FabSwingers.com forum: Could you survive without your mobile phone?

By *hagTonight OP Man
37 weeks ago

From the land of haribos.

Mobile phones, they have become everyhwere and the thing is I am of that generation that remembers a life without it, are you that too?

I was perfectly all right without it and now with all the apps, like the whattsapp and telegram and others ways of communication. how can you live without it?

It have become a must have piece of tecknology that everybody wants, but is it really good for us? I mean at the end of the day, you have got it everywhere with you, when you go parking, with all the apps paying for that and things in the supermarket or shops using it if you have a ticket, to get into the train stations and of course parking your car as I mentioned there, where are all this data that you are leaving behind going too, one can wonder? Not to mention the radiation from it.

I would find it hard to do, as you have all the apps that you are using and dependent on, it would take some time to get used not to have it, but I think that I only could use it less, not to live without it.

What is your view about it, could you get rid of it, could you live without your mobile phone? It kind of is like a spy in the pocket, it is an interesting thought that isn't it?

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By *enrietteandSamCouple
37 weeks ago

Staffordshire

Yes shag.

I could do it without a doubt and I often reminisce about a simpler time before the mobile world.

Back when the pubs shut for Sunday afternoon and you could smoke in hospital waiting rooms

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By *ivemealadybonerWoman
37 weeks ago

somewhere

I only use my phone for fab, Facebook and tiktok now, I could probably live without it, I do talk to my kids, mum with it so I'd need it from time to time and to let doughnut know where I am but apart from that, I'd be ok I think x

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
37 weeks ago

East Sussex

I could survive without it but I don't want to

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By *ellhungvweMan
37 weeks ago

Cheltenham

I could happily survive without it. Life is easier with all that information to hand though.

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By *undee2Man
37 weeks ago

Dundee

I can and do. I use the computer rather than a mobile. Only an idiot puts a banking app on their phone, or a shopping app or does anything financial. No wonder there is so much fraud, you have all brought it on yourself. The clue is in the name of the device - mobile phone. It doesn't say mobile computer.

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By *ornycougaWoman
37 weeks ago

Wherever I lay my hat

In London yes. When travelling no as it holds my banking, tickets, accommodation etc. details as well as maps for getting around. I also share my location when hiking alone. I travelled in the early 90s without a phone so it clearly was possible but I would struggle now.

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By *TG3Man
37 weeks ago

Dorchester

Its taken over me, i am it it is me

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By *onameyet2Man
37 weeks ago

chorley

A fantastic tool, why would you be without it?

A vacuum cleaner is a tool unkess you use it stupidly and get your cock stuck and end up in A&E.

Stay off social media, don’t look at news and influencer bullshit, use strong passwords and enjoy ??

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By *onameyet2Man
37 weeks ago

chorley

"Mobile phones, they have become everyhwere and the thing is I am of that generation that remembers a life without it, are you that too?

I was perfectly all right without it and now with all the apps, like the whattsapp and telegram and others ways of communication. how can you live without it?

What is your view about it, could you get rid of it, could you live without your mobile phone? It kind of is like a spy in the pocket, it is an interesting thought that isn't it?

How do you remember a time before mobiles if your only 41 mate?

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By *hagTonight OP Man
37 weeks ago

From the land of haribos.

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By *hagTonight OP Man
37 weeks ago

From the land of haribos.

"Yes shag.

I could do it without a doubt and I often reminisce about a simpler time before the mobile world.

Back when the pubs shut for Sunday afternoon and you could smoke in hospital waiting rooms

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Hi _enrietteandsam, that is good, yes, you are right there, it was a simpler time before the mobile world too

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By *lowupdollTV/TS
37 weeks ago

Herts/Beds/Lomdon

When my phone is on charge I sit there like I’m watching a love one on life support in a made for tv movie.

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By *kitkat.Woman
37 weeks ago

somewhere over the rainbow

My phone was always in my hand or close by however, since my work place has become a lot stricter about mobile phones I've found I'm less dependant on it and enjoy the peace I have without it. At work the use of them is restricted to ceetain areas. There was a lot of complaints about it but I think it's been a blessing. We actually talk more to eachother and even in those areas we are all using our phones less.

I've also broken my smart watch, I hated not having at first. Now I don't miss it, not even bothered not knowing what the time is.

I think we all need moments without technology from time to time.

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
37 weeks ago

East Sussex

When I was sorting out a problem with my dad's on line shopping order on the phone the guy the other end was incredulous when I said he didn't have a smart phone. He kept saying "doesn't he have a mobile?"

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By *ll-Knight-longMan
37 weeks ago

Derby/Notts(Long Eaton)

I can remember a time when troubadours would update the news & a pigeon would bring fast messages. Damsels were in distress & dragons did not dwell in Victorian tv sets

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By *ornucopiaMan
37 weeks ago

Bexley

I was always happy with a simple mobile phone capable of talk and text only. Was adept at abc 123 text composition but have subsequently moved on. It it is interesting to see that there is still a good choice of that type of phone available. I still carry one of those all the time.

I have 3 smartphones in current use also. Dont always carry them all.

One used regularly for majority of social calls and texts, no real need for data usage there.

One for domestic comms and tethering computers to. Also use it for browsing fab forum, like now in bed when I am not near a proper screen and keyboard. This one got driven over but was worth repairing and gets a fair amount of limited scope use, other than being my main tethering source (I don't have home broadband or landline). I bought this one minutes before the shops closed on lockdown evebecause I realised I would be up shit creek without cafe type laptop access.

Finally I have a newer Samsung which was a distress purchase when this one I am typing on now got damaged. That has become my main googling aid while out and about. I have only a few emergency contacts stored on it. I take most of my sparse photographs and screen grabs on that and use it mainly for weather, traffic info,and listening to web based remote radio receivers. Don't generally tether to it so its data allowance rolls over and builds up but is on a very cheap non contract deal.

No interest in social media other than Fab. Never scanned a QR code in my life never paid for anything by phone (other than using my debit card verbally or keyboard entry), including parking. Don't have apps for shops etc. Don't buy into any entertainment media. Don't shop on line.

I will be fucking annoyed when the world becomes a place where you can't do anything in life without a smartphone. That is not what I or anyone else was born for. Before lockdown was happy with dumphones.

Anyone else similar?

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By *icecouple561Couple
Forum Mod
37 weeks ago

East Sussex

"I can remember a time when troubadours would update the news & a pigeon would bring fast messages. Damsels were in distress & dragons did not dwell in Victorian tv sets

Me too. I kept my groats in a hole in the floor

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By *ot to giggleWoman
37 weeks ago

Coventry

no - I dont want to and you cant make me

recently broke and needed a replacement - the man wanted to take my phone away before i had chance to swap the information over - I cried at him! He fled and said he would come back tomorrow to pick up the old one

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By *TG3Man
37 weeks ago

Dorchester

"no - I dont want to and you cant make me

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why because of all the #£@&% on it? I'd just buy a newv phone

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By *ot to giggleWoman
37 weeks ago

Coventry

"no - I dont want to and you cant make me

why because of all the #£@&% on it? I'd just buy a newv phone

hahah yea i cant remember all the numbers i have on it!!

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By *TG3Man
37 weeks ago

Dorchester

"no - I dont want to and you cant make me

why because of all the #£@&% on it? I'd just buy a newv phone

hahah yea i cant remember all the numbers i have on it!!

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By *lik and PaulCouple
37 weeks ago

cahoots

I could happily live without it and often go out without my phone. They have their uses but can also be very intrusive if you allow it which is why all notifications are permanently switched off other than the phone ringing and even then I choose which calls I answer.

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By *ornucopiaMan
37 weeks ago

Bexley

"A fantastic tool, why would you be without it?

A vacuum cleaner is a tool unkess you use it stupidly and get your cock stuck and end up in A&E.

... "

Google 'penile injuries from vacuum cleaners British medical journal'.

It is the main reason for people also googling 'phimosis' and 'meatus'!

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By *ophieslutTV/TS
37 weeks ago

Central

I'd manage without, with difficulty, as so much is designed around them.

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By *p4Fun7070Man
37 weeks ago

Leven

As a guy who loves attending music gigs, if i could go back to the days of no mobile phones, I would in a minute. Sick of attending gigs to stand there looking at a sea of screens. I wish people would just put the phones away and enjoy the bloody gig the way we used to

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By *ornucopiaMan
37 weeks ago

Bexley

"When my phone is on charge I sit there like I’m watching a love one on life support in a made for tv movie. "

How can you manage with only one?

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By *ot to giggleWoman
37 weeks ago

Coventry

"no - I dont want to and you cant make me

why because of all the #£@&% on it? I'd just buy a newv phone

hahah yea i cant remember all the numbers i have on it!!

0 - 9

if i didnt have it i couldnt answer you non questions

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
37 weeks ago

BRIDPORT

There is nothing I use my mobile phone for that I could not do by another means, and I am of the age where not having them was the norm, whilst it would be inconvenient, having become used to using it, I would be able to survive without it.

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By *lowupdollTV/TS
37 weeks ago

Herts/Beds/Lomdon

"When my phone is on charge I sit there like I’m watching a love one on life support in a made for tv movie.

How can you manage with only one?"

I’ve tried having 2 it just got confusing.

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By (user no longer on site)
37 weeks ago

Nope, mine has far too much on it that I need day to day for myself and kids plus a full calendar to follow and all the school learning apps/banking,car parking apps,fuel card and activities passes are on it.

I really wouldn't get far in a day without it. Social media wise I could ditch all those if I had too easily.

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By (user no longer on site)
37 weeks ago

Yes I could.

Even though I typed this on a mobile.

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By *UFSWoman
37 weeks ago

belfast

I'm sure I could live without my mobile phone,but I'd prefer not to

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By *atnip make me purrWoman
37 weeks ago

Reading

Only when I'm asleep.

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By *ean counterMan
37 weeks ago

Market Harborough/ Kettering

They are a fantastic device that make all of our lives better unfortunately they are also the most annoying. It appears that everyone is addicted to staring at the damn things. Try walking through London (or any large town) and see how many people are staring at their phone instead of looking where they are going. I think they are a stronger addiction than any drug known to man

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By (user no longer on site)
37 weeks ago

"When my phone is on charge I sit there like I’m watching a love one on life support in a made for tv movie. "

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By *TG3Man
37 weeks ago

Dorchester

"no - I dont want to and you cant make me

why because of all the #£@&% on it? I'd just buy a newv phone

hahah yea i cant remember all the numbers i have on it!!

0 - 9

if i didnt have it i couldnt answer you non questions

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lol

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By *eroLondonMan
37 weeks ago

Mayfair

Literally and figuratively no, I couldn't live/survive without my mobile phone. I use it for constant messaging, and if a man hasn't replied within 15 mins women throw their toys out of the pram. I cannot be doing with all that drama and grief. It's advisable that I keep my phone with me at all times.

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By *TG3Man
37 weeks ago

Dorchester

Its technology and it didn't exist before but technology makes life easy so no i want an easy life not a lazy life

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By *arkus1812Man
37 weeks ago

Lifes departure lounge NN9 Northamptonshire East not West MidlandsMidlands

I don't think I could manage without a mobile phone now.

My first experience with mobile phones was way back in 1981 when the company I worked for installed them in the company cars.Lack of a good signal did not help, we were then issued with the brick telephone but getting a good signal was still an issue.

I have owned a mobile ever since, usually Nokia, and usually supplied by my employer so we had no choices of what to buy.

I currently have just two old Nokia phones, one for general use and a burner phone for Fab and the likes,have never bothered with smartphones as I do not really need one.

I live in an area with very poor reception so still have to use a land line phone.

The old adage of Spectacles,Testacles, Watch and Wallet now had Mobile Phone tagged on.

It has now become force of habit to take a phone with me wherever I go,

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By (user no longer on site)
37 weeks ago

Survived decades without technology. Could reverting back ..no. We need to stay advanced but not so sure on 5G and how damaging it can be

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By *ornucopiaMan
37 weeks ago

Bexley

"Survived decades without technology. Could reverting back ..no. We need to stay advanced but not so sure on 5G and how damaging it can be "

Why on earth would 5G be any more damaging than any radiation on the longer wavelengths below even the infra red side of sunlight?

Someone, for whatever commercial reasons,has been pulling people's plonkas on this subject.

Mobile phone addiction leading to lack of other priorities including exercise is probably the biggest health concern in the world of telecommunications.

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By *host63Man
37 weeks ago

Bedfont Feltham

We are pretty wedded to our phones.

Mind yiu when I am on holiday I leave my phone off and in a hotel safe or in the Apartment if I am in an Air B&B.

It's liberating.

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By (user no longer on site)
37 weeks ago

"Survived decades without technology. Could reverting back ..no. We need to stay advanced but not so sure on 5G and how damaging it can be

Why on earth would 5G be any more damaging than any radiation on the longer wavelengths below even the infra red side of sunlight?

Someone, for whatever commercial reasons,has been pulling people's plonkas on this subject.

Mobile phone addiction leading to lack of other priorities including exercise is probably the biggest health concern in the world of telecommunications. "

Addiction

Exercise you saying I lack exercise..

Priorities

My work app is on my mobile

You have your opinion I stick with mine and I am not a plonker

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By *nightsoftheCoffeeTableCouple
37 weeks ago

Leeds

Easy, have done, mine broke so I thought I’ll wait for a new one. It was bliss if anyone wanted me they had to ring the house phone, I was free.

The mr

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By *hristopherd999Man
37 weeks ago

Brentwood

"I can and do. I use the computer rather than a mobile. Only an idiot puts a banking app on their phone, or a shopping app or does anything financial. No wonder there is so much fraud, you have all brought it on yourself. The clue is in the name of the device - mobile phone. It doesn't say mobile computer."

Laptop?

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By *TG3Man
37 weeks ago

Dorchester

It is a mini laptop though i do everything on my phone well except telephone banking not safe, don't do it....... Damn too late you already have

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
37 weeks ago

The Town by The Cross

I didn't have one until I was over 40 so it's an easy yes for me BUT I wouldn't be without my phone - the way we contact each other , pay bills, find routes, book holidays and concerts and use dictionaries has changed....

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
37 weeks ago

The Town by The Cross

"It is a mini laptop though i do everything on my phone well except telephone banking not safe, don't do it....... Damn too late you already have

Fred...... it's not 'telephone' banking where you phone people up .... it's online or internet banking and it's UBER safe.

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By *TG3Man
37 weeks ago

Dorchester

"I didn't have one until I was over 40 so it's an easy yes for me BUT I wouldn't be without my phone - the way we contact each other , pay bills, find routes, book holidays and concerts and use dictionaries has changed.... "
Granny you're over 40 omg

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By *TG3Man
37 weeks ago

Dorchester

"It is a mini laptop though i do everything on my phone well except telephone banking not safe, don't do it....... Damn too late you already have

Fred...... it's not 'telephone' banking where you phone people up .... it's online or internet banking and it's UBER safe. "
oh no its not saw a thing come up on my phone where a bug that you yourself can download via an app can infiltrate your telephone banking and withdraw your money as technology moves on so do criminals get more sophisticated at stealing it

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By *TG3Man
37 weeks ago

Dorchester

In fact this bug can access all personal details that you keep on your phone

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By *ranny-CrumpetWoman
37 weeks ago

The Town by The Cross

So are they going to pay my bills for me Fred ?

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By *TG3Man
37 weeks ago

Dorchester

"So are they going to pay my bills for me Fred ?"
Who the crooks, in your case i expect they will mine i have to pay them manually in cash

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By *ornucopiaMan
37 weeks ago

Bexley

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Addiction

Exercise you saying I lack exercise..

Priorities

My work app is on my mobile

You have your opinion I stick with mine and I am not a plonker "

I don't recollect saying that you, personally lack exercise. I don't have your profile available to research that and form such an opinion!

Nor did I suggest that you are a plonker but without doubt the public in general are having their 'plonkas' pulled, over 5G and every cellular phone service,historically, since serious competition in the market began, by mischief makers.

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By *TG3Man
37 weeks ago

Dorchester

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Addiction

Exercise you saying I lack exercise..

Priorities

My work app is on my mobile

You have your opinion I stick with mine and I am not a plonker

I don't recollect saying that you, personally lack exercise. I don't have your profile available to research that and form such an opinion!

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by the media you mean

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By *ackdaw52Man
37 weeks ago

Chesterfield

Kind of. Would you say your phone is a time saver or a time waster?

When I've been camping etc and I've been without signal for a week or more it's surprising how quickly you stop caring about your phone.

But just last week I was stuck in an unfamiliar city and having a map, bus and train timetable to hand was invaluable.

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By (user no longer on site)
37 weeks ago

"When my phone is on charge I sit there like I’m watching a love one on life support in a made for tv movie. "

I don’t know what to do with myself.

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By *ornucopiaMan
37 weeks ago

Bexley

... without doubt the public in general are having their 'plonkas' pulled, over 5G and every cellular phone service, historically, since serious competition in the market began, by mischief makers.

...

by the media you mean

I suspect that the media were being led by more commercial interests.

There was nebver any suggestion that the wavelengths were harmful until Mercury and Orange joined the game using slightly a higher (in the grand scheme of things) frequency band.

That was when the public apparently decided for themselves, hmm, that 'we don't want none them orange masts giving our kids cancer'.

I've always wondered why 'radiation' only then became an issue.

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By *TG3Man
37 weeks ago

Dorchester

... without doubt the public in general are having their 'plonkas' pulled, over 5G and every cellular phone service, historically, since serious competition in the market began, by mischief makers.

...

by the media you mean

I suspect that the media were being led by more commercial interests.

There was nebver any suggestion that the wavelengths were harmful until Mercury and Orange joined the game using slightly a higher (in the grand scheme of things) frequency band.

That was when the public apparently decided for themselves, hmm, that 'we don't want none them orange masts giving our kids cancer'.

I've always wondered why 'radiation' only then became an issue."
Well all things are harmless in very small amounts but i guess lots of small amounts of things are giving us the new illnesses that we are seeing today in such catastrophic amounts dementia for example

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By *2000ManMan
37 weeks ago

Worthing

Yes as I have a landline. Although without other tech I'd struggle as it's my job.

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By *ittle Miss TinkerbellWoman
37 weeks ago

your head

In this day and age, no. 99.9% of what I need and do for daily life is on my phone including for work. I also don't have a landline. For some of it, I'm not sure I'd want to either. I definitely prefer the ease of mobile banking and online shopping amongst other things.

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By *hagTonight OP Man
37 weeks ago

From the land of haribos.

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By (user no longer on site)
37 weeks ago

I won’t die without one. I’d feel very disconnected and vulnerable without it. Maybe even bored. But I could live without. I would want to but I could.

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By *hagTonight OP Man
37 weeks ago

From the land of haribos.

"I only use my phone for fab, Facebook and tiktok now, I could probably live without it, I do talk to my kids, mum with it so I'd need it from time to time and to let doughnut know where I am but apart from that, I'd be ok I think x"
That is good to only use the phone for that too

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By *angOnBunnyCouple
37 weeks ago

Ipswich

No, my life is in there. Work, MFA, finances, ability to pay (do not carry cards anymore), mapping for directions.

Could go back to no phone, but it would be hard and inconvenient now so much is hooked into it.

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By *hagTonight OP Man
37 weeks ago

From the land of haribos.

"I could survive without it but I don't want to"
That is good you could do it too

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By *JcuriousCouple
37 weeks ago

Derby

"I could survive without it but I don't want to"

This

Miss S x

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By *hagTonight OP Man
37 weeks ago

From the land of haribos.

"In London yes. When travelling no as it holds my banking, tickets, accommodation etc. details as well as maps for getting around. I also share my location when hiking alone. I travelled in the early 90s without a phone so it clearly was possible but I would struggle now. "
That is good and yes, it holds all those things too, so yes, it does make it easier as well

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By *wb699Man
37 weeks ago

Belfast

"Mobile phones, they have become everyhwere and the thing is I am of that generation that remembers a life without it, are you that too?

I was perfectly all right without it and now with all the apps, like the whattsapp and telegram and others ways of communication. how can you live without it?

What is your view about it, could you get rid of it, could you live without your mobile phone? It kind of is like a spy in the pocket, it is an interesting thought that isn't it?

Maybe people would be much more smarter without mobile phones

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By *uriousscouserWoman
37 weeks ago

Wirral

I could physically survive but it would be a pain in the arse and would require digging out a lot of older tech, from satnavs to pagers to MP3 players to alarm clocks to cameras.

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By *ittle Miss TinkerbellWoman
37 weeks ago

your head

"I could physically survive but it would be a pain in the arse and would require digging out a lot of older tech, from satnavs to pagers to MP3 players to alarm clocks to cameras."

Oh god, that's a long list! I didn't even think of all that extra stuff I'd need

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By *rucking-HellMan
37 weeks ago

Northampton

I don't own a smartphone. I still use a nokia. Could I survive without it? Yes, but it would feel a bit weird not having it.

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By *lder.Woman
37 weeks ago

Not Local

"When phones were wired, humans were free" was some delightful thing I read somewhere. Im sure I could live without it after a while, but I would feel like I had lost an arm and I am pretty behind the times with all things technology.

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By *lder.Woman
37 weeks ago

Not Local

"I could physically survive but it would be a pain in the arse and would require digging out a lot of older tech, from satnavs to pagers to MP3 players to alarm clocks to cameras."

I used to be able to find my way anywhere in the country by memorising a paper map. Now I just lazily follow satnav and get incensed when it drags me down a lane I 'know' is wrong,but drive down it I go as the satnav tells me too.

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By (user no longer on site)
37 weeks ago

I could definitely survive without my mobile phone,

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By *uriousscouserWoman
37 weeks ago

Wirral

"I could physically survive but it would be a pain in the arse and would require digging out a lot of older tech, from satnavs to pagers to MP3 players to alarm clocks to cameras.

Oh god, that's a long list! I didn't even think of all that extra stuff I'd need

It's doable (if my phone died today I'd still be alive tomorrow), but it would be a proper faff.

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By *uriousscouserWoman
37 weeks ago

Wirral

"I could physically survive but it would be a pain in the arse and would require digging out a lot of older tech, from satnavs to pagers to MP3 players to alarm clocks to cameras.

I have the most terrible sense of direction - even with all their faults satnavs were the best thing to happen to me for a long time!

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By *ot to giggleWoman
37 weeks ago

Coventry

"I could physically survive but it would be a pain in the arse and would require digging out a lot of older tech, from satnavs to pagers to MP3 players to alarm clocks to cameras.

and argue with it that its not telling you to go the right way !!!!

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By *hagTonight OP Man
37 weeks ago

From the land of haribos.

"I could happily survive without it. Life is easier with all that information to hand though."
That is good, yes, life is easier with it too.

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By *hagTonight OP Man
37 weeks ago

From the land of haribos.

"Survived decades without technology. Could reverting back ..no. We need to stay advanced but not so sure on 5G and how damaging it can be "
Hi becs, that is good you survived deades without technology too, yes, we need to stay advanced as well

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By *ools and the brainCouple
37 weeks ago

couple, us we him her.

"Mobile phones, they have become everyhwere and the thing is I am of that generation that remembers a life without it, are you that too?

I was perfectly all right without it and now with all the apps, like the whattsapp and telegram and others ways of communication. how can you live without it?

What is your view about it, could you get rid of it, could you live without your mobile phone? It kind of is like a spy in the pocket, it is an interesting thought that isn't it?

"
managed for about 30 years without one so pretty sure I could manage again.

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By *hil most chillMan
37 weeks ago

South East & Europe

"I could survive without it but I don't want to"

This sums up my thoughts perfectly

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By *WB85Man
37 weeks ago

Staffordshire

I wouldn't want to haha

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By *ddie1966Man
37 weeks ago

Paper Town Central, Essex.

Survive ?

Hell, I'd thrive!

I'd actually get things done. I regularly just turn it off for a day or two.

If the important people to me need to contact me, they know where I'm at.

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By *aughtyLisa341Woman
37 weeks ago

Ripley

If I'd got my laptop I'd be ok

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By *a LunaWoman
37 weeks ago

South Wales

I could.

But I’d get a bit moody because my notes has all my passwords (in code) so I’d struggle to log in to all my saved password sites.

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
37 weeks ago

BRIDPORT

"I could.

But I’d get a bit moody because my notes has all my passwords (in code) so I’d struggle to log in to all my saved password sites.

Yes, your the age that you’ve spent more years without a mobile than with one, it would be just like the old days for you

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By *eadinthecloudsMan
37 weeks ago

Manchester

Ultimately I could and would I probably feel better for it in the long run? Maybe. Equally … I think I have a good balance with it. I don’t care much for socials. I get most of the good without that much of the bad. I think.

Having the internet in my pocket will never not be awesome.

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37 weeks ago

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By *a LunaWoman
37 weeks ago

South Wales

"I could.

But I’d get a bit moody because my notes has all my passwords (in code) so I’d struggle to log in to all my saved password sites.

Yes, your the age that you’ve spent more years without a mobile than with one, it would be just like the old days for you

Oi. Where’s that new leaf you turned over?!

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By (user no longer on site)
37 weeks ago

"I don't own a smartphone. I still use a nokia. Could I survive without it? Yes, but it would feel a bit weird not having it. "
I bet you haven’t charged it since 2007

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By *lex46TV/TS
37 weeks ago

Near Wells

I do most of my banking by a phone app. Pay bills, transfer funds, set up direct debits etc.

I’ve never had any issues with being scammed. There’s face recognition nowadays, codes to enter, etc.

Your bank will never ask for login details either so I can’t see a problem??

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By *UGGYBEAR2015Man
37 weeks ago

BRIDPORT

"I could.

But I’d get a bit moody because my notes has all my passwords (in code) so I’d struggle to log in to all my saved password sites.

Yes, your the age that you’ve spent more years without a mobile than with one, it would be just like the old days for you

Oi. Where’s that new leaf you turned over?!

The trouble with leaves is, they blow away in the wind.

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By *ampWithABrainWoman
37 weeks ago

Glasgow

I’ll admit I’ve had times when I’ve realised I am too dependent on mine. Now I always have a backup plan. I always carry my actual bank cards and cash on me after I had some horrible issues with Apple Pay. I recently had to buy an additional train ticket home as screen froze.

I’m of an age I didn’t have a mobile phone at all until I was pregnant with daughter and I think was in my 40’s before I got a smart phone.

Now so much is done through phone! Very rarely actual phone calls.

Social life, healthcare, work… all on the phone.

Makes it hard to switch off from work too.

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By *hagTonight OP Man
37 weeks ago

From the land of haribos.

"Mobile phones, they have become everyhwere and the thing is I am of that generation that remembers a life without it, are you that too?

I was perfectly all right without it and now with all the apps, like the whattsapp and telegram and others ways of communication. how can you live without it?

What is your view about it, could you get rid of it, could you live without your mobile phone? It kind of is like a spy in the pocket, it is an interesting thought that isn't it?

managed for about 30 years without one so pretty sure I could manage again."
That is good you managed it for about 30 years and could do it again too

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By (user no longer on site)
37 weeks ago

Had a year and a bit just prior to civid where I didn't own one. It was lovely. If I didn't have a child now I'd get rid again. It's very freeing not owning a phone.

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By (user no longer on site)
37 weeks ago

"Had a year and a bit just prior to civid where I didn't own one. It was lovely. If I didn't have a child now I'd get rid again. It's very freeing not owning a phone. "

*covid.

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By *glyBettyTV/TS
37 weeks ago

About 3 feet away from the fence

I never had a smartphone until I was 30.

Not out of choice, just because it took that long for smartphones to become even remotely affordable for me.

But even in my teens & 20s I barely bothered carrying mobile phones, I was very late to the party.

I grew up in the era where you rang people on their landline and you knocked for them if you wanted them to come out.

Or we'd just meet up in the same spots we always do.

Now it would be unthinkable to live without it. It's how I communicate with my employers, it would be impossible.

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By *usie pTV/TS
37 weeks ago

taunton

Never had a mobile phone am I the only one, think I can last out my time without now.

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By *BootyfulDayWoman
37 weeks ago

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I think I like having it on me as a bit of a crutch so technically I could go without it but I don’t want to - maybe that means I should have a detox from it?

I have seen phone detoxes and I imagine it does a world of good! I think if I would just have to make sure I have a good book/sudoku book for if our and about and just needing to pass some time in place of mindless scrolling haha

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By *BootyfulDayWoman
37 weeks ago

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"I could.

But I’d get a bit moody because my notes has all my passwords (in code) so I’d struggle to log in to all my saved password sites.

Yes it is quite nice just using face recognition to log into things! I would defo miss that!

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By *ohn.Wick.Man
37 weeks ago

The Continental

Yeah, most of the things I do on it, I could do on a computer at other times.

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By *TG3Man
37 weeks ago

Dorchester

I could live without it but not work without it

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