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Nevada Blue

(130 posts)
18. me too but
Mon Aug 18, 2014, 05:34 PM
Aug 2014

I keep mine on, so that when I'm away from home, family could still reach me. I have an elderly mother and need to be available even when I'm not really available.

I like my cheap little trac-phone just fine - wouldn't be able to see anything on a smartphone screen, anyway, without extra-strong reading glasses. Screen is just too small and I don't feel the need to be 'connected' all the time.

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
This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles Aug 2014 #56
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
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