Not Everyone Who Prefers Flip Phones is a Luddite

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11. There are security-savvy people who use flip phones to avoid being hacked,

and there are people who use phones only to make phone calls. Both are good reasons to have a flip phone. Another good reason is elderly people like my mom who is confused by any other use for it, but dutifully carries it with her everywhere she goes so she has a way to call for help if necessary. Another good use for a flip phone is for your child's first phone if they're still in grade school or jr. high, waiting until they're more mature to give them a phone with all the bells and whistles.

As for myself, my phone isn't just a phone. And that's why I have it. I take photographs that I treasure, that wouldn't exist if I didn't have my iPhone with me. I text with family and friends, keeping more in touch with them than if I only relied on calls or emails from my laptop. I read the news, read forums like DU, count my footsteps from time to time (not obsessive about that, but it's a nice feature), write notes to transcribe later, buy tickets, listen to music, identify birds or constellations, check my calendar, and on and on.

The point is that I'm not carrying just a phone, I'm carrying a computer, a camera, a pad and pencil, a calculator, a calendar, a bird book, etc. It's so much more than just "marginally more capable" than a flip phone.

People should carry the phone they like, and/or the phone they can afford. However close or far away to the margin of capability that it is.