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  • rr165892
    rr165892 Posts: 5,697
    backseatLover12 wrote: »
    I have both, I have no need for a stupid smart phone taking over my life. No need for a data plan because there is no need to be on the internet anywhere other than my laptop. I don't have to live connected to the internet 24/7 and I save big bucks doing it.

    BSL,we relay very heavily on our smart phones with our buisness.It is such a valuable tool for on demand data,and transferring info from office to field.Our productivity has gone thru the roof in the last 7-8 years and we now can work much smarter and efficient.So we save time and money and aggravation.Progress is something to be embraced,as long as we don't loose site of the fact that certain face to face interactions are still crucial to our personal and social development.
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    "backseatLover12backseatLover12 Posts: 1,755
    9:17AM
    I have both, I have no need for a stupid smart phone taking over my life. No need for a data plan because there is no need to be on the internet anywhere other than my laptop. I don't have to live connected to the internet 24/7 and I save big bucks doing it."

    You would actually save more by ditching the laptop and broadband and just using a smartphone for everything. That's what we did, it took some getting used to but we adjusted.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,844
    http://www.medicaldaily.com/5-reasons-why-cellphones-are-bad-your-health-247624

    http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/Risk/cellphones

    http://www.menshealth.com/health/cell-phone-brain-damage

    etc., etc., etc., !
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • backseatLover12
    backseatLover12 Posts: 2,312
    You guys can keep claiming that your smartphones are better than my simple dumb phone. It doesn't bother me one bit. I am not tied to my electronics… but you are!! Now that's living. See 1st post and video.
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    I didn't say it was better, just cheaper. It is a mistake to think that everyone who has a smartphone is some valleygirl phone addict.

    Why do you have a laptop and internet at all if you are so adamant about being free of electronics?
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • rr165892
    rr165892 Posts: 5,697
    BSL,don't be so closed minded.Progress when used to our benefit is a good thing.Im sure some folks thought horses were better then cars,or candles better then electric light,or toilets were better separated from the house,who needs plumbing anyway?
    Grab your laptop,iPod,plain phone,VCR,and Cassette player and enjoy the simple life.
  • rr165892
    rr165892 Posts: 5,697
    rgambs wrote: »
    "backseatLover12backseatLover12 Posts: 1,755
    9:17AM
    I have both, I have no need for a stupid smart phone taking over my life. No need for a data plan because there is no need to be on the internet anywhere other than my laptop. I don't have to live connected to the internet 24/7 and I save big bucks doing it."

    You would actually save more by ditching the laptop and broadband and just using a smartphone for everything. That's what we did, it took some getting used to but we adjusted.

    Hello!
  • backseatLover12
    backseatLover12 Posts: 2,312
    edited February 2015
    And Brian, don't forget these links. I know my phone isn't being tracked.
    http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/21/snowden_slams_iphone_over_security_fears/
    http://www.businessinsider.com/edward-snowden-says-iphones-are-not-secure-2015-1

    And looky here, any one can buy spy software to spy on other smartphone users, how comforting. http://spyearpiece.com/shop/
    http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/19/smartphones-are-evolving-into-more-perfect-spying-devices/
    Post edited by backseatLover12 on
  • backseatLover12
    backseatLover12 Posts: 2,312
    rgambs wrote: »
    I didn't say it was better, just cheaper. It is a mistake to think that everyone who has a smartphone is some valleygirl phone addict.

    Why do you have a laptop and internet at all if you are so adamant about being free of electronics?

    Nothing is cheaper than my lovely 2008 MacBook still going strong and having paid for it 7 years ago. I don't pay for internet, my neighbor does. :hang_loose:
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    Hahhaha touche!
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    backseatLover12 wrote: »
    You guys can keep claiming that your smartphones are better than my simple dumb phone. It doesn't bother me one bit. I am not tied to my electronics… but you are!! Now that's living. See 1st post and video.

    My smart phone is better than your dumb phone. But that doesn't mean I'm tethered to it. Just because I listen to music, surf the web, post here, and countless other things on one device doesn't mean I couldn't do the same things the old fashioned way.
  • backseatLover12
    backseatLover12 Posts: 2,312
    edited February 2015
    Yet, you can't view all websites on the smartphone. Hmph.
    Not to mention that your phone is tracked and making you sick.
    Post edited by backseatLover12 on
  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    backseatLover12 wrote: »
    Yet, you can't view all websites on the smartphone. Not smart at all…
    Not to mention that your phone is tracked and making you sick.

    Which ones? I'm fairly certain a flip phone can be tracked as well. I could be and probably am wrong. But I am not aware of any websites I can't go to from my phone.
  • backseatLover12
    backseatLover12 Posts: 2,312
    edited February 2015
    I don't need to go to any websites on my phone. That's the point. And I pay no monthly data charges!

    I also leave the house without my phone on me. Quite liberating.
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,844
    backseatLover12 wrote: »
    Yet, you can't view all websites on the smartphone. Hmph.
    Not to mention that your phone is tracked and making you sick.

    This is the part I don't get. Yeah, I do have a cell phone because my wife likes to have one when we travel and I like it when she takes it with her if she has to drive at night due to her detached retina but other than that, it stays off. Why do so many of you disregard the hazards to your health with these dang things?

    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    brianlux wrote: »
    backseatLover12 wrote: »
    Yet, you can't view all websites on the smartphone. Hmph.
    Not to mention that your phone is tracked and making you sick.

    This is the part I don't get. Yeah, I do have a cell phone because my wife likes to have one when we travel and I like it when she takes it with her if she has to drive at night due to her detached retina but other than that, it stays off. Why do so many of you disregard the hazards to your health with these dang things?

    Has cell phone usage ever led to any illness? I once heard of a battery exploding in someone's ear, but seriously, has this ever been proven?
  • backseatLover12
    backseatLover12 Posts: 2,312
    Do you talk on your smartphone when you pump gas?
  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    backseatLover12 wrote: »
    Do you talk on your smartphone when you pump gas?

    I probably have.....
  • backseatLover12
    backseatLover12 Posts: 2,312
    edited February 2015
    http://www.cbsnews.com/news/phone-ignites-gas-station-fire/

    It has since been proven false that cell phones cause fires at gas stations though. But they're still bad for your health, and the NSA knows your exact location and everything about you!
    Post edited by backseatLover12 on
  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    edited February 2015
    backseatLover12 wrote: »
    http://www.cbsnews.com/news/phone-ignites-gas-station-fire/

    It has since been proven false that cell phones cause fires at gas stations though. But they're still bad for your health, and the NSA knows your exact location and everything about you!

    They're still bad for your health? How?

    You don't need a smart phone for the nsa to know where you are.

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