Let me say straight away, I'm not into "smart" phones. (any phone for which you can pay £1,000 I don't consider being "smart"), But as they say, "each to their own." I've had a basic "Sendo" mobile for over fifteen years and a "half brick" before that. The only "additional feature" is that you can send a text. I never have. I accept mobiles can be necessary, you sometimes have to have a mobile number, say for if you're buying something on-line using Paypal. If it's around £100 they'll send you a security code to your mobile you have to punch into the website you're buying from. I had to do that a couple of weeks ago when I bought a new golf bag. I just keep my phone in the ashtray of my car for emergencies and to check if my wife needs any "justgetmes" before I leave the carpark after playing golf. "My lifestyle isn't hectic or important enough to demand the possession of a smart phone." Anyway, one evening last week the landline went down around 9.00pm. although the TV and the internet were unaffected. My wife was a bit concerned, so I said I'd phone Virgin on my mobile. What a pain that was, using this little phone with a small screen, and smaller keys, "in the dark," (we've lots of lights in this house but they've all got dark shades). I got through to "a robot called Press Four" or something similar, who told me the phones would be back in a couple of hours. So no big deal. So I decided I'd get a more manageable phone. My wife said there was one on her shopping channel, so I ordered it. Here are the two phones. The keys are of a more manageable size, it has lots of features including a camera, none of which I will likely use. It comes with a charger "stand" like most phones and earphones. I swopped the sim card and fortunately had a spare memory card from a defunct dash/cam which I'd replaced as one wasn't supplied with the phone. So I was up and running with emergency numbers programmed in, within minutes of it arriving. Like a lot of stuff, there's some internet access so it updated the date and time itself. I think it cost forty-three quid.
My uncle also recently upgraded his phone. He isn't big on texting, and doesnt like technology taking over our lives. I'm the opposite, I love my phone. I hate calling people, but I love having the internet and mobile games whenever and wherever I am. I am constantly taking pics of my cats and my garden and sharing them.
I've got a smart phone only because I like to use it to go on the forums and take lots of pics. It's my second one, the first one I had for 5 years it would have been alright but the battery wouldn't charge anymore and it's best to get a new phone instead of trying to replace the battery. I don't use it much for phoning i like to use the landline one but it's good for when I'm walking the boys. The prices are variable but wouldn't pay £1000 mine was about £500. hubby has the same.
My laptop is all I need, mostly for information, I'm not into "gaming" I think it's a total waste of time, as it's unproductive. I use e-mail a lot rather than a phone. I can send a message at a time I choose and the recipient can read it when they choose and vice-versa. For me a carrying a phone everywhere with me would mske me feel like a "tagged criminal." Even when using my laptop, I'm watching TV over the top of it, or listening to music on my vintage hi-fi and jukebox wall boxes.
I don't have a mobile 'phone and really don't see that I will ever have a need for one. The house 'phone and the internet are my ways of communicating.
I haven't bothered upgrading since I got this, (see link below). The only reason why I change a smartphone, is when the battery starts loosing it's charge. And the mobility of a mobile phone gets compromised - Otherwise I really don't need to. The entire story of me and smartphones, I shared with everyone here, in 2017. https://www.gardenstew.com/threads/the-ultimate-book-case-for-a-smartphone.39239/
