09-12-2014, 12:43 PM
I went kicking and screaming to an iphone last spring when my flip phone died and used replacements were beat to crap and new flips were basically unsubsidized and more expensive than a smart phone. That is as much excitement I can handle in a year.
Feel free to categorize me as a Luddite or Troglodyte, but I've always carried the smallest phone possible and generally kept it off--using it for outgoing calls only. Now that I'm in the modern world everyone wants to connect with me, especially work, like when my boss happily proclaimed I was now available 24/7. I went through Time magazine's top apps and populated my phone, but nothing really gets used except a local TV station weather app. Maybe I'll change my mind in a year or two but right now it seems like a costly ball and chain to me.
Feel free to categorize me as a Luddite or Troglodyte, but I've always carried the smallest phone possible and generally kept it off--using it for outgoing calls only. Now that I'm in the modern world everyone wants to connect with me, especially work, like when my boss happily proclaimed I was now available 24/7. I went through Time magazine's top apps and populated my phone, but nothing really gets used except a local TV station weather app. Maybe I'll change my mind in a year or two but right now it seems like a costly ball and chain to me.