Can you live without your mobile?

@basqui (3888)
Philippines
July 12, 2010 10:08pm CST
Almost all People use mobiles. I've even seen elementary pupils having one. There's so many in the world that there's always broken phones to repair in my friend's shop. Well, would you believe that even technicians are quarreling because some techs are dumping the price to gain more customers? Well, in a customer's point of view, they want to pay for less for their broken phones but techs are enraged of this manner because we are all but people that has to pay for bills and everyday expenses, how could we survive living if we have to repair in less payment? We are also paying for rent for the shop, the internet connection and we eat everyday so it's but normal to charge customers the proper payment....
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33 responses
@ET28LV (1890)
• Latvia
13 Jul 10
Yes mobile phones is very popular and in nowadays earlier teenagers have them now kids have a mobile phones. I was get my first mobile phone when I was start my 7th grade then I have about 14 years old. Before some months I was thought that I can not live without my mobile phone, but now I have spend about one month without mobile phone and I feel very good. Mobile phone is my contact device when my school will start again I would need this thing very much. Do you can live without a mobile phone? Take care, Have a nice day!
@basqui (3888)
• Philippines
14 Jul 10
Well it;s really important coz you could use it to contact special people like loved ones. And you could use it to call for parents when you need allowance. lol
@ET28LV (1890)
• Latvia
16 Jul 10
In nowadays we can contact with other methods too. I would need my phone back when school would start again.
@CTHanum (8234)
• Malaysia
13 Jul 10
yes...as long as my house phone and the public phones are still functioning then it is fine with me.since i am not using my mobile phone so often so i think i can survive without it.i have forgot to bring it many times and i am still alive now.
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@basqui (3888)
• Philippines
14 Jul 10
Lol, well if you'll take anti-forgetfullness then you'll realize that mobiles are very useful.
@CTHanum (8234)
• Malaysia
16 Jul 10
oo..i see that!i need some treatment for my forgetfulness!only then i will know that mobiles is such an important thing to my life!its terrified me! Lol
@cher913 (25782)
• Canada
13 Jul 10
my daughter is 13 and most of her friends have a cell phone. my 17 year old, well, ALL of her friends have one. hubby has one but i do not. i figure i dont need one because i am generally either at home or at work (i do borrow hubbys once in awhile though!)
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@basqui (3888)
• Philippines
14 Jul 10
teens are fond of mobiles really, they even want to have the newest one if possible. Well, it's helpful especially if you want to know the whereabouts of your children.
• Canada
13 Jul 10
I can not live without my cell phone. I text way too much to leave it anywhere. I even take it with me when I shower. Well, not in the shower, just in the bathroom with me while I shower. I send over 2000 texts a month. I don't like that phones are made to break. I will not be getting another 3 year contract.
@basqui (3888)
• Philippines
14 Jul 10
Wow, that's a very big volume of text. I also take it with me and make use of it as music player in the shower. Be careful not to get it wet or that is sure to go to a techie's shop.
• Sweden
13 Jul 10
If yesterday where today I would have said that I could live without my mobile phone. But our mobiles today have turned into small computers where we can access our mail, facebook, news paper from everwhere we want and now I cant see myself not using the mobile, wherever I might be and do. On the bus to work I log into Facebook to change my status, then I log into hotmail and answer some mail. It be just only me, but I am using my mobile more than I use my laptop to surf on the internet.
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@basqui (3888)
• Philippines
14 Jul 10
We both have same activities, I use my mobile on travels, it's awkward to bring out your laptop on a public vehicle isn't it? So it's better to use your mobile instead
@malihat (216)
13 Jul 10
If I'm very honest, I cannot live without my cell phone as I am out and about a lot and need to talk to friends and family when I am out, especially if I am meeting them somewhere. I also text and call people to stay in touch as I do not have a land line. My cell phone really is my only mode of instant communication with people no matter where I am or where they are.
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@basqui (3888)
• Philippines
14 Jul 10
Yep mobiles are very fast way communication. you could inform anyone about anything just by sending a message in seconds.
@maucute (979)
• Philippines
14 Jul 10
In this generation, it's really hard. I have to admit that I have been really used to having a cellphone, it's the convenience to get hold of someone asap. Whatever the cost may be, it's still understandable because we know we pay for it because we use it.
@basqui (3888)
• Philippines
14 Jul 10
Yes, nothing is free now so it's better to pay a little bit for good service.
@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
14 Jul 10
I dun think i can live long, without my mobile phone.. haha =D I need it with me wherever i go, unless i'm out running.. haha =D ONly then, that's the time i find my mobile phone, a hassle.. hehe ^_^ Other than that, i will be carrying it around to wherever i go.. Thus if my phone were to break down, i will surely send it for repairs fast, while at the same time, changing to my spare mobile.. lol =D As such, i'm still contactable at all times.. hehe ^_^ So far, i have sent my mobile for repairs, twice, in my decades of using them!! hehe
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@kun2349 (23381)
• Singapore
14 Jul 10
haha =D MY phone is not really durable, and i'm not that careful either.. It's just that, i dun wanna go thru the trouble of buying a new phone, when it's still working well.. lol =D IMagine the transition from non camera phones to camera phones, back then, i'm still using an old model without camera!! lol =D YEah, some of my friends dun see their phone as often as those repairmen!! hehe
@basqui (3888)
• Philippines
14 Jul 10
At least it still serves the purpose it was made for, calling and connecting with other people.
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@basqui (3888)
• Philippines
14 Jul 10
Oh, your mobile must be really durable. Or you are really careful in using it. I've seen many mobile users having their phones in repair shops every week lol. They must be so careless.
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@yugasini (12836)
• Anantapur, India
13 Jul 10
hi basqui, in olden days,means when i got newly married,we does not have telephone,when the call is comming from her parents at Guntur,the tenent will call us that there is phone from Guntur,my wife is running to attend the phone,on that days phone is costly affair only rich and business people are mainting Telephone,but now a days a begger in Bangladesh and Riksha Puller in India will maintain cell phones,some may maintain two or three just like wifes,now a days no body can live without cell phone,have a nice day
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@yugasini (12836)
• Anantapur, India
14 Jul 10
hi bosqui, thanks for the response,in Bangladesh the govt is offering the cell phone to beggars on some terms,they can their cell phones,that can be worked as pay phones there in the streets,i have heard about this new since long back means two years back,have a nice day
@basqui (3888)
• Philippines
14 Jul 10
Lol, a beggar huh? well I've seen blind people from my place using mobiles for calling. There were only landlines before and payphones also are available in the street bbut it was costly. Using mobiles now are more economical,
@Theresaaiza (10487)
• Australia
14 Jul 10
Yes, everyone needs to live! People unbelievably wish that services were free! Ever since I had my first phone, I told myself that it would be a very difficult life without it. Getting used to all the conveniences that it has to offer, I couldn't imagine a life without a phone no matter how cheap it is. My phone is the most basic and simplest around but that doesn'tm atter at all.
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@basqui (3888)
• Philippines
14 Jul 10
At least you have something to use even if it's a simple one. It's useful especially when your away from payphones or you're in travel.
@rosekiss (30380)
• Eugene, Oregon
14 Jul 10
Sine my cell phone is the only phone I have, I certainly can't live without it. I take it with me when I go places, just in case I get a call. Now, I don't talk all that much on it, but I still need it as it is a good way to keep in touch with my kids and their father. I would certainly be lost without my phone, and I hope I never have to either. Take care and have a very good day.
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@basqui (3888)
• Philippines
14 Jul 10
Connections with relatives is indeed important and mobiles have made easy the way we connect with them.
@zausiu (610)
• China
14 Jul 10
I will kill myself without mobile phone. In my opinion. If it has passed the free maintenance period and the repairment cost become high. It's better to buy a new mobile phone than to send it to repairment. Since electronic device improves so fast, it's not worth to spend money in repairing.
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@basqui (3888)
• Philippines
14 Jul 10
Well don't man,lol. there are still better things to do than to kill yourself over a cellphone. Yes we tell some customers to buy new ones instead when their mobiles are really broken much and that even if we repair it, it will surely break easy in the next days.
@ucs2121 (33)
• India
13 Jul 10
No I can't live without mobile but I am not bargaining for repair my mobile if the technician charges right charges. I first try 2 or 3 technician then I give my mobile for repair
@basqui (3888)
• Philippines
14 Jul 10
Yep, and that's called canvassing.
• United States
13 Jul 10
noooo!!!!
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@basqui (3888)
• Philippines
14 Jul 10
oh, ok! you don't have to shout. lol
• United States
13 Jul 10
I have a cell phone which I keep only for emergencies. I have not given out the phone to any one as I do not want any to call me on it. I do not know why people have to have a phone glued to their ears 24/7. Even people who look as if they a really poor and needy have a cell phone stuck to their heads. IMO this just show sthat some people do not realize how stupid they look and need to get their priorities straight.
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@basqui (3888)
• Philippines
13 Jul 10
I've seen users begging for loads especially in the Philippines where prepaid loads are easily passed on to other users. I wonder why they need mobiles if they have no money to buy loads. argh! One of them is even a close one and he's unemployed, he would send messages to friends until he have enough load to apply for the daily unlimited promo. He's even fond of having textmates which is the very trend in the Philippines in textlines.
@dragon54u (31636)
• United States
13 Jul 10
I could live very well without my cell phone. I rarely use it, it's only for emergencies and the only people that have that number are my adult children. They know they are only to call it if it's an emergency and they can't reach me on my land line. If not for the fact that I'm older and can't change a tire like I used to be able to do, I wouldn't have the stupid thing at all. I pay only $15 a month for my phone and that is buying the minimum minutes. If there was a cheaper one, I'd get it. It does nothing but make and receive calls, exactly what I want.
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@basqui (3888)
• Philippines
13 Jul 10
I have my mobile use for more than calling only, I use it as media player, camera, internet and sms & mms messaging. In the Philippines, people are more using prepaid plans than monthly plans.
@Simon1223 (903)
• China
13 Jul 10
Nowadays mobile phone plays an important role in our lives. Personally speaking, I could not live without mobile phone. Without it, my life would be in mess. I would be unable to contact my clients in weekdays and my friends at weekends. I don't think I could adapt myself to this quite different life mode. But if such no-mobile situation lasts for a little period of time such as two or three days, I will feel happy because sometimes I feel that people have already been the slave of mobile phone.
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@basqui (3888)
• Philippines
13 Jul 10
Businesses need mobiles for their own people especially those ones on the field and for their clients too. It's just saddening to see some people misuse it like to scam others or take control of some, like blackmailing.
@wrongbe (25)
13 Jul 10
in today's time cell phone are something very necceserry. i can't live without cell phone, he is very useffull for me and i can't stop talking on it. good day to all
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@basqui (3888)
• Philippines
14 Jul 10
I don't like calling much but I still use it. I usually contact friends through MMS or SMS messaging. I'm really not a talker so I prefer messaging instead.
• China
13 Jul 10
i think it's difficult to live without mobile, it will be so boring like the life without pc in nowdays. we use the cellphone to connect with each other when we wanna, send messages and maybe surfing the internet. some guys maybe has used to hold a mobile in their hands, and they will not feel comfortable with out it, like me.mobile is a typical symbol of the modern times.
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@basqui (3888)
• Philippines
13 Jul 10
I agree, it's the fastest and best way to communicate in this modern world now.
@Dave09 (25)
• Philippines
13 Jul 10
Of course you can live without mobile phone, in fact its been months since I lost my mobile phone until now. From the very existence of earth cellphones or mobile phones did not exist and yet people lived and in fact we were born through them. Nowadays people say they can't live without mobile phone but its all psychological or its all on you're mind. Because of the evolution and fast trend of technology, peoples thinking also carried away with it and thus changing they way people think. In fairness to mobile phones, it is a great way of fast communication and thus makes easy living. But too much makes people abuse it, like the song "Too much love will kill you" by Queen. Do you want me to prove that you can live without your cellphone? Well, try to in the middle of the forest or an island where there's no signal for you mobile phone. Lets see if you'll die just because you can't use your mobile phone. You'll maybe die by hunger or something but not because of cellphone or mobile phone.
@basqui (3888)
• Philippines
13 Jul 10
My friend, you have taken it literally. Well, we all have our own views and your view is respected.