R.I.P. Cat mobile phone. 2013 - 2021

[fossyant]

Nokia 3310 for the win. Still got one somewhere, and a dinky 8210

 

[raleighnut]

I had PAYG phones on Orange for years but since they got bought out and are now part of British Telecom the charges are astronomical so it sits in the drawer uncharged and unused for the past year or so.

 

[Drago]

two cans and a piece of string

no need for such hi tec solutions!

Being mobileless is a good way to cut the banal out of my life. If anyone has gone to the effort of seeking me out at home/the club/the lodge/crown court in order to speak to me then I can be reasonably assured that it is worth hearing.

 

[MrGrumpy]

My elderly non smart phone switches on, but audio quality is so bad that I sound like im going over Niagara Falls in a biscuit tin full of broken crockery, and it has reached the point where it has become unusable. The dustmen (sorry, enviro--recycling reclamation specialists) take electric gear if bagged up separately, so off it goes to be stripped of its precious plastics to live on as the autopilot on a Tesla.

So unless you count the one built into my car, I no longer have a mobile phone and won't be bothering with another. Yep, I will be one of the few percent with no government mandated tracking device, no glass hypno box to keep me zombie-like (or more zombie like than normal) in the street. My eyesight will return to normal and the arthritis in my thumbs will magically clear up, and the hunch in my posture will quickly improve until I am soon proudly erect.

Anyone else mobile phoneless?

Thing is a lot of us have mobile phones , in fact posting from that just now. Do I phone a lot on it not really ? Do I send the odd text I do. However it also doubles up as my personal laptop. I do all my banking on it , buy things on it ? So question I is are you really free ? I only know of one person my mate whom does not own a mobile. Does not use any messaging apps at all or social media . He does the business accounts on his computer and researches the books he reads. He reads a lot ! However can be found most weekends in a book shop . That’s about as free as you can get.

 

[byegad]

I don’t have electricity.

I'm shocked, even if you can't be.

 

[classic33]

mutter , mumble, mumble.....I dont like football, right where was we...erm .....ah... mobile phones, two cans and a piece of string

And the reply is "Smart Seven".

 

[classic33]

Nokia 3310 for the win. Still got one somewhere, and a dinky 8210

Philips Diga and Nokia 2010's.

 

[Blue Hills]

My provider got in touch a couple of weeks ago to inform me that my beloved BlackBerry (my current one is about 12 years old) will simply stop working on January 4th next.

I'm currently in negotiation with the Science Museum.

the science museum comms/tech bit is a sobering visit - there's stuff in there I remember getting press releases about as the latest exciting thing. Some of them I had/used.

 

[Bollo]

.... is a good way to cut the banal out of my life.

Who says CC members don't do irony

 

[Chris S]

I had PAYG phones on Orange for years but since they got bought out and are now part of British Telecom the charges are astronomical so it sits in the drawer uncharged and unused for the past year or so.

If you try and use it you will probably find the Orange SIM no longer connects.

 

[swee'pea99]

I barely use my 'phone'. The thing I keep in my pocket is my camera, library, archive, alarm, timer, music player, messager...last time I got an actual phone call it made me jump. Didn't know what was occurrin'

 

[Blue Hills]

I barely use my 'phone'. The thing I keep in my pocket is my camera, library, archive, alarm, timer, music player, messager...last time I got an actual phone call it made me jump. Didn't know what was occurrin'

you mean someone wanted you rather than just broadcasting crap about what they were doing/about to eat?

 

[classic33]

My elderly non smart phone switches on, but audio quality is so bad that I sound like im going over Niagara Falls in a biscuit tin full of broken crockery, and it has reached the point where it has become unusable. The dustmen (sorry, enviro--recycling reclamation specialists) take electric gear if bagged up separately, so off it goes to be stripped of its precious plastics to live on as the autopilot on a Tesla.

So unless you count the one built into my car, I no longer have a mobile phone and won't be bothering with another. Yep, I will be one of the few percent with no government mandated tracking device, no glass hypno box to keep me zombie-like (or more zombie like than normal) in the street. My eyesight will return to normal and the arthritis in my thumbs will magically clear up, and the hunch in my posture will quickly improve until I am soon proudly erect.

Anyone else mobile phoneless?

Christmas 2017 is hardly "elderly".

 

[Drago]

Thing is a lot of us have mobile phones , in fact posting from that just now. Do I phone a lot on it not really ? Do I send the odd text I do. However it also doubles up as my personal laptop. I do all my banking on it , buy things on it ? So question I is are you really free ? I only know of one person my mate whom does not own a mobile. Does not use any messaging apps at all or social media . He does the business accounts on his computer and researches the books he reads. He reads a lot ! However can be found most weekends in a book shop . That’s about as free as you can get.

If got my tablet for that. Its 4G so could even send txt mesaages if wanted to, not that I do. Aside from talking bollocks, which im disinclined to do (except on Cyclechat) it does everything a mobile does, but better and for longer.

Christmas 2017 is hardly "elderly".

Lamce O'Classic is right, my memory is faulty. The Cat was a replacement for a similar Thamthung tough phone, so not as old as I had wrongfully recalled.

 

[fossyant]

I barely use my 'phone'. The thing I keep in my pocket is my camera, library, archive, alarm, timer, music player, messager...last time I got an actual phone call it made me jump. Didn't know what was occurrin'

Yup, the only person who actually phones me is the MIL after she's phoned the whole family as we 'must' answer when she calls.