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dr.strangelove

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4. Very few of us "NEED" a smart phone.

Mon Aug 18, 2014, 01:40 PM

Aug 2014

Like most modern tools, they can make life easier, but they are not a need. For me, the ability to access email, text-messages and the internet, from the palm of my hand, is very convenient for my business. I can scan physical documents into my work files from my phone, which ihelps me out a lot. I can research caselaw from my phone and mostly I can read documents from my phone. It takes dictation, which helps me a lot. Overall, its a great tool. I enjoy facebook and DU on my phone too, but its hardly worth it just for that. But that I can get document, scan it and fax/email it from my phone is pretty helpful.

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Tell me why I need a smart phone [View all] hedgehog Aug 2014 OP

Not me. My phone is a complete idiot :) arcane1 Aug 2014 #1

You don't. The Velveteen Ocelot Aug 2014 #2

Just depends upon what you want. Atman Aug 2014 #3

Very few of us "NEED" a smart phone. dr.strangelove Aug 2014 #4

I've had a smartphone for 2 years now, LWolf Aug 2014 #61

In my line of work I get documents sent to me via iphone lunatica Aug 2014 #68

After one month of succumbing, I still don't have an answer to your question UTUSN Aug 2014 #5

I'm just like you Populist_Prole Aug 2014 #6

"It's for my convenience, not someone else's" cyberswede Aug 2014 #11

"Perfect." pablo_marmol Aug 2014 #28

No problem Populist_Prole Aug 2014 #34

The use of voicemail is declining sharply. Xithras Aug 2014 #45

The hell with them then Populist_Prole Aug 2014 #48

It probably depends on the audience tabbycat31 Aug 2014 #73

me too but Nevada Blue Aug 2014 #18

That's what I have always used. tazkcmo Aug 2014 #71

OMG - you know how to do voicemail? csziggy Aug 2014 #25

It has totally replaced my camera (which was always running low on batteries anyway), and Lydia Leftcoast Aug 2014 #7

I'm also self employed (with horses) and I use my smartphone for work every single day riderinthestorm Aug 2014 #39

I don't even have a cell phone. geardaddy Aug 2014 #8

You probably don't. elleng Aug 2014 #9

jitterbug hedgehog Aug 2014 #10

That is the exact Jitterbug phone that I have. RebelOne Aug 2014 #36

It seems to me that if you don't already know you need one, then you don't. cyberswede Aug 2014 #12

Eh. You really don't need one. Tommy_Carcetti Aug 2014 #13

to be honest it sounds like you don't need one tabbycat31 Aug 2014 #14

You do not. ohnoyoudidnt Aug 2014 #15

Because you're too stupid to use a regular phone? A HERETIC I AM Aug 2014 #16

I broke down and got a smartphone this year after my old phone got fried by the rain derby378 Aug 2014 #17

OK I will! Kali Aug 2014 #19

This message was self-deleted by its author R B Garr Aug 2014 #24

If I need to, I can print 'My List' from my account on the in-store computer at Vons pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #27

If you use it for couponing noamnety Aug 2014 #41

You don't really "need" a smartphone to be honest Liberal_from_va34 Aug 2014 #20

You probably don't. I don't either, but they are fun. n/t Tobin S. Aug 2014 #21

If you're actively employed or you travel, you need one. mainer Aug 2014 #22

I am employed and I travel and I don't need one Skittles Aug 2014 #53

I travel overseas, and texts are cheaper than phone calls mainer Aug 2014 #55

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This message was self-deleted by its author R B Garr Aug 2014 #23

so essentially Skittles Aug 2014 #52

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This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Aug 2014 #60

DU...on your phone...at work KeepItReal Aug 2014 #26

You can use it for directions with voice even BainsBane Aug 2014 #29

I hear it also makes a good door stop pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #30

What did I tell you BainsBane Aug 2014 #31

So... pinboy3niner Aug 2014 #32

I use email, facebook, maps - TBF Aug 2014 #33

I will not tell you that, hedgehog... MrMickeysMom Aug 2014 #35

I pay $33 per month for a regular flip phone Kingofalldems Aug 2014 #37

Music, movies, flashlight, alarm clock, camera, internet, calendar... DamnYankeeInHouston Aug 2014 #38

This message was self-deleted by its author Raffi Ella Aug 2014 #40

So you can play the Mellotron Tom Ripley Aug 2014 #42

I just recently replaced my dying flip phone Trailrider1951 Aug 2014 #43

Thank you all for the comments and advice - hedgehog Aug 2014 #44

If your kids would like you to have a smartphone, Jenoch Aug 2014 #62

They'd be happy if I just left it on from time to time! hedgehog Aug 2014 #66

I still use a flip phone too. Jenoch Aug 2014 #67

So you can leave your house AgingAmerican Aug 2014 #46

It is a pocket computer AgingAmerican Aug 2014 #47

My husband bought one a few weeks ago LibertyLover Aug 2014 #49

Same boat Jimbo S Aug 2014 #50

Because... pokerfan Aug 2014 #51

I have relatives PasadenaTrudy Aug 2014 #54

My phone cost $14.99 at Best Buy IDemo Aug 2014 #57

keep same phone number? Skittles Aug 2014 #79

I've only ever had Tracphone as a cell carrier IDemo Aug 2014 #80

So you can argue on DU at any time in any place. Why else? kwassa Aug 2014 #58

i resisted getting one for a long time because i really didn't need it fizzgig Aug 2014 #63

You only need one Aerows Aug 2014 #64

Spotify and the Stephanie Miller podcast shenmue Aug 2014 #65

It puts all of the knowledge of the universe at the end of your arm! PassingFair Aug 2014 #69

It allows me to keep in close contact with my daughter on another continent. vanlassie Aug 2014 #70

If you had a smart phone it could tell you why you need one. Gidney N Cloyd Aug 2014 #72

Ha! I don't even have THAT much, as I installed On-Star in my car! WinkyDink Aug 2014 #74

My phone is basically a replacement for my computer when I'm out. alarimer Aug 2014 #75

To begin at the beginning intaglio Aug 2014 #76

Well.... where do I start? Turbineguy Aug 2014 #77

Depends on what you like JonLP24 Aug 2014 #78