Smart phone or basic phone?

[Creamer]

Plus a hundred more... I can't imagine going back to a flip phone. I may be an old curmudgeon, but when it comes to technology, I try to stay pretty close to the cutting if not the bleeding edge. I have had my Motorola now for nearly 4 years. It is still working strong. Couldn't get along without it. The ability to have hundreds of PDF documents at your fingertips is worth the price of admission. And if it died tomorrow, I would go get its successor. No flip phones for me, thank you.

4 years old - not quite on the bleeding edge!

I understand - when I bought my Note 2 it was the edge. The hassle of changing and getting used to a new one precludes me from updating until I have to.

Phones are kind of like computers - once they get to a certain level of functionality you really wonder if the improvements really buy you anything. It all depends on what level of functionality you require or desire.

 

[Sigarms]

I'm still amazed at the amount of guys who have a smart phone for work but fail to understand what they can do with them.

I'll send out manuals for quick reference tech guides or installation manuals, all created in hyperlink so when you get a 100 plus page document, with the tap of a finger you can go to any page you want (I can be in some very rural areas where internet access isn't available). Guys still don't know how to save documents to their phones.

I had one guy couple of years ago. I would send documents out and one time he called me. I told him I had sent that info out in the past via e-mail. He informed me sheepishly he was afraid to admit it, but he didn't even know how to open the document on his laptop and this was after a year from getting e-mails from me.

Keep in mind, I am NOT what I consider technically advanced via computers and phones.

 

[/pine]

People are needed to create the applications for smartphones, so "smartphone application designers/programmers"?

In March 2017, "Android users were able to choose between 2.8 million apps. Apple's App Store remained the second-largest app store with 2.2 million available apps."

App stores: number of apps in leading app stores 217 | Statista
Steve

Apps are nothing but scripts/programs that run on digital devices...before phones the same programmers were writing scripts/applications for other platforms and interfaces...the advent of "smartphones" may have increased the number of coders but the same basic jobs already existed...

 

[k0ua]

I'm still amazed at the amount of guys who have a smart phone for work but fail to understand what they can do with them.

I'll send out manuals for quick reference tech guides or installation manuals, all created in hyperlink so when you get a 100 plus page document, with the tap of a finger you can go to any page you want (I can be in some very rural areas where internet access isn't available). Guys still don't know how to save documents to their phones.

I had one guy couple of years ago. I would send documents out and one time he called me. I told him I had sent that info out in the past via e-mail. He informed me sheepishly he was afraid to admit it, but he didn't even know how to open the document on his laptop and this was after a year from getting e-mails from me.

Keep in mind, I am NOT what I consider technically advanced via computers and phones.

I have a lot of manuals on mine as well as sales literature, just for the reason you mentioned. If you are out in the boonies without internet access, you can function on your own.

 

[k0ua]

4 years old - not quite on the bleeding edge!

I understand - when I bought my Note 2 it was the edge. The hassle of changing and getting used to a new one precludes me from updating until I have to.

Phones are kind of like computers - once they get to a certain level of functionality you really wonder if the improvements really buy you anything. It all depends on what level of functionality you require or desire.

Well, it is just that my Moto is still working so well. Trust me, if it wasn't, I would have kicked it to the curb and gotten a new one. But it has been a dandy.

 

[sixdogs]

In running a business and getting ahead, I would say you have to have a smartphone to hold your own because everyone else has one. No problem with that.

But being retired, I'm happy with a Convoy flip phone. It gives me communication in the event I'm needed and I can save the stuff I can't live without until I get home and on the laptop. I'm not a stooge but worked in a field of instant data and demanding communication. Now, I just want it to leave me alone.

 

[newbury]

I gave up my smart phone for a basic flip phone a few months ago. The basic phone will receive and make calls where the smart phone doesn't in areas with poor service reception where my property is. A contractor pouring concrete in my pole barn was the one to show me the difference. I had no service with my smart phone, he was talking and receiving calls all day.

That is probably more dependent on the phone than if it is flip or smart.

Don't think I could go back. I use my smart phone for online searches while at work when I need something, or need to learn something. I use the GPS several times a week when going a new house. I can't remember the last time I used a map to find where I wanted to go. I watch the weather and decide what I will do that day, or how long I have to work outside when a storm is coming. I send pics to clients, sometimes several a day if they are not around and I need them to make a decision on something. The flashlight is always there when I need it, and even though I have a nice LED in my truck, it's just easier to pull out my phone and use it for quick trips into attics or looking into a dark place. The calculator is used every time I figure out a bill for a client, and the calendar is how I know what day it is. There is an alarm on my phone so I don't miss appointments. The best thing about my smart phone is that I now have it all in one place instead of a dozen different things stored away in my truck.

Well written. Now that screens have gotten bigger most of my library of manuals is stored on my phone.

It amuses me how people on the board can poo smart phones. The fact that you have a computer of some kind and monkey with this website should be enough to make you appreciate the better parts of modern telecommunication. If you don't need one than don't get one but for the use and potential use, going back like a previous poster said is stone age Flintstoninan. You can gripe about them for what ever reason but if you have a good provider and bought a good machine, you are keeping up with the times and that is the real issue. After all, it is nearly 2018. If the tekkie stuff messes with your mind, take a tutorial or go to your point of purchase and ask the young bloods who sold it to you for help.

To me it is like the choice between the Sear's catalog and toilet paper.

Hey, I resemble that remark! There were many times I only had the Sears catalog!

Well, it is just that my Moto is still working so well. Trust me, if it wasn't, I would have kicked it to the curb and gotten a new one. But it has been a dandy.

My Moto fell from my pocket a year ago and kissed the concrete. Kinda of glad it did. Moved up to a larger screen and more memory.

SWMBO swears by her flip phone. Until one of us does a an internet search on our smart phone.

 

[downsizingnow48]

Our kids talked us into smartphones (iPhones) some years back. Easy for the whole family to stay in touch, not to mention news, weather, and all the other practical things already mentioned. We then talked my father in law (now 97) into using one. He stays in touch with the family using messages, emails, phone calls, and also uses it to read up on things he is interested in on the web.

 

[grsthegreat]

If it wasnt for the fact that i need it to take credit cards and link up with ipad for my generac programs, id much prefer the old flip phone. My new galaxy s8 cost over 750 bucks. Thats nuts. Its nearly too big to fit comfortably in my pocket.

 

[Xfaxman]

The old saying has been changed slightly, it is now, GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR APPS!