Could you live without a mobile phone?

humbert · 11-07-2012 12:05AM

Mostly just use it as an internet tablet. I couldn't live without having the internet with me.

People who stubbornly refuse to adopt technology should stay in the midlands and be forgotten.

krudler · 11-07-2012 12:08AM

frisbeeface wrote: »

I definitely could live without it. Pretty much everything I use my phone for I could use the internet for instead.

but the internet is on your phone, win win

unkel · 11-07-2012 12:19AM

Personally I could easily do without it

For work though, I couldn't afford an office and 3 full time secretaries manning the phone in shifts covering 8AM-10PM 7 days a week

carbon nanotube · 11-07-2012 12:27AM

bryaner wrote: »

Mobile phone yes, iphone no..;)

iphones have brain washed more people than all the massive cults ever in the world times ten.

THall04 · 11-07-2012 01:08AM

You could ...if ye really had to.
Even ten years ago , before smart phones/facebook/twitter etc.. , most people would have said they couldn't live without a mobile.

About that time , I had to go work in America for a year , along with a big gang of other people I worked with.
The first week there I just had to , had to ,get a new phone .....but nobody else I knew there had a mobile....and owning a "cell" phone in the states then wasn't cheap.
So I didn't get one.....and all the people I worked and socialised with didn't get one.

So after work and on days off we had to use old fashioned methods of getting in touch....such as knocking on somebody's door.....or arranging certain times to make or expect a phone call (usually 6pm Saturday) to see what was goin on.

There was also some not so old fashioned ways available...e-mail and company pagers.....but after only a month nobody could remember what the big fuss was all about having a mobile.

Of course a year later when everybody went back home , we all got addicted again.

Jesus Nut · 11-07-2012 01:44AM

Might see how long I can go without a phone as a test! Its weird, but I think not having a phone is like been more free in an odd sense!

vyron_xvvx · 11-07-2012 02:04AM

i could live without one but it would be tough considering i use my cell phone quite a bit. i would rather have a cell phone than a home phone too.

books4sale · 11-07-2012 02:55AM

zerks wrote: »

Personally I've seen people standing outside of houses phoning the person inside to get them to open their door.
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Stupid example.

Among any number of reasons, nobody wants the TV license man wandering round their house, leave them at the door with it firmly closed.

Capt'n Midnight · 11-07-2012 03:21AM

I know someone who doesn't use a mobile phone.

But they are inseparable from their base station.

11-07-2012 08:20AM

At the moment I have no mobile phone, no television and no games consoles. Been like that for 5ish years now. Do not miss any of them.

Sam Kade · 11-07-2012 08:27AM

christmas2012 wrote: »

Its nuts the way things have gone..People need to take a step back and look at their behaviour all it takes is a second of curtain peeking or peephole peeking to see whos at the feckin door..

I know what you mean it's almost as bad as Irish people that use American slang words :rolleyes:

11-07-2012 08:27AM

rarely use it to be honest and im 24 male dont need one only if im out incase ma rings aka milk bread cigerettes lol

Father Damo · 11-07-2012 08:44AM

bryaner wrote: »

Mobile phone yes, iphone no..;)

I would be opposite. Mobile, not a chance. Even when Im out and about I check every 20 mins to see did it go off and I didnt notice.

But I still cant fathom the importance of an iPhone, or any smartphone really (and iPads are fcuking awful). Most iPhone photos come out half sh1t- nobody relys on an iPhone for an important event they really need good photos of. Instead they are used for blurry, on a whim photos on the beer which usually come out looking sh1t and blurred. The best feature is the video camera which, generally, you only find yourself using at a gig a few times a year. Apart from Google Maps there are pretty much no apps out there that have any use.

Father Damo · 11-07-2012 08:48AM

THall04 wrote: »

About that time , I had to go work in America for a year , along with a big gang of other people I worked with.
The first week there I just had to , had to ,get a new phone .....but nobody else I knew there had a mobile....and owning a "cell" phone in the states then wasn't cheap.
So I didn't get one.....and all the people I worked and socialised with didn't get one.
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Funny you should say, was watching the first series of The Sopranos again there (made mostly in 1999), quite funny to see them run around using public payphones because they coudnt trust their landlines and the mobile network was so rubbish!

bnt · 11-07-2012 08:59AM

Not only could I, I did for quite a few years during the 2000s. I almost never make voice calls, and I only really need to be contactable by phone when jobsearching. For everything else, there's email, Skype, IM, and more.

One thing about phones that annoys me is that the caller sets the timing of the call. The caller doesn't know or care whether the recipient is ready to receive the call. It's very rare, in my experience, that the caller has a question that has to be answered now, and can't be answered better by email. I'd rather not have the interruption of a call.

PhlegmyMoses · 11-07-2012 09:11AM

zerks wrote: »

There's a trend now of ringing or texting neighbours to see if it's ok to call over plus I've seen it in threads here where people won't answer the door unless the person knocking has made an appointment.Personally I've seen people standing outside of houses phoning the person inside to get them to open their door.
I could live without my phone at times but when it comes to work it's essential.

It's weird because I barely have my mobile phone turned on, don't use social networking etc. Have a house phone which can take messages.

At the same time, I would expect people to organise it with me before they are coming over so I may not answer the door otherwise. We get a lot of people selling **** at the door, twice a day usually, and I'm sick of having to put on a pair of trousers to go to the door to say no. :pac:

Defiler Of The Coffin · 11-07-2012 09:32AM

Deleted User wrote: »

At the moment I have no mobile phone, no television and no games consoles. Been like that for 5ish years now. Do not miss any of them.

Well, I assume you have a computer which has all of the above anyway!

11-07-2012 09:36AM

Defiler Of The Coffin wrote: »

Well, I assume you have a computer which has all of the above anyway!

Pretty much yes though I do not do that much of any of it on it. I have a land line which does for phone calls. I play the occasional computer game but very rarely.

Usually I connect a beamer/projector up to the PC when theres some sport on I want to watch - but that is usually just international rugby or football. Not really into premier league or any of the rest. Same for movies. And occasionally.... very occasionally.... me and the girls will watch a series of a show like Big Bang Theory over a weekend. But thats about 3 or 4 weekends a year. We usually wait until a series is complete, download the whole season, and watch it in a marathon session.

So no - generally I live without phone, games or television with some small exceptions.

Defiler Of The Coffin · 11-07-2012 09:43AM

Deleted User wrote: »

Pretty much yes though I do not do that much of any of it on it. I have a land line which does for phone calls. I play the occasional computer game but very rarely.

Usually I connect a beamer/projector up to the PC when theres some sport on I want to watch - but that is usually just international rugby or football. Not really into premier league or any of the rest. Same for movies. And occasionally.... very occasionally.... me and the girls will watch a series of a show like Big Bang Theory over a weekend. But thats about 3 or 4 weekends a year. We usually wait until a series is complete, download the whole season, and watch it in a marathon session.

So no - generally I live without phone, games or television with some small exceptions.

Well you're right about the TV, we don't have any TV service in our house at all, any programmes I want to watch I just download or stream. All from a PC hooked up to a TV with a HDMI port. A lot of people seem to pay more attention to their laptops than they do to the TV anyway!

Still keep a land-line in the house. Mobile reception isn't always great. Sound quality is better too.

cruiser178 · 11-07-2012 09:44AM

Iv'e got teenage kids so not a hope could i live without my phone, they wouldn't allow me, they need lifts everywhere you know. Although last night i left my phone at home when i went to work and i had to sneak off to go and get it first chance i got. So even from a personal point of view, no i couldn't live without my phone.

Jesus Nut · 11-07-2012 12:45PM

Someone mentioned it been a must to have a mobile phone for job searching! Interesting, because I have heard stories of people been in an interview and be asked "How come your not on Facebook or why dont you have a mobile phone?"
The interviewer views these people as been odd or something is not right with them mentally and these people generally always get tunred down at interviews!

11-07-2012 05:21PM

Jesus Nut wrote: »

Someone mentioned it been a must to have a mobile phone for job searching! Interesting, because I have heard stories of people been in an interview and be asked "How come your not on Facebook or why dont you have a mobile phone?"
The interviewer views these people as been odd or something is not right with them mentally and these people generally always get tunred down at interviews!

Quite frankly, that's none of their business! :mad:

lifelongnoob · 11-07-2012 05:29PM

We are all digital slaves in a digital world!!!!!

Jesus Nut · 11-07-2012 08:26PM

A very appropiate song!:D

rogieop · 11-07-2012 08:35PM

sent mine off on monday for repair, quite liking it tbh

dont know what im going to do for an alrm clock tonight though :mad:

Jesus Nut · 11-07-2012 08:38PM

rogieop wrote: »

dont know what im going to do for an alrm clock tonight though :mad:

Get yourself one of those old wind up alarm clocks with the bells and put it into an empty roses tin the otherside of your room! The best alarm clock (in jeremy clarkson voice) In the world...

11-07-2012 08:42PM

It would be silly to say I couldn't live without a mobile phone, of course I could, but I would be freaked out, and moreso the smartphone element than the telephone itself.

Finding places when you're lost, googling the nearest bank machine, getting a taxi number....I got my first smartphone (an iphone) 2 years ago this week and it's the best thing I ever bought (or was bought for me), I genuinely don't know how I ever lived without it! It makes life much easier.

12-07-2012 08:35AM

Defiler Of The Coffin wrote: »

Well you're right about the TV, we don't have any TV service in our house at all, any programmes I want to watch I just download or stream. All from a PC hooked up to a TV with a HDMI port. A lot of people seem to pay more attention to their laptops than they do to the TV anyway!

Still keep a land-line in the house. Mobile reception isn't always great. Sound quality is better too.

There is not even that much TV worth watching any more anyway. Most of the series I ever got into have either ended or gotten bad.

I have nothing against television per se - if I like a series I like to download it and watch it. I think the danger of television however is that people will sit in front of it even when nothing is on and waste hours flicking from channel to channel - watching things that are not even interesting to them - and complaining that there is nothing on.

They watch it for the sake of watching it in other words. It is often the same with Mobile Phones. People often text for the sake of it - not because they actually have anything to do or say.

I dunno - I find without mobiles or television or computer games consoles we just have a LOT more time to do the things that actually interest us. The girlfriends have also not missed television and not having one has done wonders for their studies and freelance work since it left our house.

DylanII · 12-07-2012 06:41PM

I could do without the phone part of my phone. But I would need everything else, the apps, the internet etc.

Dude111 · 17-07-2012 08:15AM

Jesus Nut wrote:

I honestly don't know many people who don't have a phone (except a few elderly people I guess).

Well now you do!!!

I dont have one AND DONT WANT ONE!!!!!

I value my privacy and dont wish to be tracked,etc...... (My life is MINE it isnt an open book for the elite)

Why make it easier for them to invade your privacy?

Could you live without a mobile phone?

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