no! I have not been using any of them for years. I work with IT and AI and I know what companies do to know their users.
Most of them, if not all, including the phone apps, make you give them rights to poke around and surrender your rights.
Talking bout needing a phone - I have dropped / cancelled my monthly post pay phone with AT&T several months ago.
Instead of it, which costed me over $70 / month, I got a pre-pay service and changed it to $2 / day if used.
I then switched to "airplane mode" to not use that but use an IP phone app which cost me nothing to use and also gave me a new number.
Phone numbers from phone contracts are used for identity verification with some government agencies - IRS / soc. sec. and they might require a landline in some instances.
So, that is more the reason for me to ditch all such phone services.
I thought about a 'burner' phone..
problem is that the ones I looked at were 'use it or lose it'.
I see no reason to pay for time that I wouldn't use.
(I receive about one phone call a day...a minute, perhaps two, long)
burner phones can still be traced to the purchaser.
google voice is traceable to the associated gmail and that can be a "burner email" although it will be associated with the recovery phone number or email.
IP phone is traceable to the IP address only and perhaps the phones serial number ...
What I also use is google voice. I only give out my google voice number and it saved me a lot of time not having to answer calls. Google voice translates phone messages to text and I can just look at the message and I can block it within the google voice app.
pre-paid pones require at lease $10 / month to renew the service but you don't have to use any of your balance. I seldom use mine - I switched off the airplane mode when I expected important incoming calls on that day only and if used, $2 / day covers everything unlimited.
another alternative is to have two phones and keep the frivolous activities such as social networking separate from your business and serious activities and have no or limited apps on the business phone.
phones today...you drop it on the sidewalk the phone breaks.
that phone..you drop it on the sidewalk and the sidewalk breaks.
it could be used as a weapon in an emergency.
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no! I have not been using any of them for years. I work with IT and AI and I know what companies do to know their users.
Most of them, if not all, including the phone apps, make you give them rights to poke around and surrender your rights.
oddly enough...I don't have any aps on myphone.
Talking bout needing a phone - I have dropped / cancelled my monthly post pay phone with AT&T several months ago.
Instead of it, which costed me over $70 / month, I got a pre-pay service and changed it to $2 / day if used.
I then switched to "airplane mode" to not use that but use an IP phone app which cost me nothing to use and also gave me a new number.
Phone numbers from phone contracts are used for identity verification with some government agencies - IRS / soc. sec. and they might require a landline in some instances.
So, that is more the reason for me to ditch all such phone services.
I thought about a 'burner' phone..
problem is that the ones I looked at were 'use it or lose it'.
I see no reason to pay for time that I wouldn't use.
(I receive about one phone call a day...a minute, perhaps two, long)
burner phones can still be traced to the purchaser.
google voice is traceable to the associated gmail and that can be a "burner email" although it will be associated with the recovery phone number or email.
IP phone is traceable to the IP address only and perhaps the phones serial number ...
you misunderstand.
I have nothing to hide.
I just don't want to be bothered.
What I also use is google voice. I only give out my google voice number and it saved me a lot of time not having to answer calls. Google voice translates phone messages to text and I can just look at the message and I can block it within the google voice app.
pre-paid pones require at lease $10 / month to renew the service but you don't have to use any of your balance. I seldom use mine - I switched off the airplane mode when I expected important incoming calls on that day only and if used, $2 / day covers everything unlimited.
google
I'll need to invest in a
stupidsmart phone before I get apps! lololyou had it right the first time.
my next phone will be as stupid as I can find.
I hope to upgrade to this one, soon..
I LIKE it.
another alternative is to have two phones and keep the frivolous activities such as social networking separate from your business and serious activities and have no or limited apps on the business phone.
I'm retired.
I have little need for a phone.
...phones are for people who have no close friends!
boom, boom.
😂
All smart phones come with apps ...
weather, utility, calculator, clock, notes, "find my iPhone" - those that come with the phone cannot be deleted.
I miss it.
i love this old classic phone
phones today...you drop it on the sidewalk the phone breaks.
that phone..you drop it on the sidewalk and the sidewalk breaks.
it could be used as a weapon in an emergency.
(fake video...I think)
weapon of mass destruction. i love the old blocks. life saving weapon.
no, you don't ...
;-)
it's back ...
The iconic Nokia 3310, updated | Nokia Phones
https://www.nokia.com/en_int/phones/nokia-3310
The design. Iconic rounded form, updated. The new Nokia 3310 takes the iconic silhouette of the original and reimagines it for 2017. The custom designed user interface brings a fresh look to a classic, whilst the 2.4” polarized and curved screen window makes for better readability in sunlight. Watch video.
$59.99 at Best Buy!
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according to the video it's a fake.
it has all the same CRAP that new phones have.
it's just in disguise.
okay ...
I want a stupid phone.
voice...and MAYBE a camera.