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Tim Gypsy Hill '64 Stoke sub normal 30 Dec 21 12.01am | |
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Anyone here who doesn't possess one? It becomes more difficult each day to avoid owning one, so I'm interested if it is only a few people left who shun this appendage.
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OldFart By the sea 30 Dec 21 1.54am | |
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Guilty. I have an old Doro mobile. I can send and receive text messages and make and receive calls. It suits me fine in my situation. I'm at home most of the time and have a desktop for my internet needs. To be fair, I wouldn't have clue how to use a smart 'phone.
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Midlands Eagle 30 Dec 21 7.28am | |
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I have a smart phone but don't use it's "smartness" most of the time but the one aspect of modern phones that I find indispensable is Google Maps which can be a life saver when overseas and trying to find a holiday home
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Forest Hillbilly in a hidey-hole 30 Dec 21 7.58am | |
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I have a Nokia brick phone. It is capable of phone calls and texts when the battery is charged and when i can get a signal. I am currently working as a Temp, and i have seen other temps use smart phones to keep updated on their shift pattern/changes. I got a smart phone for christmas. It goes online on 1st January. it has a camera/video, video-call, internet, email stuff, which i will find out about in due course. Edited by Forest Hillbilly (30 Dec 2021 7.59am)
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cryrst The garden of England 30 Dec 21 8.59am | |
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Originally posted by Forest Hillbilly
I have a Nokia brick phone. It is capable of phone calls and texts when the battery is charged and when i can get a signal. I am currently working as a Temp, and i have seen other temps use smart phones to keep updated on their shift pattern/changes. I got a smart phone for christmas. It goes online on 1st January. it has a camera/video, video-call, internet, email stuff, which i will find out about in due course. Edited by Forest Hillbilly (30 Dec 2021 7.59am) Like a wife you mean
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Forest Hillbilly in a hidey-hole 30 Dec 21 9.08am | |
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Originally posted by cryrst
Like a wife you mean Other similarities include having control over your banking activities
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Badger11 Beckenham 30 Dec 21 9.54am | |
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Coincidentally 2 of my friends who don't know each other moved from the old Nokio's to smartphones this Christmas. They both have Iphone's which are better than my Samsung but are clueless so I am teacher / IT support. So far we have managed to make and receive phone calls but they get confused about how voicemail works. At this rate of progress I expect we wont get to searching the web until Easter. I do know one guy (fifties) who has never had a mobile of any kind he just point blank refuses to, how he gets on in life I have no idea. Whilst I can laugh about this it is serious for older people everything is online now especially government services. The other day I received a summons for Jury service I had to reply in 7 days well that was up before the postman had delivered it. Luckily I was able to reply online but what about those who can't.
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Fatherken 30 Dec 21 10.20am | |
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I have a small Nokia which I more often than not leave it at home [
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steeleye20 Croydon 30 Dec 21 11.50am | |
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A small nokia or similar is ideal takes up no space just calls and texts emergency etc. Cons:- 2G band only O2 and vodafone to my knowledge still operating. Their payg deals still require monthly top-up, caution if you don't use your phone for a while. They take the original large sim usually I have unlimited difficulty getting a nokia 105 to recognise one. It has to be 3G really for me and payg must mean what it says.
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Badger11 Beckenham 30 Dec 21 1.56pm | |
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Originally posted by steeleye20
A small nokia or similar is ideal takes up no space just calls and texts emergency etc. Cons:- 2G band only O2 and vodafone to my knowledge still operating. Their payg deals still require monthly top-up, caution if you don't use your phone for a while. They take the original large sim usually I have unlimited difficulty getting a nokia 105 to recognise one. It has to be 3G really for me and payg must mean what it says.
My lady friend with the old Nokio would put £5 on a couple of times a year a proper pay as you go deal. Virgin told her as of Jan 1 they are no longer offering that type of deal as you say Steeleye PAYGO now means a monthly payment not what I call PAYGO. Anyway it was the kick she needed she was given a brand new Iphone 6 about 5 years previously had never taken it out of the box so muggins gets to set it up and teach her. Our first lesson how to make a phone call: Her "What's the big green button"
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mezzer Main Stand, Block F, Row 20 seat 1... 30 Dec 21 2.04pm | |
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Originally posted by Badger11
Coincidentally 2 of my friends who don't know each other moved from the old Nokio's to smartphones this Christmas. They both have Iphone's which are better than my Samsung but are clueless so I am teacher / IT support. So far we have managed to make and receive phone calls but they get confused about how voicemail works. At this rate of progress I expect we wont get to searching the web until Easter. I do know one guy (fifties) who has never had a mobile of any kind he just point blank refuses to, how he gets on in life I have no idea. Whilst I can laugh about this it is serious for older people everything is online now especially government services. The other day I received a summons for Jury service I had to reply in 7 days well that was up before the postman had delivered it. Luckily I was able to reply online but what about those who can't.
I've just been summoned for Jury service (starting Jan 4th). I'm really not at all keen so, with it being at Hove Court, I thought I'd turn up first morning in a Palace shirt in the hopes of not being selected. Maybe I'll meet you Badger?
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Badger11 Beckenham 30 Dec 21 2.12pm | |
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Originally posted by mezzer
I've just been summoned for Jury service (starting Jan 4th). I'm really not at all keen so, with it being at Hove Court, I thought I'd turn up first morning in a Palace shirt in the hopes of not being selected. Maybe I'll meet you Badger? I have been summoned to Southwark in February which is not my nearest court. I am not looking forward to it as I am not a passive person I would prefer to be the person asking the questions. I've been told if I go suited and booted with any luck the type of defendants we get in South London their lawyer will take one look at me and reject my selection. If I wear a MAGA cap will that be pushing it too far? Likewise if you want to serve don't shave and turn up looking you you got out of bed. Edited by Badger11 (30 Dec 2021 2.15pm)
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