Yes, and most probably will when my current phone contract is up. I only use my phone for phone (funny that) texts & internet. I'm not on social media & don't download apps, music etc.
Dislike my Samsung 6 phone - always activating the apps on it everytime I pick it up & lost count the number of times I've inadvertedly called someone at 7 in the morning when I've (sleepily) picked it up.
If I can get a small, pocket sized phone that just does the basics I'd be more than happy. I thought with the onset of technology gadgets were supposed to get smaller, not bigger. I phones are almost the size of the "bricks" of 30 years ago. Wish I still had my nokia 6210.
In my opinion though, society would be better if the things weren't invented in the first place.
The phones aren't the problem, blame the people that can't put them down due to their 'look at me, look at me' attitude.
This attitude only seemed to become as prevalent as it is since phones became 'Smart' in my opinion.
We basically gave people a platform with the invention of social media, starting with MySpace and Bebo type sites and when facebook and twitter came along people started pretending their lives were always perfect or always dramatic... U ok hun?
This has created almost a competitiveness that when user reflect upon their actual lives they realise they also have to become fake to get by in social media life.
My battery died yesterday afternoon and as such I was phoneless until today, I loved the freedom and I think I agree with @SDAddick I need to switch off all notifications as they're the annoying thing with phones.
I have to say the points i seem to favoure have been around using the devices non-social-media based features. The Camera, Shopping, Music and even watching cricket in the corner of a pub instead of rubbing one out over the cheap porn channels provided by the hotel.
a lot of you like me probably take smart phones for granted now but i do find them intrusive to the extent that i am beginning to resent the ping that is a work e-mail at 10.00 on a sunday or somesuch .The world did seem to turn at a slower pace at one time.
i do actually enjoy leaving the phone behind on ocassions
On bus journeys in the old days you used to get a paper ticket rattled out by one of those wonderful machines. We used to play games related to the numbers on the ticket and other stuff, and also roll them up or flatten them and slide them under the surrounding metalwork at the top of the seat in front. You can't have an experience like that with a mobile telephone. If you fished in the bin at the exit, or asked the conductor nicely you could get blank ticket rolls to use as streamers at the football, alternatively you could appropriate the 'Bronco' bog roll in school or public toilets as a more advanced streamer. There was a knack to throwing them.
At least on a bus you can stare at the outside world, the train system here means I have been staring at black space in tunnels in the past few days without a phone.
On bus journeys in the old days you used to get a paper ticket rattled out by one of those wonderful machines. We used to play games related to the numbers on the ticket and other stuff, and also roll them up or flatten them and slide them under the surrounding metalwork at the top of the seat in front. You can't have an experience like that with a mobile telephone. If you fished in the bin at the exit, or asked the conductor nicely you could get blank ticket rolls to use as streamers at the football, alternatively you could appropriate the 'Bronco' bog roll in school or public toilets as a more advanced streamer. There was a knack to throwing them.
you forgot, you could also get lung cancer from passive smoking on the upper deck!
At least people formed an orderly queue and didn't leave the bus looking like an explosion in a chicken coop.
a lot of you like me probably take smart phones for granted now but i do find them intrusive to the extent that i am beginning to resent the ping that is a work e-mail at 10.00 on a sunday or somesuch .The world did seem to turn at a slower pace at one time.
i do actually enjoy leaving the phone behind on ocassions
On the other hand it allows many (not me) to 'work from home' responding to emails when they are either on the golf course, in a coffee shop, out for their children's birthday or anything else but wfh.
Gave up on a succession of iphone's almost a year ago. My current phone has no internet connection. It's texts (no picture messages) and calls. Simple, no distractions of surfing because my brain is having a rest. Missed browsing for about a month then accepted it.
Incidentally stopped drinking alcohol 11 years ago tomorrow, after a bet with a mate I could do a month. Packed in fags 10 years ago. Don't miss either.
I think I'd be happier if I got rid of this phone. I also think I'd be happier if I gave up alcohol. No plans to give up either though, because I'm weak and stupid. BTW that's not meant as satire, it's 100% genuine.
I think I'd be happier if I got rid of this phone. I also think I'd be happier if I gave up alcohol. No plans to give up either though, because I'm weak and stupid. BTW that's not meant as satire, it's 100% genuine.
Yes we've all thought that for a long time Uboat, glad you finally admitted it;)
I think I'd be happier if I got rid of this phone. I also think I'd be happier if I gave up alcohol. No plans to give up either though, because I'm weak and stupid. BTW that's not meant as satire, it's 100% genuine.
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We basically gave people a platform with the invention of social media, starting with MySpace and Bebo type sites and when facebook and twitter came along people started pretending their lives were always perfect or always dramatic... U ok hun?
This has created almost a competitiveness that when user reflect upon their actual lives they realise they also have to become fake to get by in social media life.
My battery died yesterday afternoon and as such I was phoneless until today, I loved the freedom and I think I agree with @SDAddick I need to switch off all notifications as they're the annoying thing with phones.
I have to say the points i seem to favoure have been around using the devices non-social-media based features. The Camera, Shopping, Music and even watching cricket in the corner of a pub instead of rubbing one out over the cheap porn channels provided by the hotel.
i do actually enjoy leaving the phone behind on ocassions
You can't have an experience like that with a mobile telephone.
If you fished in the bin at the exit, or asked the conductor nicely you could get blank ticket rolls to use as streamers at the football, alternatively you could appropriate the 'Bronco' bog roll in school or public toilets as a more advanced streamer. There was a knack to throwing them.
Which was nice.
At least people formed an orderly queue and didn't leave the bus looking like an explosion in a chicken coop.
Bitter. Not me.
Incidentally stopped drinking alcohol 11 years ago tomorrow, after a bet with a mate I could do a month. Packed in fags 10 years ago. Don't miss either.
No plans to give up either though, because I'm weak and stupid.
BTW that's not meant as satire, it's 100% genuine.