On Mon, 08 Dec 2014 07:43:53 -0700, Ken Blake wrote:

On Sun, 07 Dec 2014 23:48:37 +0000, Andy Burns
wrote:

Ken Blake wrote:

Since I use a flip phone, I guess I'm a big dumb dinosaur too.

No, you're running with the celebs

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/dec/05/iphone-samsung-galaxy-flip-phone-is-back


If I were a celebrity (or at least if I had the money most celebrities
do) I would have a smart phone. The main reason I don't is the monthly
cost of having one.

They don't cost any more than regular phones, and they've been getting dumber,
because you can't get them with proper keypads any more.

My wife just got one, and when the plastic auntie says "Press 1 for this" and
by the time you've found the keypad again you've missed what she said for
"Press 2 for that" and has already moved on to "Press 3 for the other thing".

Last time my cellphone provide offered me an "upgrade" they couldn't give me a
new phone with a 5 megapixel camera like the old one, so I said I'll stick to
the old one. They called a couple of days later and offered me a reduction in
price and another phone, so I got a pay as you go SIM card for it, and use it
when the other phone's battery is flat.







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