Funny, I have my cell phone with me most of the time, but I rarely actually make a call on it. I mainly use it to look things up on the web, play a racing game, and text. I basically use it as I would use a lap top.

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I lived most of my life with no cell phone and certainly no smartphone.

I will never ever go back. I use my phone to answer and make a few calls. More emailing and texting and internet access. And Tapatalk for access to this forum. I use the calendar to run my business. I was on vacation a few years back and a client called and requested additional 40x60 prints. I said I will take care of it, and they were ready when I returned and my company made a nice profit.

Email, and the GPS and mapping is invaluable.

One of the biggest thing is a weather app. It alerts me to an approaching storm. It shows me live radar, and I know where said storm is, and what actions to take.

I go for several new generation f new phone before I upgrade. Right now, I still use my iPhone 11 Pro. I will upgrade in a few more years.

We're on Direct TV and a local internet that buys broad band from Cox and distributes it through radio transmitters. I might change to Starliink in the future. Although we're not all that remote, it's kind of frustrating to not have all these services that are avaialble to most everybody else.

I first had several Blackberries which I loved, but time goes by and they went with the time. Got assigned some Iphones as replacements and got used to them as a tool. I still have one (an Iphone 14) and use it mainly for texting with our scattered kids and family, also I use the excellent camera features for snaps, nothing great. It has many features that I don't use and likely never will. It is just part of modern life.

Yup

We cancelled our land-line about 5 years ago when the only calls we got were all robots-calls at all hours of the day and night. I said enough is enough as the telecommunications provider (AT&T) did absolutely nothing to control that problem. My wife and I both have cell phones and that works for us.

I think you need a land line for 3rd part security systems?

Same here. No more land line.

One of the things I use my cell phone for is the lists. I have a list for many things, medications, and many others like instructions for fixing the master bathroom shower faucet. About every 8 years is starts dripping, and I have to replace the cartridge.

I think of my smart phone as my second brain.

...actually the cellphone has come in handy a few times. Such as the other day at the dump shop someone had handed n a Marantz PM7200 stereo amp. So I googled reviews and bought it for $20. It goes well with my Mission speakers from the dump shop but I had to pay $25 for them. It's not easy being Scottish.

^^^ that's what I do buying scotch.

I'd love to ditch my phone more but it has become my lifeline. I'm a type 1 diabetic and the app on my phone, connected to the sensor in my arm, tells me my blood sugar 24/7. Just had breakfast and going on a bike ride soon.

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I am not ashamed of having a cell phone.
It is one of the modern conveniences that make life well ..... convenient.