smartphone gawpers

[Leo]

still havent replaced mine. still addicted to mindless internet browsing but now i can only do it when im at home which is a big improvement.

do you have any sense of missing out on anything? like impromptu meet ups or changes of plan, since people can't reach you while out?

[luka]

that's one of the best things about it. particularly as i gave up drinking at the same time.

[luka]

in this country impromptu meet up can only mean making a cunt of yourself drinking. better off out of it.

[DannyL]

People don't have impromptu meetups anymore because they've been talking to each other all day via social media.

[Corpsey]

what about workplace boredom luka?

sneaking five minutes on whatsapp on the bog is sometimes the only thing that sustains me

[luka]

i love my job and i only do it for 4 hours a day now it's winter.

[Corpsey]

[firefinga]

A smartphone without Social Media is a quite helpful tool. In fact, I think social media has become THE plague of the 2010s.

[baboon2004]

A smartphone without Social Media is a quite helpful tool. In fact, I think social media has become THE plague of the 2010s.

can you actually get a smartphone that has useful online apps like maps and train/bus timetables but is otherwise offline (I appreciate this may be a ludicrous proposition)? i know less than zero about phones, but this would be my ideal set-up

[Corpsey]

can you actually get a smartphone that has useful online apps like maps and train/bus timetables but is otherwise offline (I appreciate this may be a ludicrous proposition)? i know less than zero about phones, but this would be my ideal set-up

This wouldn't be too hard to arrange - just delete all your non-essential apps. (The downside of this is that you'll be fully conscious of what a high rate you're - possibly - paying for a map and train timetables.)

I've had the same thought re: Spotify. I'd like an MP3 player that I could connect to WiFi and run Spotify on, including downloading stuff for offline use. I don't think this exists, though.

[firefinga]

can you actually get a smartphone that has useful online apps like maps and train/bus timetables but is otherwise offline (I appreciate this may be a ludicrous proposition)? i know less than zero about phones, but this would be my ideal set-up

Usually those services are also available via good ole browser windows, so you don't need a specific app for it just use the inbult browser of your smartphone, however you'd need a connection to the web for it which means naturally you're not offline.

Possibly you could also get time tables/maps which are downloadable to your phone and could be automaitcally upgraded whenever you're connecting to a wi if or go 3G/4G. The crux with maps on phones however is, they often automatically demand you send your GPS position.

[baboon2004]

thanks for the tips, guys. I'm (by design, cos I hate them) absolutely clueless when it comes to phones

[Corpsey]

You can also get apps for your phone which restrict the time you can spend on other apps.

Not as effective as not owning a phone, obviously (far too easy to disable), but they can help limit usage if you don't almost immediately delete them as I do.

[cwmbran-city]

not to be a contrarian, but i've got by without a mobile since 2011

reading stats about however many times a day someone touches their phone you'd think it was a new form of brain infused genitalia, which they kinda are if you think about it stoned & add Louis CK