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In reply to the discussion: Tell me why I need a smart phone [View all]vanlassie
(5,668 posts)70. It allows me to keep in close contact with my daughter on another continent.
FaceTime allows us to see each other with total clarity. It is awesome. And since she is due to have a baby in two weeks, I will see the baby girl probably within minutes. And then keep in close touch until I get there!
I do the same with my two grandsons who are five and two. See them all the time even tho they live three hours away!
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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 broke down and got a smartphone this year after my old phone got fried by the rain
derby378
Aug 2014
#17
If I need to, I can print 'My List' from my account on the in-store computer at Vons
pinboy3niner
Aug 2014
#27
Music, movies, flashlight, alarm clock, camera, internet, calendar...
DamnYankeeInHouston
Aug 2014
#38