Could you live without your smart phone?

Alfredo Rossi

@amadeo (111937)

• United States

6 Apr 19

@TheHorse No I gave up the landline.Just my cell and Mike has his.

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@TheHorse (231948)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Apr 19

@amadeo My day will come (to get a smart phone). But not yet.

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@TheHorse (231948)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Apr 19

Do you have a landline? That's all I use for official business.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (364874)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Apr 19

You operate much the same as us except for the sidewalk chalk. And I can't load photos either.

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@TheHorse (231948)

• Walnut Creek, California

7 Apr 19

I can send you some chalk. I get it free at the College.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (364874)

• Rockingham, Australia

7 Apr 19

@TheHorse There isn't much point unless you can send me some sidewalk as well!

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scarlet_woman

@scarlet_woman (23463)

• United States

7 Apr 19

yes and no.personally,i wouldn't miss it,but mom almost got us stranded somewhere,and that was the end of that.it's funny..you ask a doctor to borrow their phone for 5 minutes now and they act like you asked for their first born.

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scarlet_woman

@scarlet_woman (23463)

• United States

12 Apr 19

@TheHorse i guess it would depend on the kid's leanings..

@TheHorse (231948)

• Walnut Creek, California

12 Apr 19

@scarlet_woman Would it be the Republican Safe Room or the Democrat Safe Room? I'm confused by the idea of Safe Rooms.

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Eva James

@wolfgirl569 (124431)

• Marion, Ohio

6 Apr 19

I hope you can post the photo soon. I have a smart phone. It is the only phone I have. No landline

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@TheHorse (231948)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Apr 19

I do use my cell phone to call Comcast when my landline (and internet and TV) go down.

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Michelle Renee Kidwell

@Michellekidwell (29834)

• Sonora, California

6 Apr 19

@TheHorse I have Comcast as well, for landline, cable and internet!

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@TheHorse (231948)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Apr 19

@Michellekidwell They're sneaky bast*ards. They keep jacking up the price, even if you have a "contract."

Lena Kovadlo

@lovebuglena (48115)

• Staten Island, New York

8 Apr 19

I'm assuming your dumb phone can't take pictures, right?

I love having a smartphone because if I need to make a call, or check my email or go online I can do it instantly, without waiting till I get home. And I don't have to carry a bulky camera around if I need to take pics.

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@TheHorse (231948)

• Walnut Creek, California

8 Apr 19

@lovebuglena Do you leave it in the car if you go out to lunch with someone?

@TheHorse (231948)

• Walnut Creek, California

8 Apr 19

I don't make calls or check my email when I'm out and about.

Lena Kovadlo

@lovebuglena (48115)

• Staten Island, New York

8 Apr 19

@TheHorse I do!

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Courtney Dutton

@MommyOfEli2013 (85828)

• Rupert, Idaho

7 Apr 19

I have a smart phone, and not sure I could live without it! It keeps me connected when I am not at home or somewhere that I can use WIFI.

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@TheHorse (231948)

• Walnut Creek, California

9 Apr 19

Would you ever answer a cell phone call if you were out to dinner with someone? My friend does (sometimes she even texts!) and it drives me crazy.

@TheHorse (231948)

• Walnut Creek, California

9 Apr 19

@MommyOfEli2013 Whew. Now that I think about it, I have TWO friends who will literally answer a cell phone call right in the middle of lunch or dinner.

Courtney Dutton

@MommyOfEli2013 (85828)

• Rupert, Idaho

9 Apr 19

@TheHorse Well I don't answer the phone typically anyways so not unless it was an emergency.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (50602)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

7 Apr 19

Seeing as how I don't have one, I guess the answer is: Yes.

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@TheHorse (231948)

• Walnut Creek, California

11 Apr 19

Woo hoo!

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Riette

@Zorrogirl (1502)

• South Africa

7 Apr 19

I won't make it through a day. I think I am addicted. I have 2 samsung android phones. And spare batteries.

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@TheHorse (231948)

• Walnut Creek, California

9 Apr 19

What sorts of things do you do on your phone?

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Ptrikha_2

@ptrikha_2 (48575)

• India

11 Apr 19

Well for me my smartphone is a need. Yet I also use it for Mylot, some Apps and setting and using reminders(very important). However, I do not talk while walking on the roadside, or when driving (very very dangerous- still many do it! ), and not when in washroom. Image is of my smartphone screen.

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Ptrikha_2

@ptrikha_2 (48575)

• India

12 Apr 19

@TheHorse with my last phone- I always put it on silent. The current phone's ringtone is soft and gentle and so far I had no need to keep it in silent mode.

@TheHorse (231948)

• Walnut Creek, California

11 Apr 19

Do you put it away and silence the ringer when you have lunch or dinner with someone?

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Torunn

@Torunn (8606)

• Norway

6 Apr 19

I have a smart phone which I use mainly for messaging (so could have had a dumb phone) or taking pictures (so could have used a digital camera). The smart phone makes it easier to put the photos online though. And next week I need it, 'cause I need to use an app to grade people redoing oral exams. I think I'm also supposed to find out how much money I get for that by using the app.

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Torunn

@Torunn (8606)

• Norway

6 Apr 19

@TheHorse I have a fairly expensieve DSLR. Not the most expensieve pro model, but it definitly har more features than I know. I do prefer it to the camera phones, they're about as good as the compact digital cameras I've used. However, if I never changed lens, I might have opted for something else. But good quality lenses does make a difference. The problem is, I always want new lenses. Wideangle. New telephoto. Proper macro lens. I want them all! And since noone seems to be able to add pictures today, I'm not going to try ;-)

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@TheHorse (231948)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Apr 19

@Torunn Good move. Do you have an editing program on your phone/camera or computer?

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@TheHorse (231948)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Apr 19

Heh. I have a really nice cheap digital camera that I use to take all of my photos. It came with software that allows me to edit, and I I use that software to edit even photos sent to me. The camera cost maybe $80 at Walgreens and the memory card cost another $25 or so. Here's my best sunset photo taken with that camera (oops, I cant post photos right now). But the point is that one does not need to spend a lot of money to turn out quality "work." Snobbily Yours, The Horse

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Anna

@LadyDuck (486346)

• Italy

7 Apr 19

I do not even own a smart phone, I have an old mobile phone that I keep in my handbag in case of emergencies.

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Anna

@LadyDuck (486346)

• Italy

9 Apr 19

@TheHorse When I go out I prefer to have it with me, you never know. At home it is on my desktop all the time, I do not need it.

@TheHorse (231948)

• Walnut Creek, California

9 Apr 19

That's pretty much my strategy.

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Marie

@Tampa_girl7 (53675)

• United States

6 Apr 19

I don't have a smart phone with phone service. I use a dumb phone (flip phone). I do have an iPhone that my son gave me, but haven't connected it as a phone. My son thinks I'm ridiculous. I do Mylot and other things on it.

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Marie

@Tampa_girl7 (53675)

• United States

7 Apr 19

@TheHorse yes, it connects through my wi-fi .

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@TheHorse (231948)

• Walnut Creek, California

7 Apr 19

@Tampa_girl7 What is wi-fi?

@TheHorse (231948)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Apr 19

So it does have access to the internet?

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Bensen32

@Bensen32 (28464)

• United States

6 Apr 19

I could do without I actually had one for a couple years and got rid of it for about 3 or 4 years. I then started my current job and they gave me one and so I now have had one again for the last 3 years cause they gave it to me and pay for it since I need to be able to be contacted. If it were not for them giving me the phone I more than likely still would not have one.

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@TheHorse (231948)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Apr 19

How often do you use it? A recent job gave me one, but I rarely or never used it. I am a creature of habit.

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Bensen32

@Bensen32 (28464)

• United States

6 Apr 19

@TheHorse for personal use, hardly ever, for work stuff all the time, so during the week the phone is going off all the time but on the weekend it's barely used unless I get calls or txt about work. i'm not big on using the phone.

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@TheHorse (231948)

• Walnut Creek, California

9 Apr 19

@Bensen32 Good to hear.

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Michelle Renee Kidwell

@Michellekidwell (29834)

• Sonora, California

6 Apr 19

I have a smartphone, an IPhone, I use it all the time, could I live without it probably but it does come in handy!

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@TheHorse (231948)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Apr 19

Do you turn it off or leave it in the car when you go out to lunch with someone?

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@TheHorse (231948)

• Walnut Creek, California

6 Apr 19

@Michellekidwell When I'm out to lunch with someone, in the middle of conversation with them, and they answer their cell phone, or check a text, I have bad fantasies. Very bad fantasies.

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Michelle Renee Kidwell

@Michellekidwell (29834)

• Sonora, California

6 Apr 19

@TheHorse I turn it down, if I have Little Miss with me, her Mother has to be able to contact me in the case of emergency, usually I just leave it in my purse if she’s not with me! But I don’t eat out often!

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snowy

@snowy22315 (198254)

• United States

7 Apr 19

I have to admit, I have gotten pretty addicted to mine.

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@TheHorse (231948)

• Walnut Creek, California

11 Apr 19

I have sent the wrecking crew to your house.

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Michelle

@infatuatedbby (94909)

• United States

7 Apr 19

Sad to say but I totally cannot live without my phone. :) I reach for my phone more than my laptop/computer.

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@TheHorse (231948)

• Walnut Creek, California

9 Apr 19

Poor thing. Would you ever answer it when you were having a conversation with someone? That's when I know someone is "over the top."

John Roberts

@JohnRoberts (109842)

• Los Angeles, California

7 Apr 19

I don't have one in the first place.

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