I can't be the only DU poster who still uses an old flip phone, can I?

[HuckleB]

It does what I need it to do, so I'm good.

Any other flip phone hold outs?

[oldandhappy]

1. I have one!

[HuckleB]

2. +1,000,000 ... 000

[yeoman6987]

68. I have an Apple iPhone 6 but if a flip phone does what you need it to do then

I think it's a victory!

[TeeYiYi]

3. They're good for 'burner' phones...

...but not much more. Can't Swype on a flip phone to my knowledge. I might consider one if it had a touch screen.

TYY

[HuckleB]

4. I just need to talk. For me, the rest is just candy I don't need.

[TeeYiYi]

15. I just did a search...

...for a flip phone with a touch screen. As it turns out, they exist. I found Samsung and LG versions but the Samsung screen was on the outside, whereas, the LG looked more like the traditional flip phone with the screen on the inside.



Interesting... My communication method is primarily Swype texting, so the touch screen appeals to me.

TYY

[HuckleB]

18. Nice!

[TeeYiYi]

73. I agree.

TYY

[ErikJ]

113. If you travel a smart phone is almost essential

Thats why I got one. I used it continuously for many uses. Directions, music, motel rates, recording voice, etc etc.

[HuckleB]

115. I travel. I don't need it.

You can record your voice on a flip phone. Directions are easy. Always have been, at least until the Internet made them difficult.

[ErikJ]

123. I used one 1st time last trip of 5 weeks.

and it made traveling so much easier than before. Just put in where ur going and it will give u voice directions. Used it for 1000+ great photos, better than my old digital camera. Comparing motel rates in an instant. All biz info with instant phone connection for availability. I van camped free a lot too (mostly) so would help me find good places.

I was in downtown Phoenix, Las Vegas and San Fran and got around easily just listening to my phone for block by block directions. Texting and phone calling friends/ work almost anywhere effortlessly and free.
It can even somehow tell u the fastest route to your dest. taking into account current traffic conditions.

[HuckleB]

134. I hate to say it, but...

... you don't need a Smart Phone to get around those cities. Ever.

[ErikJ]

138. Lets just say it makes it a hell lot easier especially

if u've never been there before. I'd prefer a built in large GPS map screen thingy like most new cars but my van is almost 20 yrs old.

[HuckleB]

140. I doubt that it's actually easier.

I get that people think that it is...

[TipTok]

143. It's the difference between cooking a meal and calling delivery...

End result is the same but one is infinitely easier...

Doesn't mean I can't cook if I wanted to...

[blm]

5. check

.

[BigDemVoter]

6. I must confess that I have one too.

As you said, mine does what I need, so I'm happy with it. Of course my niece and nephews all accuse me of being a Luddite!

[HuckleB]

9. It only take a couple of months without buying some update to be labeled a "Luddite."

[leftyladyfrommo]

7. I have 2 cell phones.

One is a $15 flip phone that I can stick in my pocket. I use it when I am on the job pet sitting. It's not safe to go into empty houses without a phone and it's really little and doesn't break if I drop it.

My other phone is a smart phone that I use mainly for business because I love the texting. And I can check email and weather while I am on the road.

[Jim Beard]

124. I am the same way

I like the flip phone when I know I will be having a lengthy conversation. It's more comfortable and a good back up.

[leftyladyfrommo]

144. I like the feature on my smartphone where I can

Use the do not disturb feature. I put it on from 7 pm to 7 am. But I can let friends and relatives calls come thru anytime. It keeps customers from calling late at nite but they can leave me a message anytime. I program out of town customers to be able to reach me 24/7.

That's really handy.

But I still use my little flip phone every day. It fits right in my shirt pocket and goes with me everywhere. It has my old landline number.

[workinclasszero]

8. I would never get rid of a device

that does everything I need.

[HuckleB]

11. +1,000,000 ... 000

[RKP5637]

128. Same here!!! n/t

[ryan_cats]

10. Right

Right here.

If smart phones are the wave of the future, why does Kirk use a flip phone?

[HuckleB]

13. You win the thread!

[Go Vols]

20. +1

[petronius]

12. I've stuck with my same old flip phone for 3-4 years now (even if I did

break the front LCD in the first week). Until the battery fades, I'm keeping it...

[HuckleB]

24. That's a big thing for me.

My battery lasts for days, since it's not being used for extraneous stuff all the time. I definitely like that!

[Go Vols]

26. Yep

I charge mine 3-4 times a month,could prolly get by with 2.

[HuckleB]

27. +1,000,000 ... 000

[gratuitous]

14. Yup

My buddy saw me pull it out to call Mrs. gratuitous and snidely asked, "What antique store did you buy that from?"

[HuckleB]

23. How dare you not spend money on things you don't need!

[Ernesto]

36. perfect!.......n-t

[Mnpaul]

99. I paid $20 for mine new

all it has to do is make phone calls. If I need the internet I'll use my tablet. For what most people spend on a phone, I bought 2 windows tablets and a flip phone.

[Go Vols]

16. I still use one

all I want it to do is the same as the house phone,make and receive calls.

[HuckleB]

22. Same here!

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

17. I have an old Samsung that slides open

[madamesilverspurs]

19. Just got a new one.

Makes phone calls, which is all I want it to do. Also, no butt-dialing.

[HuckleB]

21. Sweet! And I hadn't even thought about the no butt-dialing feature!

[elleng]

25. YES!

It does what I want it to do, and as I also pay the bill for my daughter's 'smart' ??? phone, I'm NOT changing!!!

[HuckleB]

31. +1,000,000 ... 000

[leftofcool]

28. Flip Phone here!

[HuckleB]

63. Yeah!

[leftofcool]

130. I want my phone to do 2 things

Ring in, dial out, done! For that I don't need a 600.00 phone.

[RKP5637]

148. Or the monthly charges that go with it! For two flip phones we pay ~ $17/month total ...

and they work exceptionally well just about anyplace. I only use them for emergencies. We have over 2,000 minutes rolled forward on each one.

[KamaAina]

29. Nope. And I'm in $iliValley!

[HuckleB]

34. I think there's a good short story in there!

Or a sub plot in a novel.

Hmm.

[KamaAina]

35. Yes! Everyone's smartphone gets hacked

and I'm the only person left in the entire valley who can communicate with the outside world!

[HuckleB]

37. I love it! -eom-

[DinahMoeHum]

30. I use a flip phone.

I use it mostly for conference calls and if there's an emergency.

[Mendocino]

32. I have one,

serves me fine. I'm a proponent of the Slow Movement.

[KarenS]

33. Flip phone here too and

my next one will be a flip phone

[HuckleB]

39. Nice. I am probably sticking with the flip phone, myself, when I need a new one.

[HassleCat]

38. Comrade!

I will get a smart phone in a year or so, but I don't need one right now.

[11 Bravo]

40. I still have mine. My wife and kids call it my "dumb phone".

[HuckleB]

42. Yeah, but you know better!

[arcane1]

44. I like to say "My smart phone is a complete idiot, and I like it that way."

[Binkie The Clown]

41. It's the only phone I use.

No land line, just a pay-as-you-go flip phone that ends up costing me about $8.00 a month. ($25 worth of pre-paid minutes lasts me three months usually.)

Between email and skype I really have little use for a phone, and my flip phone has everything I need.

[riversedge]

127. hey, you sound like me.

[arcane1]

43. I've been using this one for over 6 years now:

On the rare occasion I need the internet when I'm away from a computer, it's functional, but not functional enough to keep me poking at it all day

[HuckleB]

47. Nicely done!

[yewberry]

129. We have the same phone.

Mine's maroon. It was my first phone, pretty sure I got it 7 years ago. Works fine!

[Orrex]

45. I still carry around a length of string and two soup cans.

[HuckleB]

58. Fun in the woods still rocks, too!

[zipplewrath]

46. They're becoming fashionable again.

With the expansion of the tablet market, they are becoming fashionable again. Tablets, or better mini-tablets are used for all of the visual/interactive action and the tablet can handle the more interface connection activities. Stars and starlets apparently find them extremely fashionable.

[HuckleB]

50. Interesting. I had no idea.

[femmocrat]

48. I have this kind:

I don't think it is a "flip" phone.

I keep it in my car in case of emergency. That is all I need it for. I already have a digital camera to take photos and a laptop for the internet. I don't need a phone for those things.

[IDemo]

49. For $9 and less, I can call, text, email, video

Don't need more than that.

[HuckleB]

55. Fancy!

[exboyfil]

87. My phone as well

A Tracfone. I don't text. I really only use it for emergencies.

[ronnie624]

96. For a similar amount

I get 1200 minutes, 1200 text messages and 1.2 gigs of data. I got my first smartphone 2 months ago (a samsung galaxy stardust), and I can't believe I waited so long. It's far more logical and easier to use than that silly flip thing I had.

[IDemo]

100. I was talking about the cost of the phone itself, not the service

Your SmartPhone cost a good deal more than that.

Tracfone is more for those not 'requiring' unlimited access to Netflix, Youtube and FaceBook. With its triple minute plans, $20 will get you 180 minutes of talk time, more than enough for folks like me and most of those on this thread.

[ronnie624]

110. Mine is a tracfone.

$49.99 at Kroger.

[IDemo]

111. OK, but that would cost you $99.99, not $9.00

http://www.tracfoneandroids.com/

[ronnie624]

114. $49.99 at Kroger,

which averages to $16.66 for the first three months. All the data and minutes come with the phone, along with triple minutes for life. After three months, I'll be spending well under ten dollars a month for minutes, texting and data.

[truegrit44]

51. I may have you all beat........

I don't even have a cell phone! My hubby has a flip phone that is only for an emergency. I have a landline and computer.

[HuckleB]

52. You should start a thread to see how many DUers have no cell phone at all!

[skypilot]

70. I'd be one of them.

I still have a land line phone that I bought in 1994 when I moved into a new apartment. And for most of that year I had no phone at all. I only got the phone because my boss at the time was starting to give me a little bit of a hard time about it. I've just never been a big phone person. The whole mobile phone thing is going right over my head. People ask me why I don't have one and I tell them that it would be pointless because I would never carry it around with me everywhere. Most of the time I'm sure I'd leave it at home sitting on a table--just like my land line. Between my land line phone, my two email addresses and Skype, anyone who wants to get a hold of me can do so.

[HuckleB]

71. Nice. It certainly does not sound like something worth your money and time.

[skypilot]

75. At this point in my life, it really isn't.

My ex-boyfriend kinda gave me a hard time about it when we started dating 5 years ago. I stood my ground. What he didn't realize was that he'd have been my EX a lot sooner if I'd had a mobile phone. He could be a little clingy and needy at times and I put up with it because I really cared for him--and still do to this day. But if he'd been able to get in touch with me whenever and wherever, that would have pushed me to my breaking point. I know me and I know my temperament . A mobile phone would get on my last nerve within about 24 hours.

[HuckleB]

80. Indeed.

I'll never forget going to a hockey game with a friend in the early mid-90s. He brought his new cell phone along, and his girlfriend called him repeatedly during the game. I couldn't figure out why anybody would want to be called while out for a night of entertainment. Oh, how deluded I was!

[Rex]

53. Get with the times! Check out my new phone!

It comes with speed dial!

[ErikJ]

112. I still have an old brick phone.

Should be worth some money for collectors. And I have an original laptop from Samsung 1980's?

[brooklynite]

54. Ed Rendell...

...saw his a week ago at a meeting.

[HuckleB]

56. Awesome!

[Faux pas]

57. I don't have one

but, I want one and have been comparison shopping for a few months. I love plain and simple in my dealings with technology.

[HuckleB]

60. +1

[Kali]

59. ...

[HuckleB]

61. Very nice!

[Lifelong Protester]

62. I have an old Nokia

and it still has an antenna!!

Why get a new one? It does all I need it to do. I am not one to be 'tied' to my device all day-I don't want to be that connected.

[HuckleB]

67. +1,000,000 ... 000

[trackfan]

64. My wife and I both have one.

We hardly ever turn them on. If someone really needs to reach me, they know to call the land line. I sometimes don't even check for messages for weeks at a time on the cell phone.

I'm on a pay-as-you-go plan which is $20 for three months. The dollars roll over if you don't use them, and sometimes I amass a couple hundred dollars on there. Then, there'll be times when I finally manage to use the time - like if I'm on jury duty or something like that where I don't have access to a real phone.

[csziggy]

65. My cell phone was invented before flip phones

I don't need a new style, fancy-ass flip phone! My ancient Nokia 1110 works just fine and does everything I need - except receive a signal at my house. Nothing I can do about that - almost no cell phones get a usable signal at my house, even the local phone company tech's when he was trying to sell me their cell phone service.

The old Nokia I had was forced on me by Tracfone when the cell tower technology was updated about ten years ago. They gave it to me for free to replace my even older Nokia (which looked exactly the same). I think I paid $15 for the old one. My basic Tracfone service costs me $150 every other year and I don't use enough minutes to use up the minimum number of minutes I have to get with my renewals.

My husband bought a smart phone this year and he hates it. If it had been useful on our last trip I'd thought about upgrading my phone - but my cheap tablet with no phone service was much more useful. I need to see if I can find a SIM card for it so it can pick up the internet when we're on the road.

[HuckleB]

66. +1

[PasadenaTrudy]

69. Hell no ;-)

Once I got an iPhone I never looked back. It's been a life saver so many times, especially when I get lost driving around a city alone I'm not familiar with. I hit google maps and my stress level goes back down.

[AngryOldDem]

72. I have one.

It's a PHONE, for gawd's sake. It receives and sends calls. It's all I need.

[HuckleB]

74. Absolutely!

[lpbk2713]

76. I only give that number out to a few people.

So if it rings I know it must be fairly important. Everyone else gets to call my home phone.

[HuckleB]

78. You're a smart one!

And I mean that.

[cantbeserious]

77. Flip Phone User Here

eom

[HuckleB]

79. +1,000,000 ... 000

[Warpy]

81. It's very original Start Trek retro

when I finally bite the bullet and get a stupid cell phone, forced to because of the total lack of pay phones these days, I'll look for a dumb phone and a flip dumb phone will be an added advantage.

The flip phones were great, the cover over the keyboard preventing a lot of drunk butt dialing.

[jwirr]

82. I do. I just need a phone to contact people. No other apps

are needed.

[tularetom]

83. My brother has everybody beat

Pay as you go flip phone, land line, no cable no internet, until recently only an analog TV antenna.

But I have three grand kids, two of which have their own families, and they are exactly the opposite. Smart phone, no land line and no cable.

[mike_c]

84. me....

And it took me years to agree to that. I hate phones. I hate being reachable anytime some wants to intrude into my day. I carry a mobile flip phone only because my partner insists, and she pays for it, too. When I retire I'm going to paraphrase Odysseus and carry a phone until I find a place where no one recognizes it. That's where I'll live.

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

85. Nope!

[EX500rider]

86. Anyone else feel like this is like bragging your car starts by cranking a handle on the front? lol

Or:

"Yea!, I still use a 13" B&W TV!!"
lol

[IDemo]

88. Our TV's and vehicles were all purchased when Clinton was President

We have no dish or cable. And we stopped watering the lawn this year, so I won't even yell at you to get off it.

[leftofcool]

131. Now that was funny!

[3catwoman3]

89. Beam me up, Scottie!

I reluctantly gave up my flip phone just over 4 years ago when our younger son went off to college. I knew he would be much more likely to respond to a text than he would to a call. His voicemail message actually says, "Hi, this is ****. Don't leave a message."

I did like the Star Trek communicator feel of the little flip phone, and I miss that.

[cry baby]

90. Receives phone calls and texts...that's all I want or need. nt

[myrna minx]

91. Me. I have a pre-pay flip phone. I have it for emergencies, but its main use

Is to locate lost family members at Costco. I also have a land line - I'm old timey.

[maveric]

92. I have one.

Cheap Consumer Cellular phone. Not smart at all.

[ileus]

93. I had one before texting come around.

After I sent my second text by hitting abc1 acb1a b I upgraded.

[MrScorpio]

94. Count me in

I just typed this reply on an iPod Touch. Why would I need a smart phone?

[CTyankee]

95. my daughter asks "You still have to DIAL a number on that thing?"

I told her I didn't want a car that talked to me. I find that strange.

[Takket]

97. i have one...

I carry it just for calls and it texts too, and I have an ipod so I can get wifi out at hot spots. I can do everything an iphone can, except internet in my car, and I pay $10 per month for my flip phone. ipod obviously has no subscription cost

my employer offered to get my an iphone and I would "only" have to pay $30 per month of the bill. why in the hell would I do that when I get my flip phone for $10?

[B Calm]

98. I call my AT&T $40.00 month flip go phone my smart phone!

I feel smart saving money.

[Mnpaul]

101. You must use more time

My Go Phone is $25 for two months

[B Calm]

103. Mine is unlimited. Did away with the landline too and that's saving me also.

[tanyev]

102. Me. I hardly ever make phone calls, and as long as I keep the old phone

we are grandfathered in to some great data plan my husband signed up for years ago. I do have his old iphone without a data plan which I use as an ipod, and that's all I need. We have the flip phone set to forward to the home phone whenever it's off, which is most of the time.

[valerief]

104. I got rid of mine just last year, I think. I have it on display alongside my

solar hand calculator, rabbit ears, Polaroid camera, and VCR.

[HuckleB]

118. We still use our VCR and Polaroid. Fun is fun, and I'm not replacing tapes of favorite movies...

... just because.

Still, museums do rock!

[valerief]

121. Oh, I totally can appreciate old stuff. Right now, I'm listening to Seth MacFarlane sing

early to mid 20th century songs. Some things never get old.

[HuckleB]

136. Who? What?

Don't play that, please. Thank you.

[valerief]

137. Nope. I've liked this music since I was a teenager many decades ago.

Music after 1965 is like ear germs. Blech.

[HuckleB]

139. OK. But Seth Macfarlane is not going to make that better.

[valerief]

145. Maybe not for you, but he works for me! nt

[peace13]

105. Flip phone!

[madokie]

106. Up to

about 6 months ago I was using my old trusty LG flp phone. Now I'm on a galaxy5 and it does way more than I want. In fact I've pretty much turned off everything except, talk, text and gps. Oh and the camera, awesome camera in my pocket at all times with it.

[Laffy Kat]

107. Look, I totally miss my flip phone.

Keep it as long as you can.

[Skittles]

108. I do, and I use it very rarely

unlike most people, I do not want to be found 24X7, I detest facebook and email can f***ing wait

[MineralMan]

109. I have a Samsung flip phone.

Love it. I can make and receive phone calls, enjoy amazing battery life, and use it only as a voice phone for outgoing calls. The only person who has the number is my wife. Incoming calls all go to my landline phone.

It's a phone. I use my Kindle Fire tablet for mobile web stuff, as I'm doing right now from my sofa.

[HuckleB]

117. Awesome! I'm still using a 7 year old Mac Laptop, but will probably go to a tablet next.

[mnhtnbb]

116. You are not alone.

I don't need to be glued to a phone all the time. Or the internet. So, yes, I have a flip phone
and it's not even turned on unless I'm out of the house, because...yes, we have a land line.

[climber3986]

119. join the dark side my friend :) nt

[yuiyoshida]

120. I have one.

I can't afford anything new.

[Recursion]

122. I have a burner

I program Android apps which means that, inevitably, I screw up my phone while testing them. So I keep a flip phone around and switch the sim card into it until I can reset the Android.

[Frustratedlady]

125. Yep, but I rarely have it charged.

Never have liked the darned thing, so I only use it when the grandkids insist I take it along for my safety. Of course, they live on their phones or whatever that box is that is more interesting than Grandma. We used to have wonderful conversations. I trust they will pop their heads up to let me know when they get their degrees.

At least they are Democrats.

[RKP5637]

126. I have a flip phone, a very good one, and it does all I need. I have 3 large

computers at home and a laptop, I've never understood why I would ever need other than the flip phone. Plus, I have a Navigator in my car. I'm wired/wireless enough. And for two flip phones we pay all of $17/month total!

[question everything]

132. An Alcatel

and a prepaid Tracfone.

I need real buttons. Whenever I am given a "Smart Phone" I cannot move around it, cannot answer a call, cannot even take a photograph.

Yea, a dinosaur.

Spouse claims that with a flip phone one does not have to worry about cracking the screen.

[area51]

133. Currently have a flip phone, want to transition to a smart phone. n/t

[HuckleB]

135. I'd rethink that. I have, over and over again.

[Deadshot]

141. I have a Note 5.

I haven't used a flip phone in 8 years.

[LeatherSofa]

142. Is there another kind of phone out now?

Mine is some kind of Sanyo model.

[HeiressofBickworth]

146. My flip phone does just what I need

I can make out-going calls,
I can receive in-coming calls,
I can get voice mail messages
That's it. I never send or receive text messages so that's not a consideration.

If I need assistance in driving around an unfamiliar area, I have a Garmin for that.

My kids manage the phone situation -- they have the fanciest, most expensive phones made. I've had to tell them to please, please don't upgrade my phone. I like it just the way it is.

My worst habit when it comes to my phone is this: I turn it off when I go to a movie and sometimes it takes me a day or so to remember to turn it back on. 90% of the time, no one has tried to reach me.

[Rochester]

147. Rotary dial