I get flak for intentionally carrying a “dumb” flip phone. I can make calls and send and receive texts. Can’t install apps, and no GPS.
But how will I do everything? I’ll check the email and log in remotely when I get home, if I chose to. No, you can’t make me pull over in the car and review it right now, no, I can’t review it while I’m at a kid event.
I get push back and strange looks when I say I cannot install your app to get coupons and perform bank transactions. Then again, my data can’t be stolen via them. It is a major step toward better IT security. I can’t help the OPM and Experian hacks that did affect us.
My kids intentionally have the same dumb flip phones. You can call. You can text. You can’t send a sexting photo, and the ones someone tries to send are so low a resolution that it isn’t worth it. The inability to read emojis well forces them to TALK or spell out ideas to people. My kids are repeatedly asked, “Are you being punished? Or is your iPhone just in the shop?”
I’m the same way. The only time I miss a smart phone is when I’m out and about and need to see if there’s a particular store/shop or closing hours, etc.
For that I just call a friend or family and ask them to do a search on their computer which I know they are sitting in front of.
I got a new flip phone and it has GPS. You can’t buy a new phone without it.
I had people suddenly befriending me in coffee shops who were interested in getting their book published. I had “publishing” on my Facebook page. It happened like four times before I figured it out.
Nothing is secret anymore anyway.