Could you survive without a mobile phone nowadays ?

I just have a PC to browse the Internet, I have done since the early 2000's, I have kind of a dumb phone which is a HMD 105 4G, you can access the Internet with it but it's very limited and I never bother with using it for that because I'm a bit unsure if it will cost me more or affect how I have unlimited calls and texts for £5 a month.

I do want to get a proper smartphone eventually because as time goes on things in general rely on them more and more, and apparently eventually you wont be able to use your card or coins and will have to use your phone to pay in most car parks.

How did we do it yesteryear! We wouldn’t be here today if we didn’t manage without those infernal gadgets! I remember the days when the most advanced piece of equipment in my home was I think, a pop-up toaster.

When the mobile phones first came out, they were mainly for business people and professionals that were on site or away from their desks and Offices, and they never worked well because there were very few phone masts.

I do appreciate that sometimes they’re essential, like calling for a cab when you’re out or contacting someone for information or something, but Over the last 20 years or so they have become the bane of my existence. Even the dumb phones. Back in the day telephone calls were expensive so people limited their use of the phone they didn’t ring you without reason, and we didn’t get all of the Scam phone calls that disrupt our lives or even our favourite TV show. I have found myself spending more and more time listening to other people telling me how wonderful their lives/kids/grandchildren are, or moaning about how lousy things are for them, and less and less time doing the things I actually need or want to do. I even have a family member that sometimes will ring me and often will ask “what time is it” ok if you have a problem and need to talk… fine or you've got something interesting to say or good news… great but I don’t really want to know about you being bored because you stuck in traffic or killing time before a dentist appointment! Go and find something else to do for 20 minutes before you leave the house or listen to the radio and leave me alone!

I’m not unsociable or a garrulous old biddy (I’m still in training as I’m only 62) and enjoy a natter with people, but come on….

I find it difficult to focus on a phone screen for much of the time now due to vision issues. However I have to use it pretty much every day for one thing or another. Can't even access Universal Credit without it! It's also getting old now, and I have failed to adapt to a new one over the past few years due to the vision issues. I am genuinely concerned about things like Universal Credit, banking, ordering prescriptions, etc when this phone eventually breaks. I wish the same apps were available on the laptop as I find the large widescreen and physical keys much easier to use on that.

A brick phone, the ultimate indestructible tech! Always good to have something that just works, no apps or complicated thingamajigz required.

Do you find the brick phone easier to manage than a smartphone when your scooter’s on the fritz?