I don't even have one (I know, that sounds crazy). Why would I need one, I don't have any friends I need to talk to or SMS.
I had a mobile 'phone for about nine months, but I think I only ever received two or three calls in all that time, so it wasn't worth going on with.
Stella
I have one, but I use it for the radio and emergencies. So I checked other. Right now it can't make calls, but I don't care.
Cell Phones have really opened up my life and the lives of my son and his father. One of my worst fears was driving somewhere and getting lost or confused and turned around, not to mention my car breaking down. I don't fear these things anymore because I know I can always call for help. I seem to be better at going places that I normally wouldn't go, now.
As for my son, he uses his phone to call family, mostly. When he is having a particularly hard day at work, he knows he can call me anytime and talk to me about it which seems to help us cope. When he is overloaded calling to talk even for a few minutes, has helped him make it through the day, many times as it has for me, too.
Having a cell phone has helped my sons father the most. He used to not pick up the phone at home for fear it would be someone selling something or wanting a donation. He has a very hard time talking with these folks and has been manipulated into buying things he didn't really want because he finds difficulty in saying no to pushy people. There were times when family didn't hear from him for weeks. Now, with his own cell phone, he calls everyone regularly and has no worries that a stranger is calling him on his cell phone. He also calls me when life's stresses become too overwhelming for him. He knows he can call anytime. Cell phones have improved our lives alot.
I hate making calls, although I got better at it. Being able to text someone to see if they are out or may want to meet up is so much easier and doesn't require instant response 8)
No, not really, I know those are quite expensive. I haven't really looked into how those work, maybe I should and decide if I want one. Thanks for the suggestion.
If you do decide to, PM me as my partner works with that kind of stuff, has tested a fair few of them (he does not drive but also gets lost easily) and knows which ones are decent and which ones don't work properly.
If I got one, I would get pre-paid and just a simple, basic model. I hate with a passion anything by Crazy Frog so wouldn't get any Crazy Frog ringtones.
I would be lost without my phone, I need a new one actually, as my current phone is an 8-bit piece of *** nokia 3210, real stoneage stuff, but I got it in the first place from a fiend of mine for about 3 grams of self-picked shrooms, after my previous phone died a death.
Beggars can't be choosers, as they say
I got my first cell phone last year. I hardly use it at all. I only use it to comunicate with two people, my neighbor and my friend. Now I'm stuck with paying $40 a month for it for two years.
Oops, I meant 4210, thats twice I've made that mistake in like 2 weeks, I'm still *** waiting for a local place to get a 4210 data cable in stock because i made that mistake again :/
Oh its not that I stopped paying for my phone, I only use pre-pay phones, bought with cash, and of course, topped up cash only, I like to keep a low profile, and I also like buggering around with phones, making them do things the manufacturers didn't intend them to do, or at least, didn't intend consumers to do.
No cell phone here. My home phone and work phone both have answering machines. I don't like it how public phone booths are disappearing (like in airports)--not EVERYONE has a cell phone or should have to have one.
You know, I think mobile phones should be invented with little indentations in the side so your fingers can grip onto them more easily. The only thing is there would have to be right and left handed models. I would also like to see them with casings made out of soft touchable plastic. If they were dropped, they would be less likely to crack, and the soft plastic would cushion them more from the impact than the current more rigid plastic.
Iphones are supposedly shite, my new one is a samsung, later model although not sure which one.
I need to get USB high speed internet though, currently I'm using my mobile as a modem too *** slow by far.
I still haven't got around to getting a mobile phone.