Every time some salesperson tries to upsell me on the latest and greatest appliance that I can “control with my smart phone” I simply show him/her my “smart phone” and it shuts them right up!
My smart phone is a Doro flip phone that I got through Consumer Cellular.
Yep. I’m a grouchy old curmudgeon that only “wants to pay for what I use”!
If a salesperson said “smart phone” I would just play dumb and say “what is that, never heard of it”?
I look old enough to get away with it. :-)
I have a dumb flip phone on purpose, since that was all the defense contractor I worked for over a decade allowed on the premises (and not even that in highly restricted areas). Kept it because no one wants to steal it, don’t care if I break it or child drops it.
I bought my two children the same type of phone. My daughter’s classmates said “you have to do this app, it is how we keep everyone in touch for band”, she pulled out her phone. The other children publicly pitted her and asked what she did for the punishment. She admitted losing her old one, and they asked if she’d get a new one by summer. No, the old one was the same as this one. OMG, your mom is giving you the Amish punishment? When polled, the next dumbest phone in the group is an iPhone 4.
My daughter hates me for it, but it lets her call when she misses the bus or has after school events pop up. And that’s all she needs.