New cellphone rant.

[Imissedagain]

We're old school.
Just spool out the wire.

Troubleshooting a boat named Jaws, on a voyage from Miami to the Brazilian race car drivers home country, it would have been nice to have a camera/video in that phone, as he was 75' up the stick, in a storm, talking to me while eating dinner and listening to a great alto saxman play with a buddy's trio on Christmas eve.
And my dinner was cold when I got the boat/gear going.

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

Texting works great when hunting..........NO noise.

 

[Absalom]

My i-phone is through AT&T, and it‘s never needed any “programming”. I get a new one every few years, mostly because the cameras keep getting better. The guy at the AT&T store transfers the stuff including apps from old to new for me and I’m on my way. I communicate by whichever works best for the occasion, or is used to contact me, whether talk, text, whatsapp, or e-mail.

It’s a tool. Refusing to learn and use it just punishes yourself. The world gets on just fine without you.

If I don’t understand an app or function, I just google “How do you do X on i-phone 12?” and follow the plentiful written or video instructions available.

Other than being technology-resistant just as a point of old fart pride, I don’t get the frustrations.

 

[PALADIN85020]

Yep, you can call me old fashioned. This is what I call my "dumb" cell phone. It can take phone calls and record them if I'm driving or otherwise occupied. I can make phone calls with it. I can call long distance for as much as I like and not get charged for that like a land line.

That's right; it's a phone. I don't do text messaging, I have a way better camera when I want to take pictures, and I keep a point-and-shoot digital in the car if I want to take snapshots. I don't want to do quadratic equations on it, but it does have calendar feature that I find useful sometimes, and it's nice that it can double as an alarm clock.

It's also very compact; I keep it in a small leather holster on my belt, and it's no trouble to find it when it rings. It's pretty rugged, designed for field crews, so if I accidently sit on it, it can take it.

And that's it. Life is complex enough without downloading a million "aps" to do things I really don't want to have to bother with. My KISS principle - keep it simple, stupid! Works for me.

Yes, I do have a land line. It's purpose is to absorb robo-calls, and when it rings, I don't answer. If it's a friend or important, they can leave a message and I'll decide if I want to return the call. The damn thing is annoying, but it keeps the robo-calls on my cell phone to a minimum ("Your car's warranty has expired" and "Thank you for choosing Marriott" are the most annoying.)

John



P.S. The "ring tone" is a RING just like the old phones used to have. I don't want to listen to "76 trombones" or some other nauseating tunes (although I might enjoy The flight of the Valkyries) - a simple ring will be fine to alert me that I have an incoming call, thank you.

 

[Rustyt1953]

I see some here have substituted cellphone for lawnmower and are using the bathrobe & shovel approach.

 

[kmyers]

I see some here have substituted cellphone for lawnmower and are using the bathrobe & shovel approach.

Why the need for a bathrobe? It doesn't help with mowing.

 

[Golddollar]

I'm old, but I'm not a fossil stuck in 1986 when the VCR was king and high rollers had answering machines in their homes and only the really rich had cell phones in their cars.

I resemble that remark!

 

[PALADIN85020]

We're old school.
Just spool out the wire.

Troubleshooting a boat named Jaws, on a voyage from Miami to the Brazilian race car drivers home country, it would have been nice to have a camera/video in that phone, as he was 75' up the stick, in a storm, talking to me while eating dinner and listening to a great alto saxman play with a buddy's trio on Christmas eve.
And my dinner was cold when I got the boat/gear going.

dit-dit-dit dah-dah-dah dit-dit-dit

John

 

[Rustyt1953]

Do any of these hit home?

 

[Golddollar]

P.S. The "ring tone" is a RING just like the old phones used to have. I don't want to listen to "76 trombones" or some other nauseating tunes (although I might enjoy The flight of the Valkyries)

Mine has Chubby Checker singing "The Twist." I figured nobody else would have that.

 

[Absalom]

Mine has Chubby Checker singing "The Twist." I figured nobody else would have that.

Mine is Ennio Morricone:

I have the whistling theme from “For a Few Dollars More” as the ringtone, and the harmonica from “Once upon a Time in the West“ as the text alert.

For some occasional variety, I also have the themes from “Das Boot”, “Halloween”, “Breaking Bad”, and “Godless” in my ringtone library

 

[Doug627]

It's not that we old dogs CAN'T learn new tricks, we just AREN'T INTERESTED in learning them. We can load match grade ammunition. We can disassemble and reassemble complex firearms. We can estimate distance and windage for long range shooting. Many of us could, and have, rebuilt engines. I completed law school, passed the bar exam and practiced law for 30 years. I can walk through a forest without disturbing the game I am hunting. I'm just not motivated to learn everything my cell phone can do. I have watched people use their cell phones to do many many things with them. These same people cannot change a flat tire.

 

[SMSgt]

Texting . . . the easy way to turn a two-minute conversation into a 20-minute ordeal.

 

[arjay]

Texting . . . the easy way to turn a two-minute conversation into a 20-minute ordeal.

Nah,I know so many people that will yap til the cows come home,but if you force them to text they get to the point. That’s why I ditched my phone [emoji38]
If you can’t say it in two sentences…

 

[Maddog 521]

Verizon
SamsungS10
Bluetooth
I'm rolling

 

[sigp220.45]

Thank God for text messaging. I can eat a meal at a restaurant without hearing three different conversations going on. If I never make another cell phone call it’ll be too soon.

Now the only ones talking too loud are the coots who won’t text.

 

[TX-Dennis]

I'm oldish, but I love technology. Always have.

 

[outta_ammo]

Oh, I tried so hard to stay out of this thread...

If you just don't want to learn how your phone works, don't blame the technology. And if you have no use for the many advantages of the smart phone, don't assume that those of us who do can't change a tire.

Full disclosure: I worked for Apple before I retired and I've helped countless people—including many significantly beyond my 67 years—set up, and learn to use their phones.

The thing I use my iPhone for the least is phone calls. It's the computer in my pocket that communicates with the computer on my desk, the watch on my wrist, and the set top box in my living room. All without me having to do a thing.

Don't like technology (translation: don't understand technology)? Fine. But don't do the "well, I can do these things and if you're good at working with technology you couldn't possibly do these things".

End rant\\

 

[Mike SC Hunter]

Yep, you can call me old fashioned. This is what I call my "dumb" cell phone. It can take phone calls and record them if I'm driving or otherwise occupied. I can make phone calls with it. I can call long distance for as much as I like and not get charged for that like a land line.

That's right; it's a phone. I don't do text messaging, I have a way better camera when I want to take pictures, and I keep a point-and-shoot digital in the car if I want to take snapshots. I don't want to do quadratic equations on it, but it does have calendar feature that I find useful sometimes, and it's nice that it can double as an alarm clock.

It's also very compact; I keep it in a small leather holster on my belt, and it's no trouble to find it when it rings. It's pretty rugged, designed for field crews, so if I accidently sit on it, it can take it.

And that's it. Life is complex enough without downloading a million "aps" to do things I really don't want to have to bother with. My KISS principle - keep it simple, stupid! Works for me.

Yes, I do have a land line. It's purpose is to absorb robo-calls, and when it rings, I don't answer. If it's a friend or important, they can leave a message and I'll decide if I want to return the call. The damn thing is annoying, but it keeps the robo-calls on my cell phone to a minimum ("Your car's warranty has expired" and "Thank you for choosing Marriott" are the most annoying.)

John



P.S. The "ring tone" is a RING just like the old phones used to have. I don't want to listen to "76 trombones" or some other nauseating tunes (although I might enjoy The flight of the Valkyries) - a simple ring will be fine to alert me that I have an incoming call, thank you.

Mine quacks like a duck when a call comes in.......Doesn't bother the turkeys/deer or me.

 

[ladder13]

IPhone 8S+ about to get a 13+ jumbo. Use our phones for everything, travel directions (I do leave my house to parts unknown), reservations, checking into hotels, connecting with doctors, download restaurant menus( see, don’t need to touch filthy menus, Covid safety practiced here ) and on and on and on and on and on.

Saves me hours a week instead of looking through the Yellow Pages, or reading a map on the side of the road.

I never planned to be the richest man in the cemetery, and won’t.

Oh, I have an AppleWatch and an IPad too.

My ring tone is TGTBTU. Sure gets folks hopping when it goes off, visions of Blondie dancing in their heads.