How Attached Are You To Your Mobile Phone?

[naomi24]

I read something here about how years ago people weren’t easily contactable and it occurred to me that, whether at home or out and about, I’m rarely, if ever, without my mobile phone. Has yours become essential to you?

[hereIam]

No cupid, I haven't had one for long, but bowed to pressure to get one !

[Arksided]

No Cupid, that's not what makes you strange ;-)

[cupid04]

Oi! ^^^

[CrapAtCryptics]

i use it mostly on holidays or days out in case we get separated - the rest of the time it can go a week or two without a call either way.

[hereIam]

Calls made from them cost a fortune as well !

[ummmm]

Not attached at all. My son broke his phone and has been using mine even though it's suppose to be a works phone.

[Prudie]

I have it on and with me at all times but I never use it for browsing or anything except in emergencies.

[aelmpvw]

when i'm going for a walk with the dog i deliberately leave the ruddy mobile at home

[Lunol]

Very. I'm always on the phone, receiving and making text messages and other messages via apps, I use the camera and video all the time, the maps for directions and the internet whilst on the go which is a godsend so I'm not chained to the homes computer as my phone is essentially a mini computer.

I think you'd get different answers had the demographic being much younger who are always on the go as opposed to the who feel their phone is an "Anchor" but feel happy to be anchored to their computers at home.

[Lunol]

Maybe do another question titled "How Attached Are You To Your home computer"?

I think this would be more welcomed with opened arms.

[douglas9401]

I wouldn't say essential but at least 'important'.
How else is Mrs 9401 going to know when to stop ironing my socks and come to pick me up from the pub? :P

[Baldric]

I bought a new one outright in Sept, took out a Sim only contract with Tesco, £10 a month gives me all I need nowadays, most people ring me. Having said that I'm never without it, a tenner a month is a great price to always be contactable.

[TheChair]

Until I got a smart phone, I rarely remembered to carry it with me. Now it's with me all the time, but I don't use it a great deal for phone/text communication, I use it much more for:
Listening to audio books
Listening to music
Reminders and alarms
Navigation
Photos
Translation
Looking stuff up

[jno]

me neither, cupid. My hearing's not good enough to hear calls in crowds, on streets, in shops playing music etc. If people want me they can call me at home.

But as they are becoming more and more like small computers rather than communication devices I may end up getting one for the reason TheChair suggests. It is annoying for instance that parking charges are cheaper in some places if you pay by phone.

[hereIam]

You've changed since 2010 ummmm.

[TheChair]

jno's comment reminded me of a couple of other uses:
Airport check ins - so much easier than having to print a board pass.
Finding restaurants and accommodation: when we got stranded because the ferries were cancelled due to the weather, I just said to my phone "find me a hotel within 15 Kilometres of my current location", booked it right there and then, and got directions on Google maps.

[ummmm]

Indeed I have hereIam. It changed when I lost my phone and I replaced it with one that was difficult to work so slowly used it less and less.

Plus I talk to people via facebook now.

[Bazile]

Out it this way - if i forgot my phone at work, i would have to go back and get it

[Bazile]

'out' ?

'put'

[Dodger666]

I only switch mine on when I want to use it, and that's rarely.