XPost: comp.mobile.android   
   From: V@nguard.LH   
      
   Steve Hayes  wrote:   
      
   > pyotr filipivich  wrote:   
   >   
   >> I just"upgraded" cellphones.  Now instead of a rinky-dinky   
   >> communicator wannabe flip phone, I've a Smartphone which tells   
   >> times, date, bus schedules where I am - and still makes a crappy   
   >> telephone. I realized that when I thank "I have a bunch of calls I   
   >> need to make" - I'm thinking "I want a phone I can hooked between   
   >> shoulder and ear" like Ma Bell used to make.   
   >   
   > Indeed.   
   >   
   > With my current Android phone, which is one of those keypadless   
   > wonders, it took me two weeks to discover how to answer it when it   
   > rang.   
   >   
   > And even after discovering that, when I pick it up or take it out of   
   > my pocket when it's ringing, I often touch something that makes the   
   > "ringing" screen disappear, and by the time I find how to get it back   
   > it has stopped ringing.   
   >   
   > But such discussions probably belong in com.mobile.android   
      
   Get a Bluetooth headset to use with your smartphone.  That's do the   
   "hooked between shoulder and ear" you want except you won't get a sore   
   neck from having to continually pinch a headset between your shoulder   
   and ear.   
      
   At home, I just use the speakerphone features of my smartphone.  I'm not   
   concerned about privacy when making or receiving calls at home.  At work   
   is where I use a headset; however, I rarely do personal calls while at   
   work and, unlike here, I will be very terse to get the end the personal   
   call.  That's for break time, lunch, or after work (but NEVER while   
   driving when I won't touch my phone for any incoming call - they'll have   
   to wait).   
      
   While I have a smartphone, I still have cheap flip phones.  Those are   
   small so I can tuck them in any pocket, the flip cover protects the   
   inner surfaces, including screen, and no chance of "pocket dialing".   
   Plus they are cheap so if they get damaged or lost then no big deal.   
   I'll get another, transfer my service to the new phone, and toss the   
   damaged one (or a thief won't be able to use my account with my stolen   
   phone).  Sometimes all I need is a phone so a smartphone is overkill.  I   
   can get cheap flip phones for $5 on sales of discontinued items.   
      
   Not knowing how to answer a call is just whining about being   
   inexperienced with whatever app is used to accept a call.  On my   
   smartphone, the Phone app works differently than the Hangouts Dialer   
   app.  If I had other apps to handle phone calls, they'd all probably   
   have some differences.  After all, if they weren't different then they   
   wouldn't exist or, conversely, if they were all the same then they'd be   
   the same app.  Takes me awhile, too, after buying a new car to get   
   acquianted with all the gizmos.  I've gone on vacation and usually never   
   bother with figuring out how everything works in a rental car.   
      
   When I buy another smartphone, oh joy, I get to learn how that one works   
   differently than the one I had before.  If I was unwilling to learn then   
   I wouldn't be buying a new smartphone, or new software (or upgrades to   
   them), or getting anything new.  Until recently, I still had a '92   
   Subaru Legacy.  Had it for 24 years.  If your old flip phone still does   
   its job for you (i.e., you only make phone calls), why get a smartphone?   
   Only because I wanted to do MORE than just make phone calls is why I got   
   a smartphone.  If there are times you only want to do phone calls and   
   other times when you want to do more, get a smartphone and a dumb flip   
   phone.  Use the right tool for the job.   
      
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