Posted on 06/04/2015 9:42:45 PM PDT by thomasryan
I have my smartphone for free and you can too.
Pray America is waking
The smartest phone I would ever own would only have GPRS or EDGE dial-up service.
Nothing fancier. I usually place calls and texts. Unless I’m patching my cel phone to my computers, I only *need* GPRS/EDGE.
A Motorola RAZR would suit me well, if I could find either an unlocked model, or one locked to VoiceStream Wireless...I don’t remember Big Magenta ever selling the RAZR...back then, they were the laughingstock of the wireless industry...
2 years ago, for the first time in about 20 years, I went without a cell phone completely. I simply used an old fashioned answering machine at home...checked my messages regularly—and, had a very peaceful social life away from home.
I did get a smart phone finally last year. I use a cheap T-mobile plan. I don’t check email on the phone (too small to look at!), and I make a point of not fiddling with the phone when there are people to talk with present. So far, so good. And I notice a lot of people are getting more social....NOT being slaves to their phones.
Some business people are still slaves—and are rude and interrupting because of that (why are all calls more important than the present conversation?) with a blue-tooth stuck in their ear. However, I’m noticing more and more people are not using their phone for everything, all the time....it just takes discipline now, to be courteous.
They can have my smartphone when they pry it from my cold, dead hands. :^)
I have a LG G3 that I bought at Ebay.
I use T-Mobile and pay $30 a month. I get 100 minutes of talk and 5gb of data. I use Skype for the telephone service which uses the data. A minute of a call uses 1mb to 3mb so I really have well over 1,000 minutes. If Skype cannot connect I can use my T-Mobile app for the call. I do this rarely as it is not needed much.
Gee, I’d have never seen this if I hadn’t been Freeping on my Smart Phone...
I have an iPhone but I am not chained to it. I have always hated talking on the phone. When I get in my car, I turn it off. If anyone wants to get in touch with me, they can wait until I get to my destination. I do use it on trips. I let a family member know where I am on the road since I go out of state to see relatives. I do use the text feature to send messages to family members especially when they are at work. I had rather be reading!
I need a phone to talk to people. ATT has been tapping our calls forever. Now you are lost in the crowd. The NSA, FBI are not interested in you. You can remove the apps off a LG phone as they let you unlike some other phones and carriers.
I had a cell phone for about two months and let it go. Haven’t missed it a bit and n plans to get another.
I have a computer and landline phone that is sufficient for what I desire to be “connected to”.
I talked with a volunteer fireman who stopped by who had three phones....one for family, another for work and a third for emergencies. He said he’d like to be unhooked as it seems one or the other of his phones are always ringing.
I enjoy being unhooked....more importantly choosing when I want to engage in real time and otherwise.
How do you have your smartphone for free?
I use a smart pocket notepad to place notes on people’s doors
I just switched to T-Mobile, paid $20 for the smartphone online, and have unlimited talk, text, and data with rollover if I don’t use it all in one month for $45 monthly. My husband also has a smartphone, but with AT&T, and he has unlimited talk and text for $30. He’s not into data usage so we got a plan that doesn’t include that. And these are no contract phones. We can change our plan any time we want to.
Voting with my dollars:ok
Saving money :my smartphone saves me money, gps, price comparisons, gas app in car
More productive :My smart phone increases my productivity, google, apps, etc
Cut the surveillance drastically :somewhat. All cellphones are 'tracked'.
Eliminate the radiation risks :LOL
Engaging in more conversation :That is your problem, not mine
I’m not texting while driving :dumb phones can text, too.
I’m less distracted and more aware of my surroundings :My smartphone is a tool that allows me to interact with my surroundings more
My mom basically just needs a “Portable dial tone” old person phone, i wish they actually made them.
I use Republic Wireless. $10+ 3 tax. Unlimited phone and text. Wifi. It works for me. We went from $70 a mo. for the two of us with no texting and only 550 min. at Verizon. To $26 for both smartphones.
My grandsons found this co. There are other plans for more needy persons.
Through Flash Wireless with unlimited Text, Voice and Data. Email me and I can send you to the website.
I bought a Jabra Tour for my older non Blue tooth Corolla, not a perfect solution but better than trying to fish the cell phone out.
I wear twin hearing aids and to use any cell phone I have to use the speaker phone.
I don’t use my ‘smart’ phone much, just to look up stuff or email or txt family. We are all getting older and need what it can provide. I do NO banking on my phone.
I’ve got a 3G AT&T Go phone. 10ct/min, $25/ 3 mos minimum with rollover of unused $, text @ 20ct/text.
I could get data, but don’t. Plenty of wifi around for the IPAD when I really need it.
Cell phone is for people I like. All others get the answering machine on the land line, which we’re thinking of dumping.
I could see having a smart phone if I were a traveling businessman, but I’m not.
I have a smartphone tracfone. I pay $80 for a year of service and 1200 minutes plus the previous minutes I had from an earlier phone. I be set.
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