Would It Be Smart To Dump Your Smartphone?

[Khandro]

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c7227njm45eo

[Pete65]

No.

[brainiac]

Don't have one

[Old_Geezer]

Only when it stops working.

[sandyRoe]

When I first got a desktop computer someone said not to become addicted to it.  At leàst when I went out it wasn't available.  

Smart phones go where we go.  I think we'd all be better without them.

[Khandro]

The really smart kids seem to be thinking so when they realize quite how much time over a day they are spending on the damn things.

When the afternoon school bus comes into my village, about 10 get off and walk several paces apart like zombies each staring at their phones oblivious of one another, or the beautiful environment they are walking through across a beautiful stretch of river with the air full of birdsong.

On the edge of the village is a half-sized football pitch which is kept mowed all Summer, but no kids use now it.  

[New Judge]

It might be a good idea for some, but not for me.

I use mine to make the occasional phone call, look up bus and train information when I'm out and about and to inform people if I'm running late for a meet. 

Apart from using it for "One Time Passwords" when using internet banking and similar, that's about it. There's no way I'd dump mine.

[rowanwitch]

Recently gave up and bought a smartphone,  might as well be a brick it still dies in the bottom of my handbag

[Old_Geezer]

Wow. What do you keep in the bottom of your handbag that can even kill a phone ?

[davebro3]

I don't have mine with me all the time - just occasional calls & texts. I'm in a couple of messaging groups which I find informative and I now do all my banking via apps. So - no, I wouldn't want to ditch it.

(useful for car journeys if you have a mishap & need to summon help or take photos for insurance etc.)

[Peter Pedant]

I have the modern phone that charges you for using the internet when you arent. drives me er potty

I am at the age where I want people to know where I am, not - - "not have the slightest idea"

My brudda took this to the extreme of having/retaining/ not changing from a green floursecent screen phone. - - Cue the scene in Airplane - A woman clutching a bed pan insisting, "it is mine, I will keep it."  sign over bed, "Anal retentive" - is it a good sign, well it serves its purpose.

[youngmafbog]

Be a bit difficult for me all the MFA for work are on there!

[SIRandyraven]

No, because I have self control and will not become addicted to it. Same for alcohol and gambling. I know when to stop or limit my use.