jaspershiloh Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I feel like I am an alien - I dont have a smart phone. Up till recently, I just got a pay as you go phone, for emergency purposes only. I really dont want to get stuck with a flat out in the middle of no where again... that is, hoping the phone has a signal:tongue_smilie:. Ugh... I feel like I am stuck in a time warp. Can anyone relate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
three4me Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Nope, you're not alone :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bobby Soxer Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Nope, you're not alone :) :iagree: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 My sister's cell phone doesn't work where she lives. She has to drive somewhere to check texts and voice mails. I have a Blackberry (provided through/for work). I have no desire to own another electronic gadget. The only reason partner-boss now has a smartphone is that she keeps losing her phones and having to replace them at least annually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Peach Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 (edited) I got rid of my smart phone a month ago and now use a phone thru Straight Talk. I am loving the smaller bills and the service is great (it's Verizon). I don't miss my smart phone in the least. I am usually home to use a laptop/iPod Touch/Kindle Fire to get online, check emails, FB, or just play around. I don't need to do any of that while I'm out and about. ETA: It is possible to get a no-contract phone that is semi-smart, for lack of a better term. :) Mine has a touch screen, and a slide out keyboard. I text and talk as much as I did with my smart phone. I can also go online with the phone I have now, but it is clunkier than my other phone. Edited July 24, 2012 by Princess Peach Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrn Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I only have a pay as you go phone. I havn't used mine in a week. Dh does have a smart phone, but it is required for his job. The best part is that his work pays the bill too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clarkacademy Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I don't have one and no intention of getting one :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKS Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Yes, you are. Only joking! I have a friend who doesn't have one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bettyandbob Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I don't have one. My cell does do texts--I know some people who phones without text. I view the phone as a safety device. I don't need more features. dh has a smart phone for work and needs it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dm379 Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I have a smart phone because I need it for the GPS since we travel so much. I seriously looked into downgrading but the GPS makes it worth it for me. Dh is downgrading as soon as he can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xuzi Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I don't have one. I also have never ever sent a text, and I only got my first cell phone 4 years ago when it became necessary for DH to have one (when they added being "on call" to his job requirement). I wish we had a pay-as-you-go phone, but DH likes not having to worry about keeping track of minutes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blueridge Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I don't have one, either...and my dh is a cellular engineer. I have a bottom of the line, *practical* model. :glare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tabrizia Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I didn't have one until DS' accident. Shortly after his accident when he was in the hospital, I realized that I really needed one to be able to easily coordinate everything for him and to help keep me organized. So I got one, I love it, but up until his accident I really had no issue with my ancient pay as you go phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dansamy Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I have a smart phone, but I only pay $45/month through Straight Talk. I have a nice dual-core Motorola ATRIX. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewellsmommy Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I have a phone that calls people and receives calls from people. :D My dh has a droid and a blackberry through work. So his phones are smart enough for the both of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catz Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 No, I don't have a smart phone or texting. I have a very basic model cell that mostly only my DH calls me on. I had an experience once where I got a flat on my bike 5 miles from home and ended up walking home all scraped up. That is the only reason I ever got a cell at all! I do have an iPad with wireless though. Not 4G. We live in an urban area and all our regular stomping grounds have free wireless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebarefootamazon Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 You are not alone, I am here with you. ;) I'd like one but it's not in the budget right now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassoonaroo Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 No, I don't have a smart phone. In fact, the dinosaur of a cell phone I carry for emergencies (and for my youngest to beg "Moooooommmmmmmm, can I use the computer while you are at the grocery store?????"), is pretty stupid. Downright dumb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Nope, no one in my family has one! (But just recently I started thinking that I might like one...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lea1 Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Nope, me neither. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
higginszoo Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 (edited) Nope. I barely carry my cell phone with me. It is just a basic $15 Sanyo that I paid Tracfone $150 for 24 months of service. It's not a priority in my life (or my budget) to have anything more. Edited July 25, 2012 by higginszoo Stupid Kindle autocorrect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momof3littles Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 No smart phone. I got upgraded to a phone with a keyboard a yr or two ago and that was a nice upgrade ;) DH and I just can't justify a need for a data plan. I'm home most of the time. He travels for work and I've suggested it might be useful for him, but he doesn't think it would add that much to his life. We do have a touch, but haven't used apps on it for a few months now. We've considered going to a super low cost pay as you go phone for me, and then upgrading DH, but no plans in the immediate future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrairieSong Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 We have dumb phones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoxcell Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I don't have a smart phone. The only cell phone we have is a Net 10 phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbel Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 We have dumb phones. That's us, too! Now and then I do see where a smartphone would be really nice to have, but we don't have a consistent need for it, and balk at the cost since our need is not great. Eventually I'm sure we'll upgrade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimson Wife Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I didn't have one until a couple weeks ago, when we cancelled my Verizon phone to save $$$ and I got added as a 3rd line to my dad's Consumer Cellular plan. I wasn't planning on getting a smart phone but my dad surprised me with one as a gift. I'm really trying to only use the smart phone features when I'm somewhere with free wi-fi because it's a shared data plan with not that big of an allotment. It *is* pretty handy, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nono Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I don't have a smartphone but I have a major carrier and I can text like a mad-dog on an old clamshell style phone, if necessary! :tongue_smilie: I am not anti-technology. I had a car phone in 1986. I just prefer and little itty bitty phone I can run with, and a smart phone isn't that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-M- Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 No. While my husband has had one since phones became smart (*wry grin*), I simply can't *stand* the idea of being that connected. (This from a person who doesn't generally have the landline ringer on, either.) My daughters and I have cheap phones that we keep charged and in minutes. We call them our "emergency phones." That said, I do have an iPad 3 with 4G, so I can send messages to my husband and sister (who also has a smart phone -- hers is an iPhone) and look up addresses and whatnot when I'm out and about. But the iPad -- a gift from my husband who then upgraded it when the new model came out -- is simply an indulgence, not a necessity. If I forget it, I don't miss it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catz Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I am not anti-technology. I had a car phone in 1986. I just prefer and little itty bitty phone I can run with, and a smart phone isn't that! Oh I'm definitely not anti-tech either. I live by e-mail and online ordering, etc. My DH and I don't understand paying for a data plan when we are surrounded by free wireless and IM services. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mama2cntrykids Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Nope, you're not. I have no plans to get one either. Just another "thing" for me to be distracted by;). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nono Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Oh I'm definitely not anti-tech either. I live by e-mail and online ordering, etc. My DH and I don't understand paying for a data plan when we are surrounded by free wireless and IM services. No doubt!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soror Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 REgular phone-prepaid. I don't use it enough to justify anything more and I'm too cheap anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penny_P Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Pre-pay phone here. I'd LOVE a smartphone- just for fun.... but not the cost. It amazes me how much people spend on their phones. DH has one free from work, and it IS very convenient at times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emzhengjiu Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Pre-paid phones here. I don't want a contract. If money were not an issue, I would love a smart phone though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean in Newcastle Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 No smart phone here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kricau Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I am another one without a smart phone :) The only reason we have cell phones at all, is cause we don't have a house phone. They are like $30 a month :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
g7s22 Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Tracfones here. I recently upgraded to one with a touchscreen (my DH went swimming with my phone on vacation). I don't text or go online.. although there are times it would be nice to just look something up quick while out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatmansWife Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I don't have anything....no cell phone (of any kind), no ipod, no kindles or any of the other things most people can't seem to live without. We have a tv with 4 channels (one is the weather channel), 1 dvd/vcr, a landline phone (dh does have a cell), and our desktop computer. On the computer I don't facebook, twitter, skype....any of that stuff. Call me old fashioned, but I don't mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Embassy Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I feel like I am an alien - I dont have a smart phone. Up till recently, I just got a pay as you go phone, for emergency purposes only. I really dont want to get stuck with a flat out in the middle of no where again... that is, hoping the phone has a signal:tongue_smilie:. Ugh... I feel like I am stuck in a time warp. Can anyone relate? LOL, I don't even have a pay as you go phone.:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalicoKat Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 No, you're not alone. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rebel Yell Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Still using my $10 tracfone. I can make & receive calls & texts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 You're not alone. I don't have one, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BakersDozen Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 LOL, our phone is so basic and old that when we brought it into a tiny thrift store to find a replacement cord for it the lady said we wouldn't find a cord as all the ones she had were super old. My ds walked over and found a cord, just like that. It's a basic phone, purchased in 2007, still going strong and used very rarely. It's all we need or want. Dumb phones work for us. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheryl Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 I don't have one and proud of it! :tongue_smilie: When I started my thread on Washington DC, I think one of my replies was to the fact that I don't have a smart phone. Oh, I don't remember exactly, but it seems I posted something like this before, on here. My phone is used for safety first and second to that as a matter of convenience. I have a limited number of minutes. No text (can't stand to do this and will only oblige someone once in a moon). I do have a camera, but most phones do nowadays. Oh, I don't have GPS. If I want/need it, I need to pay extra. Those paper maps sure come in handle - as well as AAA maps! I really don't plan on buying a smart phone. Don't "need" it and I'm not buying one b/c everyone else seems to be buying one or b/c the cell phone industry is shoving down people's throats! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 I'll one up you: I don't know what a smart phone is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 well, I don't have any phone. I have never texted in my life. But, dh got a nice raise and I am pretty sure we are getting iphones next month. It is more for him than for me. He really should have had one for work years ago. He feels weird getting one if I don't, so I get one as well. So you aren't the last, but you are one of the last. And here all this time I thought I was the last one :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 I have used a Tracfone for years, BUT I will be buying a friend's iPhone 4, when the iPhone 5 comes out, buying a sim card from Straight Talk, and use Straight Talk for $45/month. I can't wait! I wish Apple would hurry up and release their new phone. (Is it wrong that I now think of his phone as *my* phone and want to tell him to be careful with it all the time?!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Acorn Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 I could have had one for either free or really cheap when dh bought his, but I would rather have my clamshell that can handle being dropped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom31257 Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 I don't have a smartphone, either. I do have a Straight Talk phone that is $30 a month and has 1000 min, 1000 texts, and 30 mb web access. The screen isn't great, but I can check email, weather, etc. For $45 a month you get unlimited everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 I don't have one. I'm lucky to have a slide with a little keyboard. I just got that last year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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