I have several (let's eschew the American "multiple") phones. The old ones don't work because they don't have sim cards. The new one - well, second-hand but new to me - does work but since I hardly ever use it I have virtually no idea of its abilities. But it's jolly handy when a bank texts me a one-time password for an account. I'm not even sure who my service provider is - I make so few calls nobody has activated a Direct Debit yet.
dearieme - I have two but one is very old and has been in a cupboard for five years. I may bequeath it to one of our grandkids as an antique. I find the other one quite useful for bank payments, texts and emails but annoyingly complex and full of features I don't use.
I have two. Well, three, counting the old one which became redundant when the 3g signal was switched off. That 3g phone was replaced by the 4g version, £10 from Tesco. PAYG, I used to top up about £15 a year, now £2.50 a month for 100 minutes of which I use about ten, same for texts, and 100mb data which I don't use, it being a dumb phone. But it fits in my pocket without burning a hole in it. And when, as happens from time to time, it emerges from the washing machine within the aforesaid pocket, it won't cost much to replace it. (SIM cards survive the washing machine, phones not so much). The other phone is a smartphone, I bought it in 2018 (£60!) rather than another cheap one just to see what all the fuss was about. It doesn't fit comfortably in a pocket, it sits in a drawer. Unused, except occasionally when I want things like maps on the move, or as a temporary substitute for pocketable but not quite washable phones.
djc - I find that too, a significant problem with smartphones is that they don't fit comfortably in a pocket even though we have the smallest iPhones available. They have their uses but there is a temptation to adapt to them and make them into a bigger part of daily life than they should be, something we try to avoid as it doesn't feel healthy.
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I have several (let's eschew the American "multiple") phones. The old ones don't work because they don't have sim cards. The new one - well, second-hand but new to me - does work but since I hardly ever use it I have virtually no idea of its abilities. But it's jolly handy when a bank texts me a one-time password for an account. I'm not even sure who my service provider is - I make so few calls nobody has activated a Direct Debit yet.
dearieme - I have two but one is very old and has been in a cupboard for five years. I may bequeath it to one of our grandkids as an antique. I find the other one quite useful for bank payments, texts and emails but annoyingly complex and full of features I don't use.
I have two. Well, three, counting the old one which became redundant when the 3g signal was switched off. That 3g phone was replaced by the 4g version, £10 from Tesco. PAYG, I used to top up about £15 a year, now £2.50 a month for 100 minutes of which I use about ten, same for texts, and 100mb data which I don't use, it being a dumb phone. But it fits in my pocket without burning a hole in it. And when, as happens from time to time, it emerges from the washing machine within the aforesaid pocket, it won't cost much to replace it. (SIM cards survive the washing machine, phones not so much).
The other phone is a smartphone, I bought it in 2018 (£60!) rather than another cheap one just to see what all the fuss was about. It doesn't fit comfortably in a pocket, it sits in a drawer. Unused, except occasionally when I want things like maps on the move, or as a temporary substitute for pocketable but not quite washable phones.
djc - I find that too, a significant problem with smartphones is that they don't fit comfortably in a pocket even though we have the smallest iPhones available. They have their uses but there is a temptation to adapt to them and make them into a bigger part of daily life than they should be, something we try to avoid as it doesn't feel healthy.
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