusto flip and love it for when away from home.  I use my landline at home for my real chatting.
      November 24, 2017 9:44 AM MST
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  • @ both of you.
    I always get a strong signal and my battery last a week even under heavy use. Smartphones don't offer that.  Besides using them to check anything on the internet is annoying as hell to me.   Even a 7 inch tablet results in way too much scrolling to be worth the time and effort most of the time.  Typing or clicking on a touch screen blows.
      November 24, 2017 9:50 AM MST
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  • 17620
    I couldn't agree more, Glis.
      November 24, 2017 2:23 PM MST
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  • 44654
    That's what I have and I hardly ever use it. I don't think anyone who would answer my question 'Yes...No' would respond here.
      November 24, 2017 9:50 AM MST
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  • 44654
    That's what I have. It suits me well.
      November 24, 2017 9:47 AM MST
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  • The only downside and this very , very insignificant, is that when I use it at the bar I look like a coke or weed dealer with a burner phone.
      November 24, 2017 9:52 AM MST
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  • At this point in my life, it would be very difficult to live without it. I am admittedly addicted to it, as are many people of my generation. 
      November 24, 2017 9:52 AM MST
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  • 6988
    Just like Adele, I have a flip phone. The only reason I have any portable phone is because it is required for my job. 
      November 24, 2017 10:07 AM MST
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  • 7280
    No.  On the contrary, I use it to control others access to me.  I check it at my convenience and do not keep it on my person unless I am expecting a call or a text.  And if I get an unidentified number, I check it on Google. If it comes up as probably spam, I add it to my address book with the name "SPAM."
      November 24, 2017 11:30 AM MST
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  • 22891
    no cause i dont have one
      November 24, 2017 1:37 PM MST
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  • 6098
    No don't use one though did for a year for a specific purpose but let it go when I no longer needed it. 
      November 24, 2017 3:30 PM MST
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  • 2960
    Does electricity control you? Does indoor plumbing control you? Do antibiotics control you?
      November 24, 2017 3:34 PM MST
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  • 11107
    It doesn't control me and I could live without it, but, like many modern conveniences, I would be less comfortable without it.
      November 24, 2017 3:37 PM MST
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  • 5808
    Sure doesn't control me
    but it is an invaluable item that serves me well
    in my occupation.
      November 24, 2017 4:10 PM MST
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  • 46117
    It hardly controls me any more than my car does, but it IS indispensable.

      November 24, 2017 4:11 PM MST
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  • 3719
    No and Yes!

    Having very recently been bounced into buying a fancy new phone and a non-refundable 24-month EE contract when all I wanted was what the Orange telesalesman had recommended when he saw how little I use it - have my existing phone's card changed from Orange to EE on same number and PAYG. 

    The contract had included full internet / landline service too, but I managed to cancel that part and retrieve their BT service on a new contract comparable with what EE had charged for similar.

     I still end up paying £250 over two years where previously I'd have paid probably well under half that, for my portable 'phone.

    The original problem? Trying to obtain a service with better coverage in some areas I visit. 
      December 4, 2017 12:03 PM MST
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