Living without a cell phone?

[midwestfisherman]

How would your life change without it now?

Is it possible to live without one?

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

I had one and found it was more bother than it was worth. I haven't had one for 5 years now. My life only changed for the better.

 

[RavenSEAL]

Well, considering my job requires constant communication between everyone related to the company on and off-hours, it'd be annoying/inconvenient.

 

[FoBoT]

why none? if it is cost, just switch to one of those pre-pay as you go trac phone deals, and just don't use it, except 'emergencies'

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

why none? if it is cost, just switch to one of those pre-pay as you go trac phone deals, and just don't use it, except 'emergencies'

The problem is people calling you.

 

[FoBoT]

The problem is people calling you.

i have a normal cell and that isn't a problem for me, i ignore it if it isn't someone i know and want to talk to

you don't have to answer just because it rings. you leave it off or on quiet all the time, even

not that i want to talk anyone into anything, you don't want a cell , no sweat off my nose

 

[ManyBeers]

I've never owned one.

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

The problem is people calling you.

1) Don't give your number to everyone you meet
2) You don't have to answer when someone calls you
3) You don't have to have it on sound
4) You don't have to turn it on.

 

[lxskllr]

I don't have any phone right now. I don't use them enough. I previously used a cell exclusively for the last 10 years or so. I see no point in having a land line.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Why?

If you didn't have a cell phone, you would need a land line. And why would you want a land line when you can have a cell phone?

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

i have a normal cell and that isn't a problem for me, i ignore it if it isn't someone i know and want to talk to

you don't have to answer just because it rings. you leave it off or on quiet all the time, even

not that i want to talk anyone into anything, you don't want a cell , no sweat off my nose

Work and other people who know you have a cell phone get annoyed when you don't answer their "very important quick question, request or, emergency." I have a land line, a computer and, a phone at work. A cell phone is NOT a necessity and, in fact, seems to closely resemble an addiction from my viewpoint.

 

[Imp]

I'm totally anti-social and never use up my $100/year pre-paid, but would still say no...

It's nice to be able to text and leave some form of "immediate" (when I bother to turn it on) contact option. And it's nice to be able to keep messages and shit private, not on the house phone.

 

[Capt Caveman]

Work and other people who know you have a cell phone get annoyed when you don't answer their "very important quick question, request or, emergency." I have a land line, a computer and, a phone at work. A cell phone is NOT a necessity and, in fact, seems to closely resemble an addiction from my viewpoint.

Most people would call it a convenience.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

1) Don't give your number to everyone you meet
2) You don't have to answer when someone calls you
3) You don't have to have it on sound
4) You don't have to turn it on.

5) you don't have to own one

Why?

If you didn't have a cell phone, you would need a land line. And why would you want a land line when you can have a cell phone?

Because land lines don't follow you around 24/7.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Most people would call it a convenience.

Haven't you figured out by now, I'm not most people?

 

[Mr. Pedantic]

5) you don't have to own one


Because land lines don't follow you around 24/7.

Most people would call it a convenience.

'nuff said.

 

[FoBoT]

Work and other people who know you have a cell phone get annoyed when you don't answer their "very important quick question, request or, emergency."

i actually use my blackberry for email 98% of the time
95% of my voice calls are personal/wife/family

the only work person that calls me regularly and i answer is my manager/boss, everyone else knows to just email me

 

[Capt Caveman]

Haven't you figured out by now, I'm not most people?

Very useful for emergencies also.

 

[Mxster]

It wouldn't be so bad. You'd just have to organize your time better if you've been used to having the web at your fingertips.

 

[Red Squirrel]

I hardly use mine. I had it for work but when I switched jobs I did not need it for that job anymore so I would have gotten it taken away. I asked if I could keep it and just get my own plan and they were ok with that given it's really old. So I just have a basic voice plan on it and that's it. I use my land line more, and even then, I don't really talk on the phone much.

To live without it would pretty much be business as usual.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Very useful for emergencies also.

It's been my experience that the kind of "emergencies" that have colored my life aren't solvable by owning a cell phone, at least not the normal retail sort (let me know if there's an app for artillery/air support). My outlook is they tend to be expensive thumb exercisers. I also don't need to text, tweet or, have something electronic to fondle.

 

[jlee]

Possible, sure...but I use it almost as much as my desktop (if not more). I wouldn't want to go without it.

 

[Xcobra]

Would live just fine. Barely use it. It'd just be difficult to communicate with people. Internet FTW!

 

[DaWhim]

i go travel around the world pretty often. perfectly fine without a cell phone.

 

[jersiq]

Work and other people who know you have a cell phone get annoyed when you don't answer their "very important quick question, request or, emergency." I have a land line, a computer and, a phone at work. A cell phone is NOT a necessity and, in fact, seems to closely resemble an addiction from my viewpoint.

That sounds more like a problem with the people you know than a problem with a phone.