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hunter

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62. I'm pretty sure I have one of the older non-smartest cell phones here.

Tue Oct 8, 2013, 07:24 PM

Oct 2013

I bought two of these phones for my kids when they were in middle school. These phones were obsolete models then and sold for ten dollars straight up, no contract. One of these phones stopped working, and the battery died on the other, which left me with one good hand-me-down phone.

Our oldest kid is now a teacher.

Some of the "features" on this phones don't work anymore and I get an error message when I try them. Fancy ring-tones are no longer available, and I can no longer pay my bill using the menu and my password, I have to call the 800 number.

But it still works as a phone.

My kids now have very smart phones that they pay for themselves, probably in happy rebellion to their cheap ass dumpster diving dad. But I don't need a smart phone, nor do I want one.

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Do you have a smartphone, non-smart cell phone, or no cell phone? [View all] CreekDog Oct 2013 OP

No smartphone here. HappyMe Oct 2013 #1

You don't feel the need... KatyMan Oct 2013 #4

You know, I don't want to lay out HappyMe Oct 2013 #7

Lucky for me, my iphone KatyMan Oct 2013 #63

Not necessarily. kentauros Oct 2013 #75

i use my netbook in place of smart phone Liberal_in_LA Oct 2013 #5

Skype or e-mail? (I have a netbook.) WinkyDink Oct 2013 #49

email, checking the web Liberal_in_LA Oct 2013 #82

Ah. Same here! WinkyDink Oct 2013 #86

I have a similar setup... surrealAmerican Oct 2013 #54

Agreed. I have a basic cell phone with no bells or whistles, RebelOne Oct 2013 #8

I don't feel the need to shell out Jim Warren Oct 2013 #18

I like to say that I have a phone that is SheilaT Oct 2013 #2

A non smartphone is actually called a dumbphone. Happyhippychick Oct 2013 #3

I didn't use that term because I thought it would interfere with people answering CreekDog Oct 2013 #9

I knew you were trying to be non offensive Happyhippychick Oct 2013 #17

Color me dumb! babylonsister Oct 2013 #51

But you rock in every other way! DU's most valuable contributor in my opinion! Happyhippychick Oct 2013 #59

I have a smartish phone malaise Oct 2013 #65

Both. dipsydoodle Oct 2013 #6

I have a Galaxy Note II Aerows Oct 2013 #14

I go out dancing often - dipsydoodle Oct 2013 #21

You can dance with a Note II! Aerows Oct 2013 #23

No Ive got the original Note which I think was slighly smaller. dipsydoodle Oct 2013 #32

I have a stupidphone. They told me it was supposed to smart. ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #10

Just got my first cell phone a couple of months ago (I'm 55) and it is a smart phone... Luminous Animal Oct 2013 #11

I adore my Samsung Galaxy Note II Aerows Oct 2013 #12

Samsung Galaxy S3 here and I love that thing. n/t cynatnite Oct 2013 #15

It's awesome Aerows Oct 2013 #19

Same LadyHawkAZ Oct 2013 #24

I just got the Note 10.1 tablet the other day Posteritatis Oct 2013 #45

What is the battery life like? dkf Oct 2013 #76

This is NEWS Jim Warren Oct 2013 #13

I will be impressed if he has to pull up the antenna. n/t cynatnite Oct 2013 #16

The only reason I have this stupid smartphone is because my flip phone broke ScreamingMeemie Oct 2013 #37

like mine? robinlynne Oct 2013 #52

But he probably has several people following him around sammytko Oct 2013 #64

No frills flip phone. lpbk2713 Oct 2013 #20

I have a smartphone and a flip phone. bunnies Oct 2013 #22

I have a texting machine with internet. Iggo Oct 2013 #25

I went to the Verizon store and asked for a Stupid Phone LiberalEsto Oct 2013 #26

Did yet you get the Senator Cruz It's All About Me Phone? Ikonoklast Oct 2013 #68

I just got rid of my iPhone 3 and replaced it with a Moto X. Made in America. Well, Texas anyway. denverbill Oct 2013 #27

I have a smartphone. KitSileya Oct 2013 #28

I have a smart phone, but only because my husband got an iphone for work Bettie Oct 2013 #29

2 iphones, a 4 and a 5 coldmountain Oct 2013 #30

Smart phone. HooptieWagon Oct 2013 #31

I have a cellphone, but may replace it with an iPhone. . . DinahMoeHum Oct 2013 #33

Thinking about doing away with my cell phone. Life B Calm Oct 2013 #34

Dropped the landline five years ago. Wife & I both have smartphones. GreenStormCloud Oct 2013 #35

I use my iPad for video chat and some voice calls. bravenak Oct 2013 #36

I have a rotary dial with no answering machine. adirondacker Oct 2013 #38

I have a land line with voice mail. RebelOne Oct 2013 #56

Fortunately, we Still have our small local telephone Co. and the transmission goes through wires adirondacker Oct 2013 #60

You need a real landline if you want to be able to use your phone during outages sammytko Oct 2013 #66

My Charter cable phone works Go Vols Oct 2013 #84

Droid FloridaJudy Oct 2013 #39

I still have the first Android Ron Obvious Oct 2013 #40

I tried it and hated it katmondoo Oct 2013 #41

Smartphone. Starry Messenger Oct 2013 #42

I gave up a cell phone when I quit working in 2002 tech3149 Oct 2013 #43

No any kind of cell phone, I hate them with a passion! n/t truegrit44 Oct 2013 #44

Do not want either, but have a plain cell phone. Puzzledtraveller Oct 2013 #46

No cell, landline with a rotary dial Gormy Cuss Oct 2013 #47

Get one of these and be your own landline hotspot! kentauros Oct 2013 #77

Shh.. Gormy Cuss Oct 2013 #80

Nothing. Land-line. I'll play games, read, watch videos/TV shows, etc., on my new Kindle HDX. WinkyDink Oct 2013 #48

I want that too, that Kindle HDX.....tell me about it. a kennedy Oct 2013 #73

I do have a wireless router, from my cable company. A router is required to get the Internet on WinkyDink Oct 2013 #87

Not to be outdone by the average nine-year-old girl, two iPhones and two iPads. NYC_SKP Oct 2013 #50

OK, so I'm a 69 year-old fanboy Jackpine Radical Oct 2013 #53

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2013 #55

Today in the SF Chronicle there was an article about the dangers of smartphones kimbutgar Oct 2013 #57

I have a two-year-old LG Spectrum (Android) phylny Oct 2013 #58

I didn't even get a cell phone until a few years ago distantearlywarning Oct 2013 #61

I'm pretty sure I have one of the older non-smartest cell phones here. hunter Oct 2013 #62

Smartphone, and no land-line for about 10 years now. bullwinkle428 Oct 2013 #67

Flip Top Phone Here FM451 Oct 2013 #69

I have an "advertised as smart but not really so smart" phone ... Myrina Oct 2013 #70

cell phone, no land line. JNelson6563 Oct 2013 #71

My computers are "smart" and hold personal information, I have control of them. Egalitarian Thug Oct 2013 #72

I have a trac fone and it's pretty smart for what I use it for..... a kennedy Oct 2013 #74

Smartphone. I'm a liberal, not a Luddite. Arkana Oct 2013 #78

That's gonna leave a mark! Earth_First Oct 2013 #79

I have an ancient smartphone that is pretty fucking stupid. DireStrike Oct 2013 #81

I have a non-smart phone, pay as you go, but erinlough Oct 2013 #83

I was self righteously against smartphones up until March 2011 ecstatic Oct 2013 #85

I didn't see this poll till now... yuiyoshida Oct 2013 #88

I have just a regular cell phone cristianmarie533 Oct 2013 #89