If you laughed at the title, you are an experienced adult, or you are simply old. I recently replaced my cell/mobile phone. I don't recall if I bought in 2015 or 2016, I think 2015, so it was likely 7 years old. It still worked, but the memory was full. The resident memory that holds the operating system and all apps, was full to the point I couldn't update or add anything, without taking something off. And I am not a big app user. So after putting it off for months, I decided it was time, and off the phone store. Probably the easiest sale they had all day. I told the guy what I wanted and needed, he said this one is best, he had it in stock, done deal. It works, does a few things the old one didn't, does more than I want or need.
Last summer my office changed the security protocol for remote email access. I followed the directions, first step was delete my office email from my phone, that was easy. Second step was find or download a new mail app. That didn't work. So I took the path of least resistance, I left my office email and calendar off my phone. With my supervisory duties starting, I recently added my office email and calendar back on my phone, I instantly regretted doing so.
1: Do you carry a "smartphone?"
2: Apple, Android, or other?
3: How long ago did you buy a new one?
4: Do you always have yours on?
5: Do you prefer phone, email or text?
My answers:
1: Do you carry a "smartphone?" I started with Blackberry, before the I-Phone existed.
2: Apple, Android, or other? Android
3: How long ago did you buy a new one? Late January
4: Do you always have yours on? Nope. I know people who sleep with their phone.
5: Do you prefer phone, email or text? Email
Please share your answers in the comments.
1. Always with me.
ReplyDelete2. Android.
3. Two years.
4. It sleeps from 11pm to 7am, otherwise always on.
5. Email or text. Not voice.
I had a blackberry with data service only, no phone service.
Delete1. No. So, I guess I'm done now.
ReplyDeleteWise of you to avoid smartphone.
Delete1: Do you carry a "smartphone?" Yep
ReplyDelete2: Apple, Android, or other? Apple
3: How long ago did you buy a new one? About 4 years
4: Do you always have yours on? Yes
5: Do you prefer phone, email or text? email and text
Another vote for email and text
Delete1. Yes I do.
ReplyDelete2. Apple. I had an android for work a few years back, it was not horribly intuitive.
3. 2021. But the other one was a little long in the tooth.
4. Yes and no. It's almost always with me, but I go on 'Do Not Disturb' for hours at a time.
5. Text, I think? I think I've been conditioned over the years not to use the phone for just talking. At least with work email, I'm beginning to loathe it.
Unless I plug in a headset, the sound quality is mediocre at best
Delete1: Do you carry a "smartphone?" Yes I do.
ReplyDelete2: Apple, Android, or other? Apple.
3: How long ago did you buy a new one? It is my first and is less than two years old.
4: Do you always have yours on? Nope, and I don't always have it with me.
5: Do you prefer phone, email or text? I talk on the phone to a handful of people, and text the rest.
Glad to read I am not the only person to turn my phone off or leave it behind.
DeleteNothing like a new frock to brighten the day.
ReplyDelete1: Do you carry a "smartphone?" yes
2: Apple, Android, or other? Apple
3: How long ago did you buy a new one? a few years ago I suppose, or maybe last year?
4: Do you always have yours on? Alas, yes. It serves as my pager
5: Do you prefer phone, email or text? Phone for important matters, emails for things that need thought, texts are for fun bits/banter.
You versatile, you like everything
Delete1: Do you carry a "smartphone?" Yes
ReplyDelete2: Apple, Android, or other? Apple
3: How long ago did you buy a new one? Feb of 2020
4: Do you always have yours on? Yes
5: Do you prefer phone, email or text? Depends on the subject.
Apple seems to be winning
Delete1. Smartphone? Yes
ReplyDelete2. Apple
3. I think I got it about 3 years ago.
4. Always on? Yes
5. I prefer email, but also phone and text when needed.
I tend to use the phone until it no longer fills the bill, then replace
Delete1: Do you carry a "smartphone?" Yup!
ReplyDelete2: Apple, Android, or other? Apple
3: How long ago did you buy a new one? Fall 2021 (we upgrade about every 2-3 years.)
4: Do you always have yours on? Yes, but I occasionally do a "hard reboot" as is recommended by my husband.
5: Do you prefer phone, email or text? I text 80% of the time, e-mail 19% of the time, and talk 1% of the time (to my Mom or husband.) Talk for serious crap, e-mail for sharing copious amounts of info. Text all other times, for quick touch bases and sharing of fun tidbits with friends far and near.
I have work email and MS Teams apps on my phone, but I ONLY use them during work days and hours.
Sassybear
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