[ridesthemiles]

ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY I HAVE NEVER HAD A CELL PHONE

FORCED TO SPEND $$$ OVER & OVER AGAIN.

MY $20 land line phones work just fine

[Dr. Sivana]

FORCED TO SPEND $$$ OVER & OVER AGAIN.

Someone gave me an iPhone 3 and it worked fine, but needed a battery. I went to the 3rd party battery store, and the Valley Girl behind the counter (Columbus, GA . . . I don't know where these stores find Valley Girls), and she couldn't fathom replacing the battery rather than "just" getting anew phone. She would not help me.

[TexasGator]

“MY $20 land line phones work just fine”

My smart phone saves me money and time every day. It also has a camera.

[TexasGator]

“FORCED TO SPEND $$$ OVER & OVER AGAIN.”

My S21 Ultra cost $500 after trade in. Used it for four years and just got a $500 trade-in credit on a new S25 Ultra.

[ViLaLuz]

I still have a real land line phone, but heard Verizon would be phasing them out.

[MayflowerMadam]

I’d love a landline phone. ACTUAL old-school landline. Not VOIP, which some people call a landline. And one that doesn’t require electricity. But the house we bought doesn’t even have phone jacks in it.

At our last house, we had a landline which worked during power failures, which was often. Then AT&T came through the subdivision and installed fiber optic. The power failed, I tried to call the electric company to report it as I’d done for years, but it was dead. Later, I called AT&T and was told that the new cable required electricity.