Originally Posted by joglynne (Post 36177052)

I have one and have a love/hate relationship with it.

I get the occasional spam call but I only use it to phone someone when I'm out or when the home line dies as it has been doing this last couple of days. VM Digital downside effect.

I used to use it for WhatsApp and text messages but I now access them on my Chromebook. Used it to check my FB account this morning but without FB Purity it's a pain in the behind. (Sorry if anyone on here had a weird FB post from me earlier.)

I do find it great for taking photos and use Google wallet and Stocard but, as I'm always a tad dubious of them working, I use a phone case so that I can carry around a few of my store cards, my debit card and cash. As a result it weighs far more than a basic phone and is a little too big/heavy to fit in my back pocket :D

Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 36177058)

You know if you lose your phone the finder/thief then has access to your mobile number and debit card, if banking uses your phone I'm not sure if that's a good idea keeping them together.

Originally Posted by Maggy (Post 36177060)

Then what solution is left? I have gone back to post with my bank but that is too long winded.I guess I shall just have to keep my mobile on me at all times and NOT leave it laying about to be nicked or to be lost. An inside pocket in my coat is so useful.

Originally Posted by Maggy (Post 36177057)

They didn't ask me..They just did it.

Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 36177058)

You know if you lose your phone the finder/thief then has access to your mobile number and debit card, if banking uses your phone I'm not sure if that's a good idea keeping them together.

Originally Posted by Maggy (Post 36177055)

I no longer have a landline because Virgin Media removed it.

Originally Posted by Maggy (Post 36177055)

I no longer have a landline because Virgin Media removed it.

Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 36177070)

My point was if the debit cards are attached to the mobile phone case, it may be an issue.

For example if that person loses the phone and cards together then a thief decided to buy something with the cards, maybe that purchase would then get an authorisation request sent to the phone which the thief could then authorise if they could access the phone which would be bad?

Maybe it isn't as simple as that but this is why my Credit and Debit cards are in my wallet separately from my phone.

Originally Posted by Anonymouse (Post 36177143)

Originally Posted by Anonymouse (Post 36177143)

<minor aside>I do not agree with the current view that 'text' is a verb. It is not, or at least it wasn't when I went to school. I DO NOT use 'text' as a verb - it is a noun.</minor aside>

Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 36177156)

And here is me telling my parents the mobile phone is a life saver so make sure you have it on you when you leave the house, less chance of them being found dead then in case of a fall etc, I think that is a pretty obvious sensible thing to do.