* You can get reception virtually anyplace (except for where the phone is) * You get to pretend it's always the year 2000 (one way to stay young forever... or at least until your minutes run out) * You get to hear the joy and happiness in the world each time you use it (just pretend they're not laughing at you) * Siri will never talk back to you (or wake you in the middle of the night when the dog sniffs the iphone - "I found these on the web for "sniff-sniff").
* So far the only place I haven't been able to get reception is Home Depot. * I only use maybe 30 minutes a month. * I've never had anyone laugh at me. I've actually heard folks who said they wish they would have stayed with theirs. * I agree with you one the last one.
I have a flip phone. I tried to use it to call for a ride home from physical therapy the other day, but the phone had no service. I had to walk nearly a quarter mile down the hill (on a twisted knee) before the stupid thing could get a signal. I barely use 10 minutes a year (if that), but I have to add minutes every 70 days or the ones I have expire (a big waste of money).
Flip phones can survive a drop in water if placed in rice after. Smartphones, not so much. Overall, Flip phones are more durable, too. There are ruggedized smartphones, but they tend to be crazy expensive and, last I checked, the quality wasn't as good as the competitors that weren't ruggedized.
Studies have been done about the rice. It doesn't work. I have used calcium chloride, which is a powerful dessicant. It didn't work with Pat's, though, after she left it out in the rain. (Damn that weed.)
Water killed my husband's. It was my fault. We were walking on slippery rocks in a river looking a fossilized dinosaur tracks. I fell and pulled him down his phone was in his pocket dead not help with the rice trick. My phone was in my hand above my head as I fell. People around us found it quite funny. I felt like the drunk who falls but is happy they saved their beer. Lol
They are tougher. A cracked screen does not matter much. Battery lasts forever....literally weeks. No Google/Apple spying on you. No location spying from Maps, either. IDK if there is a location stamp on pictures. Better signal on some.
You mean those futuristic looking communication devices from "Star Trek" the original series? Wow! Those are so fresh and new. Tomorrow's advancements are finally here.
I would use one if it had the option for Scotty to beam me up.
This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at April 17, 2020 5:53 PM MDT
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