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How old is your phone? |
2014 |
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22% |
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2013 |
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16% |
[ 11 ] |
2012 |
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19% |
[ 13 ] |
2011 |
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5% |
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2010 |
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8% |
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2009 |
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1% |
[ 1 ] |
2008 |
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1% |
[ 1 ] |
2007 |
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4% |
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2006 |
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0% |
[ 0 ] |
2005 |
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1% |
[ 1 ] |
2004 |
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1% |
[ 1 ] |
2003 |
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1% |
[ 1 ] |
2002 |
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1% |
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2001 or less |
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0% |
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2000 or |
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4% |
[ 3 ] |
Phone? We don't need know stinkin' phone! |
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10% |
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H. Hound Member
Joined: 09 May 2003 Posts: 1205 | TRs | Pics Location: Exit 32 |
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Tue Nov 18, 2014 8:13 pm
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The Cell - Verizon mark one Ineradicable, purchased used few years ago. The scrapped land line - a 1950's Bakelite stolen AT&T phone (grand da stole it years ago, so the stature of limitations has long ran out).
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Randito Snarky Member
Joined: 27 Jul 2008 Posts: 9495 | TRs | Pics Location: Bellevue at the moment. |
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Randito
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Tue Nov 18, 2014 11:26 pm
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I haven't had a "landline" a couple years now -- but we really stopped using it about five years ago -- but I had to show my wife that only telemarketers had called the landline number in the prior year before she was willing to "cut the cord"
Which amused me-- since she uses over a 1000 minutes a month on her cell.
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Ski ><((((°>
Joined: 28 May 2005 Posts: 12798 | TRs | Pics Location: tacoma |
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Wed Nov 19, 2014 12:20 am
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if it were possible to run this desktop without a land line, I'd dump it in a heartbeat.
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
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Randito Snarky Member
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Wed Nov 19, 2014 11:37 pm
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Ski wrote: | if it were possible to run this desktop without a land line, I'd dump it in a heartbeat. |
You're still using dial-up ? Really ?
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tom roy Member
Joined: 23 Jun 2012 Posts: 429 | TRs | Pics Location: Bottom of the western side |
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Thu Nov 20, 2014 7:44 am
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Recently got a Galaxy S 5 my LG fell in the Nooksack fishing last fall it never fully recovered. I loved that phone.
Don't know if its the new phone but its the first phone I have had that gets a few texts through from MSH a very large dead zone. And the camera is very good. The hiking app with GPS tracking and maps is great and the battery still has a third of a charge after I track a day in the hills. My LG's battery never held up.
We still have land lines and a old phone in the garage dont think I want to chase my cell phone around the house and I forget and let the battery die.
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Ski ><((((°>
Joined: 28 May 2005 Posts: 12798 | TRs | Pics Location: tacoma |
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Thu Nov 20, 2014 10:58 am
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RandyHiker wrote: | "... still using dial-up ?" |
no, it's a DSL connection on the computer.
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
"I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.
I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each."
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FootHiker Member
Joined: 06 Jan 2008 Posts: 57 | TRs | Pics
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I've got a dumbphone.
From 2002. Works just fine.
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GrnXnham Member
Joined: 21 Jun 2010 Posts: 363 | TRs | Pics Location: Graham, WA |
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Sat Nov 22, 2014 9:38 pm
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Interesting that the title is "How Old is Your Phone?"
It doesn't specify land-line or cell phone.
I'm guessing the OP was asking about cell phones but asking how old people's land-lines are could be more interesting since many of them are much older.
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FailsToMeetExpectations Member
Joined: 13 Jun 2010 Posts: 53 | TRs | Pics
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Quote: | Now I have a 2 year old smart phone, the headphone jack just croaked and the charger port is starting to act funny. |
Usually that is a worn cable, not the phone. Counter intuitive, but fortunately true.
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sarbar Living The Dream
Joined: 28 Jan 2002 Posts: 8055 | TRs | Pics Location: Freeland, Wa |
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sarbar
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Fri Nov 28, 2014 1:36 pm
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My husband worked for a certain international mobile phone company for 4+ years. During that time, I used a lot of phones because I didn't have to pay for the handsets. My current mobile is actually a year and 3 months old (gasp, sooo old I know!), but it was their flagship high-end phone. And it still works perfectly for what I need (as a mobile computer and camera, really).
Anyhow, what those years taught me is I will NEVER go under contract. Own your mobile phone outright.
I pay $35 a month for unlimited texting, calls and so much bandwidth I don't run out (and trust me, I am basically connected to my mobile). When it dies, I'll go use its twin that is still in a drawer somewhere. And eventually if I have to, go buy a new phone at some point.
But it will be an unlocked phone, preferably with Euro setup, for SIM switching.
I haven't been under a cell contract in at least 7 years......
Oh yeah....and we got rid of our landline finally, when we moved this year. It isn't like we even used it!
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Mike Collins Member
Joined: 18 Dec 2001 Posts: 3086 | TRs | Pics
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The phone that I have upstairs next to the computer is a vintage pay-phone circa late 60's. It works but has the old rotary dial. Kids who come over don't know how to dial a number with it. The phone will take coins and I have the key to open the bottom collection drawer.
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Brucester Member
Joined: 02 Jun 2013 Posts: 1102 | TRs | Pics Location: Greenwood |
5 y.o Samsung slide. A rugged relic.
I have a basic plan w/ Tmob 49 unlimited. The bill is 65 bucks. I just phone+text. Taxes are crazy. They w/ all phones accept pay as go?
Boost Mobile? Yelp reviews bad but friends say good.
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sarbar Living The Dream
Joined: 28 Jan 2002 Posts: 8055 | TRs | Pics Location: Freeland, Wa |
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sarbar
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Mon Mar 30, 2015 1:11 pm
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You are paying way too much for TMobile! Look online at their deals for pay as you go - as long as you own your own phone and it takes a SIM card, you should be good to go. They will charge you a small fee for a new SIM if need be (but your old phone probably has one you can still use....).
That is is if you want to upgrade and spend less.
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joker seeker
Joined: 12 Aug 2006 Posts: 7953 | TRs | Pics Location: state of confusion |
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Mon Mar 30, 2015 1:53 pm
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My sister-in-law used one of these until 1983 when the phone company "yanked the crank" from Bryant Pond ME, the last place in the US to use crank phones. They were a source of some amusement, particularly given the social subtleties of party lines (read: nosy neighbors who you could hear breathing on the line...) and the feeble ring sound when the local operator was not giving a good hard crank.
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Bedivere Why Do Witches Burn?
Joined: 25 Jul 2008 Posts: 7464 | TRs | Pics Location: The Hermitage |
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Bedivere
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Mon Mar 30, 2015 2:23 pm
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I used Tracfone service with an old Samsung phone for years. (Tracfone is pay-as-you-go) but decided I wanted to step up to an Android so I could have decent internet access on the road.
After looking around I ended up with an LG phone through MetroPCS. The phone has 4GLTE capabilities and only cost $60. I'm on the $60/mo plan which is unlimited data/talk/text but I find I'm not using very much data after all so could step down to their $40 plan which is 1gb data + unlimited talk/text. Those prices are all-inclusive and MetroPCS uses the T-Mobile network which has good coverage in the Seattle area and also over in Wenatchee where my parents live. Don't know/don't care if I get reception in the mountains.
I'm going to try tethering my desktop to the phone and seeing how that works. If it works good then I can conceivably cancel my Comcast internet.
I've had this LG phone for about 6 months. Had the Samsung developmentally disabled phone (it had rudimentary internet which was so bad I never used it) for probably 5 years before that.
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