can you be without your phone?

Sauve · 06-11-2010 07:04PM #1

Reading a book about the effects of 'constantly being contactable'
i.e. phone, email etc.
So just wondering - do you constantly have your phone on you, or do you make a conscious effort to turn it off so you can't be reached?
Do you turn it off when you're asleep?
Do you get anxious and tetchy if it runs out of battery or if you leave it at home?

davyjose · 06-11-2010 07:06PM

90% of the time I hate being with it!!!

Princess Peach · 06-11-2010 07:07PM

Yes

Nobody ever contacts me anyway

Latchy · 06-11-2010 07:07PM

Never get anxious about leaving it at home because mobiles have only being around 20 years or so and despite what some might say , we did quite ok without them . If I leave it on at night it's only because I may be expecting an early morning call ( or wake up ) but yeah I can be without my phone

Heyes · 06-11-2010 07:08PM

Feel lost when i dont have my phone, but on the other hand its nice no one been able to contact me

Angron · 06-11-2010 07:08PM

Yeah, these days I'd be lucky to get one text a day anyway.

DOC09UNAM · 06-11-2010 07:08PM

*Cue people bragging about 1 million friends, and how their life would fall apart without a phone*

Badly Drunk Boy · 06-11-2010 07:09PM

I can easily do without it. Every now and then, I forget to bring it to work and the only thing that bothers me about it, is that I use it to tell the time too.

I only got my first mobile phone 4 years at the age of 33, and even then, it was foisted upon me as a birthday present. (I used to be a disaster at music festivals when me friends wanted to meet up with me.)

Dr_Phil · 06-11-2010 07:11PM

I'd love to.

and without a watch too..

El Horseboxo · 06-11-2010 07:15PM

Yeah and mates hate me because of it. I'm forever leaving my phone in the car. They're always complaining cause they can't get through to me. Mainly cause my house is the one we usually drink in.

Dr_Phil · 06-11-2010 07:17PM

El Horseboxo wrote: »

Mainly cause my house is the one we usually drink in.

Quality

KeithM89_old · 06-11-2010 07:17PM

I lost my phone for over a week and nearly got fired over it

Id love to ditch it for while but i hate the feeling of missing out on things

Xiney · 06-11-2010 07:18PM

I routinely forget about it and get texts 24 hours later than I should have.

Not ideal. I'm going to try harder to keep it on me.

Sea Sharp · 06-11-2010 07:27PM

I could do without my phone definitely. With the exception of when I'm job hunting, waiting around for calls.
I use Facebook chat and gmail instead of endless, pointless text messages.

biko · 06-11-2010 07:30PM

Yeah, because without it I can't tell what time it is.

Cheap Thrills! · 06-11-2010 07:32PM

I'm old enough to remember before mobiles were everyday items. So that was my first normality.

I don't like the idea of always being contactable and I only answer my mobile if it suits me. I am pretty lazy with it and dont mind being without it, it's just other people who give out and make you feel you've done something wrong by not bringing it everywhere/answering it at all times!

I like turning it off going certain places! Its a relief and a guilty pleasure!

06-11-2010 07:34PM

I use mine to tell the time as well, I don't like wearing a watch. So in that respect, it would be really annoying.
It's useful as well for emergencies or whatever!
But if I had email I could get by

Flukey · 06-11-2010 07:35PM

I have mine with me always. It gets turned off when I go to bed. It usually doesn't get turned on again until lunchtime when I am at work. As I have a lie-in on a Saturday it doesn't get turned on until afternoon too. It is usually Sunday lunchtime when it gets turned on too. As a result of it being off for that much time, I get the best part of a week out of my battery.

TimTim · 06-11-2010 07:35PM

I try avoid bringing a phone where possible.

I hate being contactable like that. Send me an email and I'll get back to you.

OutlawPete · 06-11-2010 07:39PM

I prefer not having it or just leaving it off ..

.. but people complain like crazy when they can't reach you.

I hate the damn things tbh.

Only good for net access, music and watching vids.

Flight mode ftw.

DOC09UNAM · 06-11-2010 07:40PM

We get it pete, didn't have to tell us twice :rolleyes:

scientific1982 · 06-11-2010 07:41PM

Princess Peach wrote: »

Yes

Nobody ever contacts me anyway

Gimme you number and I promise ill contact you soon.

OutlawPete · 06-11-2010 07:41PM

DOC09UNAM wrote: »

We get it pete, didn't have to tell us twice :rolleyes:

Hush you

Sharkey 10 · 06-11-2010 07:43PM

The thing i dont like about mobiles is that everyone expect you to have it on you and be at all times in contact. If you leave your phone at home people might give you grief.
I could happily do without a phone

scientific1982 · 06-11-2010 07:46PM

They're one of the most useful inventions known to man. They also have an off button.

BillShorey · 06-11-2010 07:47PM

I can certainly be without it, but I don't like to be without it. It's dead handy to have on the go and I can't see any reason to go without it intentionally.

Proxy · 06-11-2010 07:50PM

I can't remember who said it, but I remember someone comparing a mobile phone to a rude person who interrupts a person and/or conversation without care. I bought a smartphone earlier this year and to be honest, I could do without it. I've become a bit of a facebook addict and also dip into twitter. Both of which I can see the good points of, but are fundamentally useless.

I also found it affecting my concentration in work. Now I put it in a drawer and leave it there until end-of-day or at least lunch. I think my next mobile will be a bog-standard call and text job.

Leelaa22 · 06-11-2010 07:51PM

If i forget my phone, run out credit or my battery dies - I grieve, I honestly feel like Ive lost a limb.
Which I hate and is stupid cause I dont gete contacted that often on it anyway! But ive had one for nrealy half my life. If they became outlawed tomorrow Id be happy.

Carl Sagan · 06-11-2010 07:52PM

Broke my phone last week. It's just **** not being able to contact people.

DOC09UNAM · 06-11-2010 07:53PM

OutlawPete wrote: »

Hush you

I don't like your attitude pete.

obliviousgrudge · 06-11-2010 07:54PM

I actually rarely use my phone for calling or texting, I mainly use it for internet and multimedia like music, photos and video.

I only text or call my family, for my friends, I usually just use Facebook

can you be without your phone?

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