Tell us all about your phone

The caveat is that I tend to NOT have it in the bag while at work, as both my wife and daughter aren't in my vicinity, so in case there is an emergency, I want to be reachable.

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I miss the days when you had to guess where your loved ones were. Home, school, a ditch? Who knows?! We all just lived our lives.

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"This is that human freedom, which all boast that they possess, and which consists solely in the fact, that men are conscious of their own desire, but are ignorant of the causes whereby that desire has been determined." -Baruch Spinoza

Too many people are owned by their phones. I see it everywhere and so make a point not to depend on my phone to the depth I see others in their screen addictions.

Its a lot harder to grow on your own and become self-dependent with a phone attached to your hand all day long. Smothering is now reaching new record heights.

Strange anecdote.

If I use my phone alarm to wake me up I will always wake up 1 minute before it goes off. But, if I disconnect the internet on my phone and put it in airplane mode I don't mysteriously wake up before it rings.

i went from the iPhone 12 to the 16 Pro

and immediately turned off the always on display

i have an iphone 14 (if i remember it right). Use it mostly for calls and messages. I got a new phone last year just cause the old one had completely broken screen

Within the past year, Hubby and I both got new phones. I got mine almost a year ago, and it's a Samsung S23. Hubby got his a few months ago, and it's a Samsung S24.

Even though my phone is the older model, and his was supposed to have better features than mine, we both like my phone better. Some of the "upgrades" they made for the S24 seemed to remove minor features, but they were features that we both liked.

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I have a flip phone. I don't text, let alone use the internet (on my phone). I almost never use the phone. I use e-mail on my desktop computer. My phone bill (unlimited domestic calling, no text service) with all taxes and fees is $21.50/month. There are probably cheaper options than that, considering my low usage, but I've been with Consumer Cellular for years and have been happy with them.

I have the same as you, but through Boost. As long as I pay $30 four times a year everyone is happy.

We also have a landline & husband has a smart phone.

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I’m here only on Mondays, Wednesdays & Fridays. That’s why I’m here now.

That's still how I live.

My phone is new to me. That's all I need to know.

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5-time MoFo Award winner.

Actual photo of me using my phone:

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I destroyed the dastardly dairy dame! I made mad milk maid mulch!

I hate insomnia. Oh yeah. Last year I had four cases of it, and each time it lasted three months.

The relationship between my phone and I is a bit troubled and we're going to seek counseling.

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I believe you because we can't see if you are wearing pants.

I was just reading a thread about smart phones vs flip phone. I thought I was the only person who doesnt like smart phones.
https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?t=435955

I think for this picture I was. It's been too long so I don't remember.

I don’t dislike them. I simply don’t need one. Trust me, if I did have one I would enjoy it eventually.

Yeah, I don't need a smart phone either. I have a computer and spend enough time on that.

Same. Hardly use laptop, but LOVE iPads.

I have a smart phone and I dislike it. I've never liked smart phones. I use mine for calling, texting, and occasional app use for things like banking or shopping, and that's if it's incredibly quick and/or minor. I use my computer for everything else. I hate phones. I can't do as much with a phone and I don't like using fine touch screens with my big thumbs. Typing on them is a nightmare. The stupid keyboard is a piece of shit. I'll try to hit L or M and I end up deleting a letter or I aim for delete and end up typing four thousand Ls, or I aim for N and hit space or aim for space and hit N. Sometimes I don't even want to text people because I hate the damn keyboard so much. I also think faster than I type on a phone and end up missing a word or two and it makes the message weird. One dude thought I was too pissed to think straight and I kept telling him that it was because I was typing on my phone and the keyboard sucks and is too slow.