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They can keep them. I hate all cell phones. I had a regular 3G phone, not a smartphone that I got because I was traveling a lot at the time. I was forced to buy a smartphone when someone's network booster in the neighborhood showed up on my home screen as an icon of a house. It interfered with my calls, and stopped me from being able to manually update my roaming capabilities. I had to drive a few blocks down the road to get the damn icon to fall off my screen, before I could call to update my roaming.

I was told that in order to get rid of the interference, I'd had to go to a smartphone. What they don't tell you is that smartphone's have $hitty connectivity, because of the reduced size of the antenna to make room for storage on the damn thing. That was about 10 years ago. I ended up buying an iPhone 5S, the cheapest. I went with Apple, because I use Apple computers. I don't sync my laptop with my iPhones. There is no reason for me to do that. I had had 4 bars with my 3G phone, but that went to one or two with the iPhone. I called and complained to Verizon. They sent me a network booster for free. I just recently got an upgraded one from them to replace the old one as it wasn't supportable anymore.

When my 5S phone stopped working, I upgraded to an iPhone SE, the cheapest model. I don't use it for anything other than calls, and confirmation texts for doctor appointments and to reorder prescriptions. The majority of the time it sits on the table unused. I don't use it for emails, transactions, etc. The only app I added to it was Verizon's call filter, so I could control spam calls. I have it set that the only calls that my phone will ring for, are those numbers in my contact list. If anyone else calls me, the calls are silenced, and those considered spam are automatically blocked. With text messages, if I get any that are spam, I block them and report them as junk. Like I said, I hate cellphones, but at 78, they are a safety device for me to use if something happens while I'm away from home.