What do you use you Mobile phone for?
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What do you use you Mobile phone for?
I saw a thing on BBC Breakfast this morning about a group of kids who tried not to use a smartphone and where given a Nokia dumb phone.
I'm current taking a break until August from Facebook and I thought what do I use mine for, and it surprised me.
So It would be hard for me to ditch the smartphone.
No order
1. Phone/Text (Primary for contacts for my dad's support)
2. Online banking (saves turning on PC, and I have various protections in place)
3. WhatsApp - Family
4. WhatsApp - Charity (3 groups)
5. Music/Audiobooks
6. Email - Personal
7. Email - Charity
8. Home Automation
9. Home Network management
10. Note App (Links with tablet)
11. Online shopping (Amazon)
12. News/Sport
13. Social media (Mainly Facebook, but when I go back I'm doing a major cull on the groups I follow)
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Yesterday, 10:36
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NUTS !!
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Re: What do you use you Mobile phone for?
For myself... In no order..
1. Calls
2, Whatsapp
3, (Live) Bus times
4. Controlling all home lights. TV, Fans, AV, Smart Plugs etc (Can do via iPad or Alexa).
5, Torch
6, Calculator
7, Asda App
8, Camera
9, iPod/music.
10, Browsing internet but very very rarely via the phone.
I would probably use about 200mb of data a month maximum. No social media etc either.
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Yesterday, 10:40
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Re: What do you use you Mobile phone for?
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hom3r
I saw a thing on BBC Breakfast this morning about a group of kids who tried not to use a smartphone and where given a Nokia dumb phone.
I'm current taking a break until August from Facebook and I thought what do I use mine for, and it surprised me.
So It would be hard for me to ditch the smartphone.
1. Phone/Text (Primary for contacts for my dad's support)
2. Online banking (saves turning on PC, and I have various protections in place)
3. WhatsApp - Family
4. WhatsApp - Charity (3 groups)
5. Music/Audiobooks
6. Email - Personal
7. Email - Charity
8. Home Automation
9. Home Network management
10. Note App (Links with tablet)
11. Online shopping (Amazon)
12. News/Sport
13. Social media (Mainly Facebook, but when I go back I'm doing a major cull on the groups I follow)
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For me I very rarely make phone calls so my usage(not all daily) would be, in no order.
1.Android Auto with Waze Sat Nav and Tidal music streaming.
2.Online banking and Authentication of certain things for security etc.
3.Browsing when I'm away from home as I use a Samsung Tablet when at home.
4.Camera.
5.Email personal and works.
6.Chat apps, Teams(work), Viber and What's app and FB messenger, I'm not addicted to messaging so it's not constant luckily.
7.Tado smart thermostat.
8.Password manager.
9.Shopping app(Amazon).
10.Occasionally printing, saves turning on the PC which is now nearly retired from lack of use.
11. Notes like Microsoft 'To Do' and One note.
12. Calculator.
13. Torch.
14. Calls & Texts(rarely).
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Yesterday, 11:34
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Trollsplatter
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Re: What do you use you Mobile phone for?
1. As a step counter
2. As a sat nav
3. Sending/receiving messages or calls whilst not sitting down.
4. Apple Pay
Everything else - social media, websites, banking, messaging whilst not on the move - is on my iPad.
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Yesterday, 14:33
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Hello !
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Re: What do you use you Mobile phone for?
Mine is mostly:
1. Facebook
2. Instagram
3. Whatsapp
4. Camera and Photos
5. Music
6. Emails
7. Browing Youtube
8. Calls
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Yesterday, 14:50
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Just a Geek
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Re: What do you use you Mobile phone for?
Calls/ Text 2 numbers
Whatsapp 2 accounts one on business whatsapp one normal
Streaming youtube music to ear buds on cycle and gym
Streaming Plex at the gym
emails
banking
Facebook messenger
Facebook Dating ( met someone nice on here and progressing nicely)
Smart home (Google, Alexa, Tapo, Nooie, Smart Life and Tuya)
Ring cameras
Google rewards ( earn enough to pay for my google one drive account)
Uber
NHS App
Asda shopping scanner and rewards
Pure Gym account
Scrolling Tik Tok when I am on my throne
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Yesterday, 16:20
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Woke and proud !
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Re: What do you use you Mobile phone for?
I use mine to find my other phone and vice versa. Fortunately haven't lost them both at the same time, yet....
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Yesterday, 20:45
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Re: What do you use you Mobile phone for?
I bought mine mainly because it was costing a fortune on the land line waiting in the queue for the Doctors. My main use is for phone calls or searching for information. When we go out you can see people staring at their phones for ages, or couples who come into our Social Club spend their entire afternoon on their phones, hardly speaking or looking at each other. BTW Mr T refuses to even own one. 
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Yesterday, 23:42
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Re: What do you use you Mobile phone for?
Making/Receiving Calls.
Receiving Texts (mostly for site logins).
I rarely send texts, other than to reply to someone.
Taking Photos (one of its main uses TBH).
Checking football scores on odd occasions.
Oh, and displaying discount codes / vouchers.
I have a tablet at home that I actually do more on.
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