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mpouraryan
3/25/2017 11:33:19 PM
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Re: Smartphones double usage
Hi there and Happy W-End!! :) First of, let me add my voice to note how much of a good news you shared about you being OK. I think I'm part of this generation as I have not "refreshed" my phones in almost three years and have made it a point of keeping my old iphone 3 as a backup--although I do admit I was on it quite a bit as I was working doing social media curation for my startup @DailyOutsider. I do make it a point of not taking my phone into family meetings or any meetings unless I have to, for instance, capture images (as I did last night). There is life beyond cell phones--I guess that's the message I am trying to humbly underscore.....
Ariella
3/25/2017 11:05:31 PM
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Re: Not surprising
MThey went to the store to get her a new phone because her old flip phone had finally bit the dust. And the only phone they could offer for a replacement was a smartphone. > @elizabethV I have to say I'm surprised about that because not only are flipphones still available at retailers like BestBuy and Amazon (see https://www.amazon.com/ZTE-Z222-Unlocked-Phone-Camera/dp/B017TQBK6U) , but they are making a comeback of sorts. See http://blog.icracked.com/2015/03/18/flip-phone-comeback/
Ariella
3/25/2017 11:00:46 PM
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Re: Smartphones double usage
@elizabethv Glad to hear that you were OK. You just had a c-section? I had one a very long time ago and wasn't told about a risk for clots. But nowadays I'm told even women with standard deliveries are given the shots that are meant to deter clotting. As for myself, I try to take books with me when going to a doctor's or dentist's office.
Ariella
3/25/2017 10:57:50 PM
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Re: Smartphones double usage
@dcawrey a backup phone for when the battery goes out? It's an idea, though, generally, it's suspected that when people keep more than one phone, they do so to keep secrets. Some kids have even figured out the trick of handing in one phone at schools that enforce rules of no phones on the premises while keeping another one hidden on them.
JohnBarnes
3/25/2017 10:29:20 PM
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Re: Smartphones double usage
ElizabethV,
That has been a feature of technology since the dawn of technical change. I think it was Chesterton who said, somewhere in the 1910s or 1920s, that the telephone was like having a postman who rang your doorbell till you answered and then insisted that you read your mail before he would leave.
afwriter
3/25/2017 10:28:46 PM
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Re: Smartphones double usage
I am guilty of this, I am often on my phone and computer at the same time and I am practically always on my phone while "watching" TV.
JohnBarnes
3/25/2017 10:04:35 PM
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Re: Not surprising
ElizabethV,
But the "us" you are talking about is quite a select group -- journalists and writers with a big interest in the tech industry. We need our big honking powerful gadgets.
For people who just want to watch little bits of movies, listen to music, communicate with their friends, and get driving directions -- i.e. most people -- the phone can do it all.
elizabethv
3/25/2017 8:37:23 PM
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Re: Smartphones double usage
@Ariella - I existed before cellphones (as did most of us I'm sure) but I cannot for the life of me remember what any of us did in a line without a cellphone! Last Friday I had a nightmare-ish day at the doctor, where they thought I might have a blood clot in my lungs following my c-section the previous Friday. This required a number of tests, and they refused to let me leave due to the serious nature of the condition. Anyway, I ended up being there for over 6 hours, and my cellphone died, about 2 hours into the situation. It made the whole ordeal that much more miserable. Everyone around me was plugged into some kind of device, a few people multiple devices, and there I sat completely disconnected. The entire time I thought about how if it had been 20 years earlier, I would have been in the same situation, I tried to convince myself I would be okay without my phone. I was okay, but also extremely stressed out.
(I did not have a blood clot, and was, and am fine.)
elizabethv
3/25/2017 8:32:15 PM
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Re: Smartphones double usage
@dcawrey - Your thoughts on wearables is interesting. Though I kind of hope your prediction isn't accurate. I actually have no interest in wearables. Though I suppose it's just my opinion, and there are possibly a large number of people who agree with you. To me, wearables makes me too connected. Especially the idea of glasses. I already have an OCD "thing" about getting rid of all notifications on my phone the instant I know they are there. If I had a pair of glasses that flashed a notification in my field of vision the instant the notification popped up, good gravy my life would be over. I'd never accomplish anything.
elizabethv
3/25/2017 8:27:52 PM
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Recently, my 70ish year old mother-in-law got her first smartphone. Because she had no choice. They went to the store to get her a new phone because her old flip phone had finally bit the dust. And the only phone they could offer for a replacement was a smartphone. Some kind of random Samsung I haven't heard of before, but it does all the same things my Samsung does. And while initially she swore she would only use the basic features of the phone, with time, she has started using more and more of the "smart" features. As for me, more often than not, I'd rather just use my phone (it's in my pocket, I don't have to go into our home office to use it, which inevitably attracts the attention of my children.) But I can't see ever actually getting rid of a desktop. I still need my desktop for multiple things (or why would I sit here with my 2-year-old on my lap, watching YouTube videos while I type this?) We've adapted to having our smartphones, there should be no question of that. But I can't see them completely replacing the full-functionality of the desktop for even most of us.
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