XPost: comp.mobile.android, alt.cellular   
   From: this@ddress.is.invalid   
      
   tlvp  wrote:   
   > On Sun, 25 Sep 2016 21:34:34 -0700, Jeff Liebermann wrote, in passing:   
   >   
   > > ... don't use my smartphone for phone calls.  For phone, I have   
   > > an ancient LG XV8300 stupid phone.   
   >   
   > That's looking like more and more of a good idea. Smart phones can do such   
   > a heck of a lot all by themselves, with neither a cellular nor a wi-fi   
   > connection, it's almost a shame to hobble their functionality by wasting   
   > their time on mere cellular telephony. Perhaps I too should liberate my   
   > Moto Droid X2 from such telephony, and let one of my older, now retired   
   > VX3300 or VX5300 LG flip-phones take over that drudgery. Cheers, -- tlvp   
      
     Same here. I use my smartphone for anything *but* making/receiving   
   phone calls [1]. Calls and texts are done with a 'dumb'/feature phone,   
   which is small and has a battery that lasts 'forever'. Right too for the   
   job and all that jazz.   
      
   [1] Bit of a fib, because I might use it for cheap international calls   
   using VOIP.   
      
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