I had a flip phone for years and was quite content with it. It was capable of sending and receiving text messages but I never used it as I always found texting to be somewhat asinine and why on earth would I need to receive emails, much less send them on a phone when I have a computer at home. However, when my nephew was over this past April to help me install a new water heater he asked me how much my monthly phone bill was and he was amazed at the high price I was paying for a mere flip phone. The following day he showed up at my home with a new Samsung Galaxy android phone with unlimited everything and a monthly bill which was $12.00 less than I had been paying. Anyway, I now have an android phone albeit I don’t use about 90% of the features it contains much less understand what they are or have any use for them.
In all of this time I’ve only downloaded one app from the app-hole store which is supposedly a battery saver. What really dumbfounds and will never cease to amaze me are those who are excited that they can watch a movie on a 4” x 2 1/2” screen when more likely than not they have a 60” large screen T.V. at home! I have never, nor would I ever attempt to watch a movie on a cell phone when I have a perfectly good working 32” T.V. in my home. Guess I’m old fashion, but a phone to me is just an implement that is meant to send and receive calls and nothing more. I imagine that the only great feature that I love about cell phones (aside from their obvious mobility) is their ability to store phone numbers and addresses and that they all have caller I.D.