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For once I am thankful for modern technology (smartphones).

SunnyD

SunnyD

Belgian Waffler
I am by no means a Luddite, but I also don't really use smartphones like most people do. They're phones. And I don't typically even make phone calls much. Everything else that smartphones do I typically do at a computer, which I'm at or near for about 16-20 hours a day (depending on how much sleep I get).

I have found the smartphone's niche in my life though: When I run out of toilet paper in the bathroom.

The damn thing is a life saver.
 
I don't use smartphones either.

I see no benefit in paying over $100 a month just to have access to the internet wherever there is a mobile signal.

I do have an iPod with me at all times. I use it during subway rides when I need to kill time while in transit; games and music.

On the toilet - I've got the iPad (reading comics, news, reddit, etc.).

I've never used the iPad/Pod to do any serious work,.. other than track my progress at the gym on the iPod.
 
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Newell Steamer said:
I don't use smartphones either.

I see no benefit in paying over $100 a month just to have access to the internet wherever there is a mobile signal.

I do have an iPod with me at all times. I use it during subway rides when I need to kill time while in transit; games and music.

On the toilet - I've got the iPad (reading comics, news, reddit, etc.).

I've never used the iPad/Pod to do any serious work,.. other than track my progress at the gym on the iPod.
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You know you don't have to pay over $100 anymore. I have a Nexus 5 and T mobile. I pay $50 a month for internet, unlimited calls and text. I only have 1gb of high speed so when it's used up my speed is throttled down until the next biling cycle. That doesn't bother me as I normally stay off sites like You Tube, Netflix, and Spotify. If I want to listen to music I download the albums for listening without a connection. I even have a You Tube downloader, so if I want to watch a video I download it on my WiFi.

Works great.
 
We have 4 lines with unlimited talk and text with unlimited data and 2.5gb of high speed per line for $100/month.

I use my phone to surf in the bathroom; game, read or watch shows on the bus; record meals in myfitnesspal; and recently used it to pay for items at Target B&M with a digital gift card thing. They've instituted personal wi-fi at work so I will occasionally surf during down time on sites to which work doesn't allow access over the business network.
 
Forget that, I never understood why males love to hang out in the bathroom, for me it's in and out of that stink as fast as fuggin possible.
 
Haha. I've had one type of smartphone or the other since 2009 and I like them a lot. I'm not obsessed with them and don't have my nose stuck in it every second like a lot of people seem to, but they are incredibly useful and not very expensive ($45/month for unlimited talk/text and 3GB data, which is plenty for me).
 
If my job didn't give me one, I wouldn't have it either. WAY not worth the services charge.

Also, I don't use it often. Mostly on the toilet.

I find the device to be quite opposite of "smart".......it seems like it makes people completely dumb if anything.

Basically enables people to waste their time/life.....
 
Vdubchaos said:
I find the device to be quite opposite of "smart".......it seems like it makes people completely dumb if anything.

Basically enables people to waste their time/life.....
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Or you could, you know...be smart and use it to make your life easier. I can take a few seconds and review emails or send off quick responses to things instead of needing to sign into a full computer and take 3x as long to do the same thing. Or use it for a quick google maps instead of lugging around a clunky old GPS device or instead of using a full computer and printing off directions. Or I can use it to easily track all my workouts instead of needing to sit down at a computer and do that. Or I can quickly price shop things on fly if something seems like a decent deal but really isn't. Pay bills. Scan a check to deposit to a bank. Get quick statement balances. Reserve a movie from Redbox. You name it.

Plus I can consolidate a phone, camera, GPS, computer, and music player into one simple little device.

But hey, that's all just time wasting right?
 
Newell Steamer said:
I don't use smartphones either.

I see no benefit in paying over $100 a month just to have access to the internet wherever there is a mobile signal.

I do have an iPod with me at all times. I use it during subway rides when I need to kill time while in transit; games and music.

On the toilet - I've got the iPad (reading comics, news, reddit, etc.).

I've never used the iPad/Pod to do any serious work,.. other than track my progress at the gym on the iPod.
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$100 month?

I've been paying $45/month on StraightTalk with unlimited everything since 2009. My phone is a Nexus 5 straight from Google, no middle man.

What's the problem?
 
Newell Steamer said:
I see no benefit in paying over $100 a month just to have access to the internet wherever there is a mobile signal.
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OMG having the internet everywhere has been the biggest improvement in my life since I have been born.

Driving somewhere? It is a godsend to check the traffic before you go (or during ssshhhh) and then re-route when there is some sort of pileup. I haven't just sat in non-moving traffic for more than 30 minutes in years, I will rip someone's neighborhood apart with my friend Google Maps to avoid waiting.

Or wherever you are at the store you see some new product or product category rather than impulse buy and regret or return I can look it up right there and figure out if its worth buying. Bonus points are I look up what it costs on Amazon and I force the store to price match.

Or you are with friends and you are like "who was that one guy in that one movie?" IMDB knows, and once you know your conversation can easily continue.

Or you go to a theme park during a not-peak day so there is a chance that some rides don't have long lines. Using an app that tells me updated line times I have run through a few theme parks best rides with almost no waiting.

Or when you look up the menu to a restaurant on the street before you maybe go in. Or when you check in for a plane long before you hit the airport. Or when you get that Uber cab downtown. Or look up the number for a local dry-cleaner while at lunch from work.

I could keep going and going, suffice to say that I couldn't imagine going back to a time when the internet wasn't in my pocket. I waste way too much of this capability on social media and posting on here, but when you really need it the right answer from Google can sometimes be a life saver.
 
SunnyD said:
I have found the smartphone's niche in my life though: When I run out of toilet paper in the bathroom.

The damn thing is a life saver.
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Oh you mean you can quickly order more online.

It's the little situations that make it worthwhile for me to pay an extra $30/mo. (I get discounts). GPS and especially points of interest (car gps is stupid slow and sometimes useless), looking up info (countless times) and being able to call a store on the road without having to get there to find out, and using the snipsnap app for coupons. I was in Dick's the other day having no thought of a coupon and then when I got to the register I thought - hey I wonder... bam, $15 saved.
 
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poofyhairguy said:
I could keep going and going, suffice to say that I couldn't imagine going back to a time when the internet wasn't in my pocket. I waste way too much of this capability on social media and posting on here, but when you really need it the right answer from Google can sometimes be a life saver.
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I can't count the number of times I've been in a city for a first time, wake up and want some breakfast. I just grab the phone, hit up Google now and say "Show me breakfast diners near me".

Bam. 5 seconds later there's 20 listings with the yelp rating, access to the menus, and walking/driving directions. So damn easy.
 
Vdubchaos said:
If my job didn't give me one, I wouldn't have it either. WAY not worth the services charge.

Also, I don't use it often. Mostly on the toilet.

I find the device to be quite opposite of "smart".......it seems like it makes people completely dumb if anything.

Basically enables people to waste their time/life.....
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he preached, while productively posting in ATOT, safe in the knowledge that he was superior to everyone around him.
 
I seem to use my phone a lot for downloading and listening to podcasts now. It makes my commute in a lot more enjoyable.

Yeah... I know that I can download those onto a iPod like device before I go, but that's a pain in the ass.
 
ATOT once again proving how technophobic and silly supposedly intelligent and tech-inclined people can be.

TheSlamma said:
Forget that, I never understood why males love to hang out in the bathroom, for me it's in and out of that stink as fast as fuggin possible.
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This, I've never understood this weird joy of doing that some people have. To me it's more they either need to change their diet so it doesn't take an hour to take a shit, or find some other way to get some alone time.
 
Mai72 said:
You know you don't have to pay over $100 anymore. I have a Nexus 5 and T mobile. I pay $50 a month for internet, unlimited calls and text. I only have 1gb of high speed so when it's used up my speed is throttled down until the next biling cycle. That doesn't bother me as I normally stay off sites like You Tube, Netflix, and Spotify. If I want to listen to music I download the albums for listening without a connection. I even have a You Tube downloader, so if I want to watch a video I download it on my WiFi.

Works great.
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I'm paying like $75 for 2GB with an iPhone. Also, apps.
 
vi edit said:
Or you could, you know...be smart and use it to make your life easier. I can take a few seconds and review emails or send off quick responses to things instead of needing to sign into a full computer and take 3x as long to do the same thing. Or use it for a quick google maps instead of lugging around a clunky old GPS device or instead of using a full computer and printing off directions. Or I can use it to easily track all my workouts instead of needing to sit down at a computer and do that. Or I can quickly price shop things on fly if something seems like a decent deal but really isn't. Pay bills. Scan a check to deposit to a bank. Get quick statement balances. Reserve a movie from Redbox. You name it.

Plus I can consolidate a phone, camera, GPS, computer, and music player into one simple little device.

But hey, that's all just time wasting right?
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I swear some people purposely try not to see how beneficial a smartphone can be. They'll just concentrate on the young kids who have their noses glued to them and ignore everything else. It's either that or "Why do I need that? Humanity got along this long without them. Why change my current habits? blahblahblahblahbullshit."
 
poofyhairguy said:
OMG having the internet everywhere has been the biggest improvement in my life since I have been born.

Driving somewhere? It is a godsend to check the traffic before you go (or during ssshhhh) and then re-route when there is some sort of pileup. I haven't just sat in non-moving traffic for more than 30 minutes in years, I will rip someone's neighborhood apart with my friend Google Maps to avoid waiting.

Or wherever you are at the store you see some new product or product category rather than impulse buy and regret or return I can look it up right there and figure out if its worth buying. Bonus points are I look up what it costs on Amazon and I force the store to price match.

Or you are with friends and you are like "who was that one guy in that one movie?" IMDB knows, and once you know your conversation can easily continue.

Or you go to a theme park during a not-peak day so there is a chance that some rides don't have long lines. Using an app that tells me updated line times I have run through a few theme parks best rides with almost no waiting.

Or when you look up the menu to a restaurant on the street before you maybe go in. Or when you check in for a plane long before you hit the airport. Or when you get that Uber cab downtown. Or look up the number for a local dry-cleaner while at lunch from work.

I could keep going and going, suffice to say that I couldn't imagine going back to a time when the internet wasn't in my pocket. I waste way too much of this capability on social media and posting on here, but when you really need it the right answer from Google can sometimes be a life saver.
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aka: Top 10 Ways I Know You're a Douchebag Hipster

rh71 said:
Oh you mean you can quickly order more online.

It's the little situations that make it worthwhile for me to pay an extra $30/mo. (I get discounts). GPS and especially points of interest (car gps is stupid slow and sometimes useless), looking up info (countless times) and being able to call a store on the road without having to get there to find out, and using the snipsnap app for coupons. I was in Dick's the other day having no thought of a coupon and then when I got to the register I thought - hey I wonder... bam, $15 saved.
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No, actually I meant I sent a text to my wife asking her to bring me up a roll, otherwise my pleas would have gone unheard from my perch in the upstairs bathroom.
 
People who don't have a use for smartphones are people who work individual jobs with no social life. 😛

When emails and texts can be time-critical a smartphone is a necessity. The "24 hours to respond" rule is steadily eroding.
 
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