Do you still use a Basic Mobile Phone?
By Noel Angeles
@Kakashi20 (670)
Philippines
February 22, 2018 7:17am CST
People tend to use Smartphones nowadays with its internet capabilities and other modern features, but I still own and use a Basic Phone for calls and text messaging. It's easier for me to use a Basic Phone for making calls and sending messages. What are your thoughts on this?
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12 responses
@Betxie1221 (469)
• Philippines
22 Feb 18
yes i am still using that kind of phone.. for business purposes...
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
23 Feb 18
I loved my basic phone, I had it from the beginning but at Christmas my children decided since we moved away I needed a smart phone so they could face time me when ever they needed me. I don't use it much, mainly for them to call and really miss my basic.
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@cintol (11261)
• United States
25 Feb 18
@Kakashi20 thats true but my husband doesn't want to pay for another phone on the plan. We have 4 already
@Kakashi20 (670)
• Philippines
25 Feb 18
It's always good to have a backup phone.
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@toniganzon (72554)
• Philippines
23 Feb 18
I have a basic phone and it's a Nokia 3310 which was released last year but I have my iPhone. It's just my secondary phone. But I don't like to use it for calling or even texting at all. Why? The quality of the voice call is too far from the quality of my iPhone. But that's understandable because of the huge price gap between the two. The reason why I bought it was only as a backup phone just in case I run out of battery on my iPhone which thank goodness hasn't happened.
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@toniganzon (72554)
• Philippines
25 Feb 18
@Kakashi20 Whatever suits you. I usually make calls and I can't stand low quality voice calls. Been used to having high end phones I could really tell the difference of the quality.
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@Kakashi20 (670)
• Philippines
25 Feb 18
It's better to buy cheap basic phones works better from where I come from
@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
22 Feb 18
No more basic phones for me because it can't do the work I am doing like crypto currencies etc.. but my 86 year old mother still uses it for emergencies ( since we still have a land line) and my 13 year old son, just for calling and texting in school, I dont allow him to bring his smart phone to class, he has to leave it at home.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
23 Feb 18
@Kakashi20 pldt should phase out the landline but it seems they are using it for bundling to charge us more on something that is obsolete.
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@Kakashi20 (670)
• Philippines
22 Feb 18
Haha we also have a landline and it's been a week since someone here used it. I haven't heard it ring for months now.
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@Lignitecityabishek96 (7119)
• Cuddalore, India
22 Feb 18
Yes I use it as a backup. But it also a touch screen phone.
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@Kakashi20 (670)
• Philippines
22 Feb 18
If it's touchscreen then it's a Smartphone.
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@Lignitecityabishek96 (7119)
• Cuddalore, India
22 Feb 18
@Kakashi20 no old model touchscreen
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@eliza_godinez12 (5723)
• Philippines
22 Feb 18
Yes, i still have one and using it till this time. Very convenient sending messages and calls like what you have stated.
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@Kakashi20 (670)
• Philippines
22 Feb 18
Yep easier to call with it, I always get cut off using smartphones the screen touches my face.
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@Hannihar (130213)
• Israel
23 Oct 18
@Kakashi20
I had two basic phones before I got my first smartphone and now have another smartphone.
@thislittlepennyearns (62947)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
22 Feb 18
Nah. I have a smart phone. Becaause I do a lot of writing on my phone.
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@levis2020 (171)
• Philippines
22 Feb 18
I have both. I use the basic phone because of battery issue. The smartphone battery I have drains fast in just few hours while my basic phone can last 5 days.
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