Not smart enough to use a 'smartphone'
By JJ
@JolietJake (50190)
January 24, 2018 5:59am CST
Seriously.
I have this friend...his name is Phredwreck...and he doesn't have a clue how to operate a smartphone.
He has successfully failed at being able to answer one, he has failed at being able to hang up after a call is over, he has failed at being able to make the camera work when he and a friend bumped into someone famous so my friend doesn't have a picture of him and Michael Anthony. 
I guess he's just technologically challenged.
And can you believe he actually owns a flip-phone?
Of course, he's never butt-dialed anyone, and he's never broken the screen on his phone, etc. 
He almost acts like he is happy not to have a smartphone.
The big dummy.
He has successfully failed at being able to answer one, he has failed at being able to hang up after a call is over, he has failed at being able to make the camera work when he and a friend bumped into someone famous so my friend doesn't have a picture of him and Michael Anthony.
I guess he's just technologically challenged.
And can you believe he actually owns a flip-phone?
Of course, he's never butt-dialed anyone, and he's never broken the screen on his phone, etc.
He almost acts like he is happy not to have a smartphone.
The big dummy. 29 people like this
31 responses
@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
24 Jan 18
Ah but you're errr.... sorry I mean your friend, is just fooling himself into thinking he's happy. I have it on very good authority, well I've seen the adverts, that without the latest, greatest technology, which looks and behaves suspiciously like last weeks latest, greatest technology but with a few more pixels and a headphone socket that no longer takes a standard headphone jack, you can't possibly be happy!!!
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@WorDazza (15830)
• Manchester, England
24 Jan 18
@JolietJake You're only kidding yourself! Eventually you will conform. You will consume.
Come on man, think of all the CEOs who you are depriving of bonuses by not doing what you were put on this earth to do. Consume damn you, consume!!!!!!
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@JolietJake (50190)
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24 Jan 18
@WorDazza I do my consuming from the kitchen...and quite a bit of it.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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24 Jan 18
*mumbled incomprehensible discussion with self*
Nope...he says he's pretty sure he's happy
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@bagarad (14283)
• Paso Robles, California
25 Jan 18
My husband is trying to teach me to use his so I can answer it for him. I hate using something that turns off the screen before I'm through viewing it. I want him to learn to use a laptop so he won't expect me to print everything he wants to see from the internet. It isn't happening. But he's almost 80, and I can see that learning this sort of thing may be hard for him. He's pretty set in his ways. And so am I.
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@LadyDuck (476547)
• Italy
24 Jan 18
@JolietJake I was also unable to answer a call, I never did before, they are so different from my old reliable cellphone.
I was also unable to answer a call, I never did before, they are so different from my old reliable cellphone.1 person likes this
@JolietJake (50190)
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24 Jan 18
My Boss has handed me his when he is busy before and told me to answer it...nope, wasn't happening. Maybe I don't know the correct 'swiping' procedure.
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@FourWalls (75788)
• United States
24 Jan 18
@JolietJake -- wow, and your friend is a Butler fan, just like you!! No wonder you two are so close....
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@Letranknight2015 (52268)
• Philippines
24 Jan 18
I have a android phone but I don't use it as a phone but as a camera. I haven't had it update it's system yet.
I'm not fond of smart phones either, laptop is still the best for me.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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24 Jan 18
I'll probably get me a good laptop again someday, but I do all my stuff via desktop.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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24 Jan 18
I...um, I mean my friend...just never saw the need for one.
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@Madshadi (8840)
• Brussels, Belgium
24 Jan 18
@JolietJake I’m so slow today. I get it now
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@Juliaacv (53789)
• Canada
24 Jan 18
@JolietJake That's the difference in the world that I have found. When I had a flip phone, it was mainly for calling, and people still did that a few years ago, right? And today, it just seems like the phone is more for everything else, using the GPS, getting emails on the go and texting.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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24 Jan 18
@Juliaacv We survived many a year without emails and texting, I don't really consider them necessary for me. I have a GPS for the van.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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24 Jan 18
I'll be in trouble if they ever stop using flip-phones. Or maybe not, since I don't really like phones anyway.
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@m_audrey6788 (58470)
• Germany
25 Jan 18
I`m a person who use mobile phone for business purposes and connecting with my customers So, it`s really important to me but if I only stays at home and doing nothing. Then, I don`t need an updated mobile
So, it`s really important to me but if I only stays at home and doing nothing. Then, I don`t need an updated mobile 2 people like this
@m_audrey6788 (58470)
• Germany
25 Jan 18
@JolietJake Oh yes my friend. but it`s really up to the person if they enjoy playing good games using their latest mobiles
but it`s really up to the person if they enjoy playing good games using their latest mobiles 1 person likes this
@JolietJake (50190)
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25 Jan 18
I can understand that, thankfully I don't have to use my phone for much business except actual calls.
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@BarBaraPrz (49861)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
24 Jan 18
Who's Michael Anthony?
I don't have a smartphone or even a flip-phone, so I'm even better off that Phred. 
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@BarBaraPrz (49861)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
24 Jan 18
@JolietJake So Phred would be really upset about missing that opportunity. But he still has the memory, right?
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@JolietJake (50190)
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24 Jan 18
He was the bass player for Van Halen for many years, now he plays with Sammy Hagar
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@JolietJake (50190)
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24 Jan 18
@BarBaraPrz Yep. I have the memory of not being able to operate Craig's phone so he doesn't have a picture of him and Michael, but he does have me to verify it happened.
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@cupkitties (7421)
• United States
24 Jan 18
lol I know some folks bought themselves a flip-phone because k-drama , so Phred is on trend at least.
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@NJChicaa (123192)
• United States
24 Jan 18
My In-laws swore that they would NEVER get smart phones. They do pre-paid Trac Phones and I have no idea how that works with smart phones . . . But I digress. Anyway, first my MIL got one and finally my FIL capitulated. They have joined the 21st century.
Meanwhile I’m writing this from my iPhone X. 
Meanwhile I’m writing this from my iPhone X. 2 people like this
@JolietJake (50190)
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24 Jan 18
Me 'n Leroy Jethro Gibbs have quite a bit in common...
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@JohnRoberts (109845)
• Los Angeles, California
24 Jan 18
I don't have a smartphone and wouldn't know how to use one so I am clueless also.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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24 Jan 18
I did feel bad for Craig when I couldn't get the camera to work, and MA's manager was hurrying him onto the tour bus
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@thislittlepennyearns (64427)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
24 Jan 18
There are times that I would love to go back to a dumb phone, but they are the same pricehere as my smart phone.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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24 Jan 18
Boss pays for this one since it is technically a 'business phone' but when he got new phones a few years ago I let him know I would prefer a flip-phone.
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@JolietJake (50190)
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24 Jan 18
@thislittlepennyearns Verizon offers an LG flip-phone
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@thislittlepennyearns (64427)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
24 Jan 18
@JolietJake Well that makes more sense. I didn't evenknow you could still get flip phones on contracts.
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@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
26 Jan 18
smartphones are overrated anyway..all i need is phone and text.
i don't want it turning my lights on and off and shizz..
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@FourWalls (75788)
• United States
24 Jan 18
Pay no attention to Phredwreck. He's just some guy typing.
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@kobesbuddy (78856)
• East Tawas, Michigan
26 Jan 18
I had a flip-phone for about four years. I didn't have any desire to use it, for anything else but sending and receiving phone calls. Then, I learned how to send text messages, which wasn't that hard to learn. I've never desired to have a smart-phone, even though every member in my family has owned, at least one. Our grandkids stare at that phone-screen, like it's their entire life on this earth! It's scary to see how it controls some people's minds:(
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@GooglePlus (3805)
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25 Jan 18
And I have a friend whose name is Phredwreck and who know how to use MAC Laptop One of not user friendly OS
One of not user friendly OS 1 person likes this
@sw8sincere (5558)
• Philippines
24 Jan 18
In my place only the old people on their late 60's are mostly the ones who are ignoramus into using smartphones. By this, I wonder how old is your friend. 
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@JolietJake (50190)
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24 Jan 18
He's the same age as me.
Maybe he just has no use for a phone except as a phone.
Maybe he just has no use for a phone except as a phone.1 person likes this
@dya80dya (36951)
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25 Jan 18
My dad never had a smartphone. Now he has one, but doesn't know how to use it. I explained to him and he learned really fast. I know other people who don t have smartphones, but also they hate such phones. They say people are too addicted and they avoid any contact with one. And they are happy without smartphones. They say smartphones aren't of any use.
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