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To: TexasGator
LOL! Decades old flip phones are still being used.

LOL!!! is right!

Flip phones, also 'feature phones', are actually more than enough for the majority of people.

They do phone calls, texting, and a bit of internet browsing.

The 'smartphone' took off because of the touch features and bigger screens, and a few other 'useful' features. But, for the most part, what people use their smartphones for, can still be done on flip phones; even YOU don't need a smartphone for most of what you do.
95 posted on 02/20/2019 8:18:39 PM PST by adorno
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To: adorno

“Now with TINT CONTROL!”


96 posted on 02/20/2019 8:19:34 PM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: adorno

“even YOU don’t need a smartphone for most of what you do.”

LOL! I make about two calls a four texts a day on my phone.

OTOH, I use the internet several hours a day!

Getting news

Watching videos

Trading stocks

Tracking my wife

Navigation

Additionally the phone has apps for operating: garage door, thermostat, sprinkler system, home theater, lights,


99 posted on 02/20/2019 8:33:12 PM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: adorno

” even YOU don’t need a smartphone for most of what you do. “

LOL! I take more photos on my phone than phone calls and texts combined!

I used the calculator and notes many times.

Alarm clock, timer, flashlight.

All my family photos are on my phone. Nice to have to share with friends.

My music collection is on my phone.

I listen often to Pandora; on my phone and with my phone connected to my car sound system.

I have a karaoke app that broadcasts from my phone to my home theater system.

I watch Netflix and youtube videos.

I have a translate app that will translates both sides of a conversation between two people speaking different languages.

An app for locating celestial bodies.

Compass.

Store apps that get me points and discounts.

Gas buddy to find cheap gas

Barcode scanners to locate cheapest prices

Access bank accounts and transfer funds

Car locater to mark where I park my car

various tool apps

App for checking status and position of planes. Handy for meeting someone at the airport.

Checking traffic conditions


100 posted on 02/20/2019 8:44:42 PM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: adorno

“and a bit of internet browsing. “

You are correct about ‘a bit’.

Browsing the internet on a flip phone is the ultimate torture.


102 posted on 02/20/2019 8:54:42 PM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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To: adorno

Accessing audio and ebooks from the county library system.

Posting on FR

ONLINE poker

Weather info


104 posted on 02/20/2019 10:24:59 PM PST by TexasGator (Z1z)
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