garyb1st
Well-known member
I did upgrade. I went from a rugged Convoy 3G flip phone to a free Verizon piece of crap 4G e-Talk phone. If I could find another Convoy I'd buy one in a heartbeat. Only reason I have it is because Verizon sent it to me.So garyb1st what did you buy and what are your recommendations?
The real issues I have with smart phones is how they're used and I would hate to become one of the many, in your face no matter where you are or what you're doing smart phone users. I see people looking at their smart phones whether they're walking, riding a bicycle or driving on the freeway. It's insane. Reminds me of all the people who walk around Costco eating all the free food samples. It reminds of cattle grazing.
And it's not like I can't afford to buy one. We have two iMac 27 inch computers, two iPads, the wife has an expensive Samsung Android phone and I have my almost worthless Verizon e-talk, piece of crap flip phone.
Money wise, we pay almost $300 a month for our Verizon and Spectrum service. On top of that we have more subscriptions than I can count. To name a few, Netflix, Hulu, Prime, Ring, In-Reach, Sirius and others the wife handles that I don't want to know about. I'm sure in total, we're getting close to $5,000 a year. I'm old enough to remember telephone party lines. Then when I was first married, 55 years ago, a phone line cost about $25.00 a month. So am I going to buy a new phone? Yes.
My hearing is so bad, usually I don't even hear the e-Talk p.o.s. ring. More often than not, the wife lets me know the p.o.s. is ringing. Then when I answer, more likely than not, it's spam. I can hardly wait until we start getting election calls.
But back to the smart phone. I've been a Mac user for probably 15 years so was thinking an Apple made sense. However the wife has a Samsung so that's probably what I'll buy. I can't imagine having a phone that I can't use. Don't know what the learning curve is on the new phones, but for the past few years my curve has been flattening out.