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98 Name: (*ﾟーﾟ) : 1993-09-8998 17:28

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No offense, but you must be pretty disconnected from society if you donft have an iPhone or Android phone.

I don't really value being connected to society; I'd rather meet people in person. Besides I am hooked into select news with RSS on my computer.

I absolutely need my iPhone. I suppose I could get by with Android, but the point is there are apps I need to use on a daily basis, so I need some sort of smartphone. People also expect to be able to contact me (through various chat apps, not everyone uses the same one, and texting is old-school), and with just a computer I would be much less able to respond in a timely fashion.

Why do you consider texting old school? Why would you ever need those fancy chatting apps when a text can accomplish exactly the same thing? In fact plenty of chatting apps offer an SMS bridge, one example that I've used is GroupMe. And if everyone is using those apps then it's certain they have a phone which must necessarily have SMS.

I also use a VPN, email, look up weather, mobile browser, use my phone camera, listen to music, look at my schedule and appointments and meetings on my calendar, look at my Evernote to-do list, even look at my cloud storage files from my computer, sync up stuff between multiple devices, use my password manager to log into sites, Spotify and bandcamp for music, podcasts, audiobooks, ad-blocking, Google Maps for directions, mobile payment and banking, etc.

Let's see my flipphone has:
  • Webbrowser
  • Alarms
  • Email
  • Calendar
  • Pictures/Camera
  • Voice/Text
  • Voice Commands
  • Notes
  • Calculator
  • Task List
  • Stopwatch
  • Tip Calculator
  • Unit Converter
  • Voice Recorder
    Really there isn't a need for one to have a smartphone if you have a computer. In fact IIRC you can call 411 and ask for local directions if you really need to I'm fairly certain there's some service that sends out weather SMS and if not one could use a radio to listen for a forecast or look it up on a computer ahead of time.

    I really do not understand how you can get away with only having a computer and not a smartphone.

    I've simply have no need for a smartphone.
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